and we end up with quantum mechanics. i mean, what a story.

’We carefully curate each forum’

no kidding. input constraint on attendees.

https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/event/9th-sustainable-finance-forum

When Keir Starmer says he’s ’proudly patriotic’ but in the cosmopolitan sense and not in the narrow nationalistic one - what he really says is that he recognises the ethical mission (the purpose) of the United Kingdom. It’s a Moses Hess style thing

oh wow, i hadn't actually seen this one before

i've called indicator governance for quite a while, covid was one such example, but i didn't realise there was a governance report out of the uk on the topic

makes total sense.

https://www.gov.uk/research-for-development-outputs/quantifying-governance-an-indicator-based-approach

lol, and it's LSE.

of course it's LSE.

... one final summary essay. realised i could throw heidi larson under the bus so why waste the opportunity.

https://escapekey.substack.com/p/the-loop-closes

PDF

LSE develops methodology
→ DFID adopts it
→ indicators feed WBG CPIA (gating IDA lending)
→ feed IMF Article IV (triggers conditionality)
→ feed OECD classification (determines capital routing)
→ feed FATF evaluation (determines financial access)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08971ed915d622c000209/61506_Capstone_Report_DFID_FINAL_Quantifying_Governance__Indicators.pdf

in reality, this track developed slowly

a key development was the introduction of PPBS at McNamara's DoD in 1961

https://escapekey.substack.com/p/inaugurated-in-dallas-part-4?utm_source=publication-search

lol, now down below 0.8% views courtesy of the three main information portals on the web.

ooh, brave is almost overtaking google!

brave sit on 1.2% market share, google on ~90%.

lol, in the company of digital hoodlums!

oddly, ronald cohen has removed his entry relating to the Commission on Unclaimed Assets

https://www.sirronaldcohen.org/commissions-task-forces

still on wayback however

https://web.archive.org/web/20241217152818/https://sirronaldcohen.org/commissions-task-forces

i'd argued as much in the past, but Ben Rubin's link cemented it

https://escapekey.substack.com/p/office-for-the-impact-economy

given all these crooks handed the title of 'Sir', i might just start attaching it to everyone's names to dilute its meaning.

Sir Ben Rubin

oops, had left out a section of the chronology wrt sourcing.

fixed.

in fairness, it was 4am when i published the essay, was somewhat tired.

forgot i downloaded this

hmm… the concept of ‘anticipatory governance’… oh wait…

holy moly, that chapter is incredibly illuminating...

this is absolutely extraordinary.

this IS ‘indicator governance’ (covid)

now include long-termish, and you pretend you can predict the future. then it becomes ‘anticipatory governance’