Problem
Biased expertise
Other Names:
Misguided adviceBiased advice
Biased experts
Unavailability of impartial expertise
Incidence:
In a survey in the UK in 1993 of people seeking advice on pensions, it was reported that 91% were wrongly advised, despite several attempts in 1992 by regulators intent on eliminating mis-selling of personal pensions. It has been argued that the Clinton administration was ill advised in seeking to constrain the emerging democracy of Russia into policies totally congruent with those of the USA, since this would tend to evoke a nationalist backlash. The advice accepted made an ideological argument rather than an empirical one, claiming that ending state intervention would produce a spontaneously generated market capitalism, with prosperity to follow. Broader Problems:
Irresponsible expertsUnavailability of appropriate expertise Narrower Problems:
Biased literatureBiased presentation of newsBiased government information Related Problems:
Toxic sheep dips Aggravates:
Questionable factsIncorrect informationIncorrect informationNeglect of expert adviceDisagreement among expertsUnproven relationships among problemsBiased allegations against governments Strategies:
Increasing availability of impartial expertiseLimiting availability of expertiseLimiting availability of expertiseGiving advice Subject(s):
Information → ExpertiseSocietal Problems → Imbalances
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
20.06.2018 – 00:42 CEST