The worst of it is that Clinton managed to get everyone frothed into a tizzy with a video so unstoppably bland that, the first three times I tried to watch it, I involuntarily tuned out in the mistaken belief that I was watching a pre-roll advert for over-the-counter pharmaceuticals.
The corollary of Osborne's mistaken decision to focus on the deficit – all those ludicrous comparisons of our situation with that of Greece – and to declare a second age of austerity was the impact this had on confidence and "animal spirits".
Where the unions arguably did go wrong in the 60s and 70s was to use their collective strength for purely economistic goals in the mistaken belief that the postwar boom would endure.
First, there was the obvious case of mistaken identity, Marriner incorrectly identifying Gibbs as the player diving to palm away Eden Hazard's shot on the Arsenal goalline.
The main evidence against him was from two young witnesses whom the appeal court said on Thursday had only a fleeting glimpse of what happened and for whom there was always plenty of scope for making a mistaken identification.
One reason for the fascination with manufacturing, Mr Bhagwati says, is the mistaken belief that it is more technologically dynamic than service industries.
On June 22nd Mr Miliband apologised for what he called the Blair government's mistaken decision to open Britain's employment market to workers from ex-communist countries as they joined the European Union.
There were too many signs of mistaken assumptions, analysis and remedies; and too much equivocation about the establishment of effective control.
Mother and daughter ended up in a court case in 2009 about the mistaken transfer of shares into Mrs Yeardye's trust fund.
There should be outrage at his mistaken beliefs, his senseless actions and his complete lack of contrition.
Milton Friedman, for example, started as a supporter of antitrust; but he turned against it in part because he thought that the possibility of being the victim of a mistaken antitrust action might deter good businessmen from attempting worthwhile new things.The trust-busters' biggest difficulty is deciding whether or not a market is (sufficiently) competitive.
