Incompetence
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We also resent the Constantinescu coalition’s internal feuding and incompetence, what the Italians call “malgoverno.”
And, to be fair, Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, a poor state that previously was a byword for corruption and incompetence, has shown what can be done by beginning a serious transformation of his state in just five years.
If a project’s returns are set too low, it will fail; if they are set too high, people will suspect
incompetence
or corruption.
Neither is an easy task, and the precedent of
incompetence
established by Japan’s Democratic Party since it defeated the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party may make some South Korean voters reluctant to abandon the familiar and battle-tested GNP.
True, Russian liberalism has contributed to its own demise, by its
incompetence
and factionalism.
But ordinary Russians’ sudden, unexpected defense of their newfound freedoms, together with the putschists’ sheer incompetence, defeated the effort to restore totalitarian rule.
Weaknesses in any or all of these areas create incentives for corruption, laziness, and
incompetence.
If the revolution continues apace, it will disintegrate into incompetence, disillusionment, frenzied witch-hunts, and a recurring cycle of violence.
The
incompetence
of the governments that implemented the agreement exacerbates that defect by sidelining structural reforms and enacting only the terms concerning austerity.
Indeed, aid effectiveness could be undermined just as much by
incompetence
as by corruption.
Its stagnation and spasmodic recessions result from incredible
incompetence
in macroeconomic policy.
Financial deregulation enriched Wall Street, but ended up creating a global economic crisis through fraud, excessive risk-taking, incompetence, and insider dealing.
Remainers alternate between blaming Cameron for his recklessness in holding the referendum and his
incompetence
in managing it, and castigating the Brexiteers for swamping the voters with lies.
Taiwan’s missed opportunity reflects its government’s sheer incompetence, arrogance, and ignorance.
Recently, the Board—seemingly lacking both any understanding of basic economics and democratic accountability to provide checks against its
incompetence
– published its demands for the next fiscal year.
Sooner rather than later, Putin’s economic
incompetence
will catch up with him.
Was financial institutions’ assumption of excessive risk the result of
incompetence
or stupidity, or was it a rational response to the implicit guarantee offered by the government?
At the time, I attributed Western inaction to
incompetence
on the part of the US government and the IMF.
They represent a collapse of governance; these are the wages of the sins of administrative
incompetence
and political malfeasance.
The same
incompetence
is at the root of his failure to deflate the property bubble.
Incompetence
and corruption are rampant: Iraq routinely scores among the bottom ten countries in Transparency International’s list of the most corrupt countries in the world.
Morsi’s political
incompetence
and lack of vision in the face of economic collapse would have been enough to diminish support for his government.
Washington and the Art of the PossibleCHICAGO – These days, the United States media are full of ordinary Americans venting their rage at the
incompetence
and immaturity of their politicians.
This institution, supposedly in place to service its members, is a mix of
incompetence
and bias towards creditor interests.
Where corruption has been absent,
incompetence
has replaced it.
But more than sympathy is needed, because the Burmese military junta’s
incompetence
and brutal oppression are further aggravating the tragic consequences of this natural disaster.
The biggest banks were badly run in the years leading up to the crisis of 2008 – exhibiting a toxic mixture of hubris, incompetence, and excessive leverage – and their governance problems today are worse than they were in 2005 or 2007.
The slaughter by terrorists of hundreds of Russian children in Beslan was final proof - if more was needed - of the utter
incompetence
of Russia's military and security services.
Some of this may have been deliberate, but
incompetence
also played a part.
To succeed, however, the government will have to slay two dragons at once: The
incompetence
of Greece’s public administration and the inexhaustible resourcefulness of an oligarchy that knows how to defend itself – including by forging strong alliances with the troika.
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