The problem with most home coffeemakers has always been that they make bad coffee.
The cause of all these harms is not just that voters make bad choices.
And even the savviest investor can make bad decisions and be the victim of fraud.
How about writing down margin loans to people who make bad stock decisions through no fault of their own?
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When I get off course, or make bad choices, I can go to church, therapy or a recovery group.
Such a calculation is polluted by what's called survivorship bias--the ability of fund vendors to make bad funds disappear.
In a world where people who make bad decisions are spared the full consequences, only one thing is certain.
Of course, regional governments might make bad mistakes, as well as triumphant innovations.
History shows that presidents can make bad choices, and those choices can have devastating political consequences on their own legacy in history.
It is not that regular officials never make bad calls, they do.
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They are not the Wall Street guys with fancy lifestyles who, when they make bad deals, expect the government to bail them out.
It actually hurts them because they get very emotional with their monies and when they are emotional, they can tend to make bad mistakes.
But without salary information, many more students will make bad choices.
"When your goal is to be the biggest company and own the most funeral homes, you start to make bad decisions, " Henican says of his larger rivals.
John Laughland, a British historian at the pro-Kremlin Institute for Democracy and Co-operation in Paris, argued on the Russia Today channel that politicians make bad historians.
The effect of paralinguistic communication is so potent that it can make bad news actually sound palatable or, conversely, take all the joy out of a positive message.
While some may criticize the effort, suggesting it is hard to feel sorry for millionaires who make bad investment decisions, that shows a certain ignorance about the situation.
When those who make bad decisions are not bailed out but bear the consequences of their actions, markets quickly self correct and impose just sanctions on the imprudent and greedy.
The result of this instability is that people make bad decisions, like selling when the market is down, or speculating on alternative investments that they perceive to be a safe-haven.
Indeed, all the evidence suggests that when the wayward ref, Tim Donaghy, did make bad calls, he was so clever at it that the league's scrutiny failed to catch his dirty work.
That's because hedge funds do better early on, when they are small, than later, when they have to find places to put a lot more money and are more likely to make bad guesses.
If we as taxpayers are going to assume the risk as stakeholders when bankers make bad decisions, we should reap the profits as shareholders when those banks are profitable again, and use that money to pay down the national debt, cut our taxes and get a solid return on our investment.
While cash can't make a bad stock good, it can make a good stock better.
We share all of the good and bad about products, and we aim to make the bad parts better.
Loan applicants only get one chance to make a bad first impression and, strangely, most business owners make the most of that opportunity.
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He also says he would make a bad coach, because he is a terrible watcher.
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