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Municipal bonds can help Ireland recover

Problem: Cash strapped local authorities, inadequate pension provision within an aging society, and reduced infrastructural development. Solution: Municipal bonds.
(Co-written with Karl Deeter, and also posted on the TASC Blog. Please head there to leave a comment.)
Municipal bonds are debt instruments issued by local authorities to finance investment projects. Yesterday’s announcement by government of a Recovery [...]

Also tagged Bond, Business, Health care, Investing, Municipal bond, Pension, United States

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More on Behavioural Economics being Applied to Real World Policies

Yesterday I wrote a small piece about using Nudge-inspired policies to improve the experience of first time parenting. Today, Martin from the Geary blog tells us
“A London council is to pilot policies based on a new theory of behavioural economics in a bid to tackle litter, reduce carbon emissions and increase recycling rates, it has [...]

Also tagged Communities and Local Government, Department of Communities and Local Government, Greenhouse gas, Local Government Association, London Borough of Barnet

2008 08 22 Weblogs Comments (1)