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Is Behavioral Economics Used in Business?

Steve Shu Consulting

And then when new applications of behavioral economics started, they seemed to be mostly applied in the government space. Back in 2010, I was part of a team that started one of the early behavioral finance centers with one of the investment manufacturing firms in the United States. Mercer UK – Personalised Pension Videos.

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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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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. Companies like Idomoo present companies with an opportunity to tap into behavior change using massively-automated and personalized videos.

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29 Page Memo Proves Greek Parliament is Puppet Government Run by Germany; Devil Details and EU Guarantees

MishTalk

Puppet Government The Financial Times reports Memo Reveals Extent of Control Bailout Monitors Will Have on Greece. The memo covers damn near every aspect of Greek finances, effectively making the Greek parliament a puppet government of Germany. He said: "The Greek finance minister… says more or less the same thing.

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Rising COVID cases, falling economy

Tom Spencer

Well, the way the Fed expands its balance sheet is by buying financial assets: US government securities, agency securities, mortgage backed securities. Governments around the world should address rising debt levels by instituting a debt jubilee. By rewarding the reckless, government would in effect be punishing the prudent.

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COVID-19: Local vs. Global Optimization

CaseInterview.com

If the VP of sales maximizes sales without considering what the finance team needs for profitability, collections, or cash management, overall company performance suffers. hospital CEOs, governors, and the Federal Government are competing against each other to buy medical equipment (e.g. Within the U.S., ventilators) and supplies (e.g.

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Smart Debt Engineering: Markets Giddy Over Greek Debt Proposal; ECB Nixes Plan Already; Party On Dudes

MishTalk

Smart Debt Engineering The markets are giddy today over a Plan to End Debt Standoff released yesterday by Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis. Varoufakis said the government would no longer call for a headline write-off of Greece’s €315bn foreign debt. Yes, I have a video tribute for that. Brent is up $3 to $57.72