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Most online systems today require users to verify their identity, which is part of Know Your Customer (KYC) protocol.

The Economics of Identity Verification: When KYC Becomes Infrastructure

With terabytes of our personal data online, most consumers want to feel that the countless online companies they frequent will keep it safe from hackers, scammers, and fraudsters. What are the economics behind "Know Your Customer", or KYC, policies?...
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Questions on unemployment
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Questions on unemployment

Saddique Ansari • January 29, 2020 • 1 min read

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Unemployment

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  1. Compare the Claimant Count and ILO unemployment as measures of the level of unemployment in the UK.
  2. Why is unemployment considered an economic problem?
  3. Is full employment achievable?
  4. Is unemployment a case of labour market failure or government failure?
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AI Supply Chains: When Compute Becomes the New Oil

As consumers and firms rapidly demand more AI processing and data storage, will computing power become the new fought-over resource, similar to oil in the 1970s? A look at the challenges facing the cloud computing industry....
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