The rise and rise of public and private #debt in #USA . Bound to increase dramatically again because of #COVID19 . Would total debt of 300% of GDP be sustainable? Bound to lower long term economic #Growth

#LA #AirQuality in March 2019 vs 2020: air is so much cleaner, but another indicator of normal life stopping - the #COVID19 #recession is coming very quickly.

The #economic impact of the #HongKongProtests - as deep a recession as the #financial crisis of 2009

Welcome to join... On Thursday, 17 December, 8 pm #banks #banking #debt #india #economy #finance #governance #fraud #consolidation #financial

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Mint's Marketplace/P2P seminar this evening in Mumbai. Reserve Bank Deputy Governor R Gandhi Chief Guests. Former Deputy Governor Anand Sinha, former SEBI Chairman CB Bhabe, former State Bank Chairman OP Bhatt, Cyril Shroff, Alok Prasad and Karan Bhagat on the panel. …see more

The news of #Facebook ’s #Libra launch has generated endless speculation about its future - and the role of the 28 initial founding members that will help shape and govern it. Mastercard EVP of Digital Solutions Jorn Lambert tells me why #Mastercard got on board, the challenges the project must overcome and why we’ll know much more in a year than we do now. …see more

Online fraud has fallen 34.7%, and the good news is that fraudsters have lost some ground. But they are far from down for the count. The just released Global Fraud Index, a PYMNTS and Signifyd collaboration, will provide you the full story. http://bit.ly/2raZa8E …see more

Want to learn what the Radicals are doing in their firms? Let me show you my Bots! #radicalcpa #ai #bots #technology #ilovemybots #future-ready #firm #cpa #bookkeeping #accounting

Goal-based investing has become quite popular. Goals are good...but you need more... In life and in investing. My 2-minute take. #investing #personalfinance #financialeducation

I am SO PROUD to work at this company. I stand with George Floyd, and I firmly stand against systemic racism. PayPal Venmo #equality #humanity #leadership #blacklivesmatter #thankyou …see more

Thanks to everyone that attended my talk at #reinvent2019 . Incredibly grateful to our #brightpeople - it's really their hard work, perseverance and brilliance that made our presentation possible. Special thanks to Amazon for having us, to Flex , and to Jim Puzar for partnering with me to tell the Bright Machines story, and especially to our customers for their support and belief in us. We'll continue to work hard to exceed your expectations and enable you to win. #dayone …see more

This is Dr. Jonny Kim. He's a highly decorated Navy SEAL with over 100 combat operations, a military officer, has a BS in Mathematics from UCSD, a Doctorate in Medicine from Harvard, and now an Astronaut. He is 33 years old. If you get to a point in your life when you think "I've hit my limit", "I've accomplished everything I wanted to", or, "I can't do this, that, or the other", I kindly refer you to Dr. Kim. …see more

If there is one lesson companies can learn from my book, Indistractable, it's this 👇👇👇 Distraction is a problem like any other. Whether in a large corporation or a small family business, when we discuss our problems openly and in an environment where we feel safe and supported, we can resolve them together. If you work in a company that can’t talk about the problem of distraction, I guarantee you have all sorts of other problems you’re not talking about. Instead of blaming the tech for distracting us at work, let’s start by having an open conversation and find ways to fix it. The problem of distraction at work is a symptom of cultural dysfunction. #Indistractable #Technology #CompanyCulture …see more

Anything can be a distraction. It’s not just social media or video games or our phones. Think about how many times you’ve sat down at your desk or in your home office, prepared to get some work done, only to get distracted by: - Email - Slack - A quick Google search A much more common source of distraction is what we’d call “pseudowork” -- the work-related tasks that prevent us from using our time how we intended. Pseudowork prioritizes the easy or urgent at the expense of the important. How do you prevent doing pseudowork and stay Indistractable? #Indistractable #Productivity #WFH #Priorities …see more

This week, TransUnion released the findings of our latest research into how South Africa’s SMME sector has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 9 out of 10 small businesses in South Africa are struggling, or had to temporarily close, because of the pandemic. Read my article for an executive summary of the research and some tips for SMMEs to survive and thrive in the new normal. #SMMEs #southafrica #business Hans Zachar Stephen De Blanche Dries Zietsman (MBA) Robin Wagner Nicola (Nikki) Peel Justine McFarlane Kriben Reddy (MBA) Davina Myburgh Carmen Williams Hennie Ferreira …see more

Below is part of a memo we sent out to our portfolio companies for Proof of Capital, on tangible steps founders & CEO's can take before the upcoming economic crisis caused by COVID-19 Sharing it publicly here for the benefit of other entrepreneurs and founders in the technology sector: #founders #venturecapital #startups #startups #capital #portfolio …see more

Some confuse Universal Basic Income with socialism. Socialism is when you nationalize the means of production. UBI is capitalism where income does not start at zero. Rather than spend tax income on bureaucracy it is given directly to people.

Want to win a custom-designed LinkedIn banner?! My friends from across the pond are running a giveaway! 🦆 James Austin 🦆 and Christian (Glenn) Cook-Jones the #banksyofbanners are giving away a FREE bespoke LinkedIn banner for one lucky winner!!! All you need to do is comment on this post to go into the drawing! Feel free to include what you do so we can understand what the banner will look like! The competition will close at 10 pm on Monday the 30th of March. The winner will be announced on Tuesday the 31st of March. Good luck everyone! Here's an example of a banner they designed :-) What do you think? #bannercompetition #digitalmarketing #personalbranding …see more

The entire planet's health, economics, and emotional well-being are in flux and there's a lot of animosity. We may not be able to agree on everything, but one thing should unite us... I think we can all agree that no one should ever call someone a "marketeer." …see more