Poverty is rising for all groups – even those in work – according to a new financial inclusion monitor report. Research from the University of Birmingham and the University of Lincoln shows nearly 1.6 million people falling behind with council tax payments, with six in ten people in the poorest fifth of the population reporting they…Continue Reading Millions struggling to pay council tax and other essential bills, says new Financial Inclusion Study
Day: October 9, 2019
Markets for rules: the promise and peril of blockchain distributed governance
Purpose: Explore the possible contributions of blockchain technology to creating new governance structures that facilitate social cooperation. Methodology: Conceptual analysis with key ideas in new institutional economics and political theory. Findings: Blockchain technology provides a new tool through which political entrepreneurs can credibly alienate some of their power within a system of rules that they…Continue Reading Markets for rules: the promise and peril of blockchain distributed governance