Some supply siders argue that higher taxes on any form of income is self defeating since it slows economic activity sufficiently to reduce the tax take to the government.
Mr Balls told BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show the current austerity measures were "self defeating" and had left Chancellor George Osborne claiming he was "trapped by the credit rating agencies".
When after all their self-defeating and self-abasing reforms, Europe still rejected them, the Turks needed to find a way to restore their wounded honor.
This attitude toward struggle is not only counterproductive -- leading to self-defeating behaviors including retreating inward with self-doubt and avoiding necessary risk for fear of failure -- it is also wrong.
Floating the yuan would also relieve the monetary authorities of self-defeating exchange rate intervention.
And, in the end, was the overarching ambition -- no matter how understandable -- ultimately self-defeating?
The practical problem is that the proposed bill will become so tough that it is self-defeating.
U. handouts that were mostly squandered on fostering unsustainable real estate bubbles and self-defeating energy policies.
This urge to shore up wealth is self-defeating in aggregate, as it curbs spending and incomes.
It is self-defeating, since a country without allies forfeits influence the more it stands alone.
Every now and then, however, the self-defeating consequences of anti-economics may be worth pointing out.
Each is engaged in a collectively self-defeating, yet individually rational, attempt to take rent from the other.
Anxiety is especially self-defeating when people focus on the fear itself, rather than the task at hand.
And they can be self-defeating: It's tough to learn or feel cared for in a prison-like setting.
So both sides of the political spectrum have a motivation not to act in a self-defeating way.
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That starts with aggressive, principled diplomacy without self-defeating preconditions, but with a cleareyed understanding of our interests.
And at an age when every day is precious, brooding over what might have been is self-defeating.
It was easy to see that underneath this behavior was the self-defeating combination of bravado fueled by fear.
's HD DVD has been a self-defeating mess, confusing consumers and slowing acceptance of DVDs boasting high-definition picture quality.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has dismissed the bonus cap as "self-defeating".
Because if everyone - governments, households and companies - simultaneously tries to save more, that effort will be self-defeating.
Because it is often human input that makes the products of these industries valuable, cutting labour would be self-defeating.
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Bush's confused and self-defeating policies towards Lebanon are a direct consequence of his policies towards Israel and the Palestinians.
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The questions were worded to avoid alienating the gas nationalists but also to avoid a self-defeating and costly renationalisation.
But the administration has compounded its vague goals with self-defeating clarity on methods.
Rome was not built in a day and trying to completely change your financial life all at once is self-defeating.
The Foundation warned this was "self-defeating" and that people aspiring to increase their hours and income should not be penalised.
It goes without saying that resources are limited in our recession-ravaged economies ... but disinvesting in seed corn is obviously self-defeating.
But I do think at a certain level women have to look at whether or not their behavior is self-defeating to a certain extent.
This sort of treatment of a Fox News reporter by the more liberal media outlets is not only shameful, it is self-defeating.
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