Taxes and regulations always have unintended consequences, but Europe's transaction tax is folly twice over.
"This is clearly an unintended consequence, " CFPB Director Richard Cordray said at a congressional hearing Thursday.
Call it the potential for unintended consequences that attaches to virtually any legislative or administrative action.
That investors are pursuing high yields is perhaps one unintended consequence of the global financial crisis.
Its just an interesting example of unintended consequences and the importance of thoughtful evaluation in medicine.
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The unintended consequence was that, from that point forward, I considered her a short-timer.
What was at work in Minnesota is a dramatic illustration of the law of unintended consequences.
And yet, the unintended effect of the absent inverted thumb has been precisely this.
Of course, such a tax could also have damaging unintended consequences that would damage financial markets.
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Whether we want to admit them, the unintended consequences have already begun to emerge.
In high tech, we've see the law of unintended consequences at work for years.
The unintended consequences of this has not fully played out, but give it time.
Bad policy that steers students into a prescribed path inhibits learning and leads to unintended consequences.
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This epidemic of uncertain care is an unintended outgrowth of a decades-long boom in elective surgery.
Those unintended consequences are the ones we are living with today here in Florida.
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Many consumers are grossed out by a label warning about its potential unintended laxative effects.
The other thing about biofuels is what I call the problem of unintended consequences.
Unify behind a common sense way to prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce the need for abortion.
Any change to the complex rule set in the firewall could have unintended consequences.
Weather, in fact, created an unintended but desired effect of giving the program built-in freshness.
One unintended competitive race cropped up when Gary Condit became embroiled in a national scandal.
And we must live with the consequences of our actions, even the unintended ones.
Before tampering with it, we should humbly remind ourselves of that baleful law of unintended consequences.
In their zeal, activists have once again failed to recognize the Law of Unintended Consequences.
While this may sound great on paper, it could bring about a raft of unintended consequences.
In trying to avoid the pitfalls of undesirable unintended consequences, we can only hope.
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But, says Mr Jones, much of history is about the unintended consequences of government actions.
In addition, any large change in the financial industry has the potential for unintended consequences.
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Public Health Minister Shona Robison said the Scottish Government was working to reduce unintended pregnancies.
That is because of the unintended consequences of the rise of the tea-party movement.
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