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An erosion gully in Australia caused by rabbits, an unintended consequence of their introduction as game animals. In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences, more colloquially called knock-on effects) are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen.
The study methodology focused on "A combination of student achievement analysis, phone interviews, case study site visits, and written surveys was used to examine such questions as how the proposition was implemented, which EL services are most and least effective, and what unintended consequences resulted from Proposition 227's implementation."
Bastiat takes into account the consequences of breaking the window for society as a whole, rather than for just one group. [3] [4] Austrian theorists cite this fallacy, saying it is a common element of popular thinking. The 20th century American economist Henry Hazlitt devoted a chapter to the fallacy in his book Economics in One Lesson. [5]
I’ve spoken to students who are afraid for their parents and grandparents. More: Los legisladores deben ofrecer soluciones para todos, no criminalizar a la comunidad indocumentada
Originally coined to describe military operations, [1] it is now also used in non-military contexts to refer to negative unintended consequences of an action. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Since the development of precision-guided munitions in the 1970s, military forces often claim to have gone to great lengths to minimize collateral damage.
OpEd: Our excursions into Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan provide valuable history lessons.
A Florida teacher was caught naked inside of an elementary school classroom with sex toys, marijuana and women’s underwear — and punched a cop while trying to flee the scene, according to police.
The first of these is the gap hypothesis which describes the dissonance between official immigration policies and real policy outcomes. Policy gaps are the result of unintended consequences and inadequate enforcement by the receiving society. Many reasons can explain unintended consequences of immigration policy. Governments with undefined or ...