Injecting sulfur dioxide, or particles that perform a similar function, would rapidly lower the temperature of the earth, at relatively little expense most estimates put the cost at less than ten billion dollars a year.

NEWYORKER: The Climate Fixers

The report also found that management consultants had been used at "great expense to little effect".

BBC: Peterborough City Hospital

For the day, Roberts lost some of his customary equanimity as he brooded about making such a public mistake. (He went to the White House the next day, and the oath was repeated, correctly, to forestall any challenges to its legality.) Since then, Roberts has put the embarrassment behind him and even made it the subject of a little humor at his own expense.

NEWYORKER: No More Mr. Nice Guy

All of the gains have come at the expense of Symbian and Windows, now reduced to little more than afterthoughts with a combined China share of less than five percent.

FORBES: Apple: What's It Really Worth

But to the extent that 1990s economic theory takes us back to 1960s antitrust policy, it will do little more than protect inefficient firms and enrich lawyers and consultants at the public's expense.

ECONOMIST: Nuclear fallout