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But the Trust decided that of the £35. 8m excess invested in online, only £3. 5m of this could be classed as overspend while the remaining £24. 9m was "misallocated" by other BBC departments.

C21Media.net 2009

A uniform tariff also impedes the flow of trade and leads to misallocated resources.

Budget Woes, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Lower capital requirements allow for cheaper credit in the economy, but I think the problem with our economy is not that credit is too expensive, it is that capital is being misallocated.

Matthew Yglesias » The Bitter Fruits of a Finance-Oriented Economy 2010

Much of our resources over the last decade or so have been misallocated due to poor tax incentives, easy credit, regulatory arbitrage, and rampant stupidity on the part of the entire finance industry.

Building Anew xtra 2009

We've diverted capital from more productive investments and misallocated scarce public resources.

A Home Is a Lousy Investment Robert Bridges 2011

This can only happen because Phil and others like him are constantly looking for mispriced stocks i. e misallocated capital.

Anti-Finance Bias, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

An improper buying decision based on imperfect information can be tragic – it misallocates resources in the market – and misallocated resources in a market can cause all sorts of collateral damage.

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010

Much of that money was misallocated in poorly built trains, bridges to nowhere and other white elephants incapable of spurring genuine, long-term growth.

China's Food (Inflation) for Thought 2012

An improper buying decision based on imperfect information can be tragic – it misallocates resources in the market – and misallocated resources in a market can cause all sorts of collateral damage.

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010

This is why these columns have argued that the political fad of alternative energy has misallocated scarce capital when the economy can least afford it.

A Gulf Drilling Revival 2011