To put it simply, social impact bonds went from concept to execution faster than any other social innovation we have seen in years.

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It has become not about whether to increase the focus on social, but where to put that focus, and whom to partner with to insure effective execution.

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But whatever the merits, it helps put the Slovik execution in some perspective to mention that during the course of the eleven-month campaign in Northwest Europe, when Eisenhower had one deserter put to death, Hitler had 50, 000 executed for desertion or cowardice.

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