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Emergence of Formal Behavioral Insights Teams and Initiatives

Steve Shu Consulting

I recently ran into a short video by the New South Wales government which does a great job of introducing the notion of behavioral insights and application in the governmental space. For example, Opower tapped into a great market using software-as-a-service and a behavioral efficiency model for saving energy. How will the wave build?

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China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

MishTalk

Inquiring minds are tuning into a report on the Ponzi finance setup in China. We have described in detail over the past two years how we believe China’s twin excesses (excessive investment funded by excessive debt) will inevitably unwind, causing a substantial slowdown in China’s economy, significantly below market expectations.

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Ukraine Government Breaks Up: Prime Minister Resigns Over "Vital Laws on Energy and Army Financing"; Follow the Money

MishTalk

Issues concern unpaid soldiers, pro-Russian MPs, and various oil schemes to finance the war. Two parties quit the country’s governing coalition earlier in the day and President Petro Poroshenko backed the idea of an early parliamentary poll. Some interesting happenings in Ukraine today, in Kiev rather than the war zone.

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Blockchain: New Use Cases for Governments and Business

Tom Spencer

Governments, businesses, and individuals are developing new use cases for blockchain as barriers to adoption continue to decrease. Blockchain has already had a significant impact in the finance industry with the global cryptocurrency market cap now exceeding $1 trillion.

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France Seeks Another Tax on Facebook, Google And YouTube, to Finance "French Culture" Cinema

MishTalk

RT reports French broadcasting watchdog CSA eager to tax YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion France''s Superior Council of Audiovisual, an independent broadcasting authority, wants to impose taxes on media giants like YouTube, Facebook and Dailymotion to force them to contribute to financing French culture. billion ($1.8

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Enter the Carpetbaggers: Ukraine's New Finance Minister a US Citizen, New Economy Minister from Lithuania

MishTalk

Ukraine''s just-named "Finance Minister" is a US citizen, and Ukraine''s new "Economy Minister" is from Lithuania. To get around legal issues associated with having foreigners in top level government positions, Ukraine made the appointees Ukrainian citizens. Ukraine has a new finance minister, Natalie Jaresko. State Department.

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Congratulations to Illinois: Most Government Bodies, Most Convicted Governors, Lowest Credit Rating

MishTalk

Lowest Credit Rating On January 25, 2013 the Chicago Tribune reported Illinois credit rating sinks to worst in nation Highest Number of Local Governments Please consider a report on " Too Much Government " that details Illinois’ thousands of local government bodies. 2 with 5,147 local governments. According to the U.S.