A presentation developed for & presented at the Chiang Mai University School of Public Policy 10 October 2018. The slides were developed for a 7 minute presentation designed to propose some topics for the discussion sessions that followed.

1. Blockchain
Public Policy
Future(s)
Prepared & Presented by:
William P. Kittredge, Ph.D.
Professor of Public Policy
School of Public Policy
Chiang Mai University

2. No One
Knows
The Future
 Social Inertia
 Infrastructure
 Vested Business Interests
 Government and Public Policy
(national, regional, & global)
Blockchain Public Policy Future(s)
Prepared & Presented by : William P. Kittredge, Ph.D.

3. Blockchain Public Policy Future(s)
Prepared & Presented by : William P. Kittredge, Ph.D.
Vested
Business
Interests
 Western Union – remittances
 SWIFT and other international
transaction platforms
 Financial intermediaries

4. Blockchain Public Policy Future(s)
Prepared & Presented by : William P. Kittredge, Ph.D.
Government
& Public
Policy
 Transnational Taxation & Regulation
 Fiscal & Monetary Policy
 Governments ‘Get it Wrong’ &
Unintended Outcomes

5. References
 Meyer, Martin J. “Credit-cardsmanship: how to survive the credit card
nightmare and turn plastic into gold” 1971 Farnsworth Publishing.
 Tapscott, D & Tapscott, A. “Blockchain Revolution” 2016 Penguin
Random House UK
Blockchain Public Policy Future(s)
Prepared & Presented by : William P. Kittredge, Ph.D.