Inept politicians have placed a big burden on central banks, which will have to take more unconventional measures, such as quantitative easing (see article) .
Mr Kan's government is widely seen as having been inept in disaster-management, and its standing will sink deeper if, as many expect, scares about nuclear-tainted food worsen.
This has been home to their leader Tahirul Qadri for the past three days since he swept into the capital denouncing Pakistan's leaders as inept corrupt thieves.
And this is the dynamic that you're going to see throughout the history of the detective novel, um, where you have the regular cops who are well-meaning, but officious and bumblingly inept.