Terrence J. Checki of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York warned that capital controls don't work and "often can lead to counterproductive results".
No less remarkable since then has been the ANC's relentless campaign to alleviate the poverty and degradation of the victims of apartheid without resorting to counterproductive populism.
Without a strong theoretical framework with which to understand how children learn, the trainee is often left floundering and can jump to counterproductive conclusions.
Belichick's best hope is to gamble on his defense early, in the hopes of forcing a spirit-crushing turnover; Manning is famously prone to counterproductive pouting when he gets frustrated in the first half.
Like any other culture, the one associated with war consists largely of "useless" play, decoration, and affectations of every sort; on occasion, affectations, decoration, and play are even carried to counterproductive lengths.
Evidence suggests people may overestimate the effectiveness of future positive behaviour, leading to counterproductive behaviours in the present.
