Boondoggle
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A boondoggle is a project that is considered a waste of both time and money, yet is often continued due to extraneous policy or political motivations.
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See also
- Albatross (metaphor)
- Benefit shortfall
- Bridge to nowhere
- Development hell
- Escalation of commitment
- Government failure
- Guns versus butter model
- Opportunity cost
- Perverse subsidies
- Pork barrel politics
- Regulatory capture
- Rent-seeking
- Tilting at windmills
- Waffle-iron politics, Belgium
- White elephant
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