Zitat des Tages über Unbeabsichtigte Konsequenzen / Unintended Consequences:
The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective.
The reason I am so negative about the Federal Reserve's policies is that they only target core inflation and argue that they can't identify bubbles, but when each bubble bursts, they flood the system with liquidity that brings about unintended consequences.
We don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.
Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.
I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder.
The concept of fair value accounting is correct and useful, but the application during periods of crisis is problematic. It's another one of those unintended consequences of making a rule that's supposed to be good that turns out the other way.
It sometimes seems to me that the whole course of English history was one of accident, confusion, chance and unintended consequences - there's no real pattern.
That's one of the unintended consequences of the women's liberation movement - that, in fact, the women that would lead this country would be feminine, they would be pro-family, they would have husbands, they would love their children.
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.
Clearly there are always unintended consequences of any legislative or regulatory act that's taken in the heat of battle.
If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.
Good intentions can often lead to unintended consequences. It is hard to imagine a law intended for the workforce known to Henry Ford can serve the needs of a workplace shaped by the innovations of Bill Gates.
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.
Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.
The A.M.T. is much reviled by tax experts across the political spectrum for its unintended consequences and fiendish complexity.
For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.