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                 <title><![CDATA[Keeping Hope Alive]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Since the start of 2009 we have been focusing on the importance of having a positive outlook despite the negative economic forecasts Some may argue that positivity can t change reality and that the global financial crisis will present serious challenges no matter what we say or believe .]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526821__Keeping-Hope-Alive.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:13:28 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[The Economy is a Who Not a What]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[My opinion is that the reason the economy appears as it does right now is because some forgot something basic Many of us allowed ourselves to be led away from seeking and creating what wealth success and fulfillment is for each of us and focused on doing what will make others perceive that we have these as though anyone ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526812__The-Economy-is-a-Who-Not-a-What.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:58:18 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[I Must Be an Idiot]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Ok I must be stupid I have been looking at the bailout for awhile now and come to one conclusion I am either and idiot or I am clearly looking at things the wrong way I post a tax plan that would raise 7 Trillion a year and eliminate all income taxes yet no one bit Now the bailout number of 700 billion is out ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526808__I-Must-Be-an-Idiot.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:05:42 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Looking Ahead to Q1 of 2009]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[We ve all heard the old adage 8220 it s always darkest before the dawn But exactly when can we expect things to lighten up There s so much paranoia and mistrust with a stock market in the tank and so many businesses already filing or preparing to file for bankruptcy that while peering into the darkness we see less ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526799__Looking-Ahead-to-Q1-of-2009.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:33:20 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[An Economic Plan to Generate Employment]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The rising rates of unemployment have become a major concern of the developed economies this year Different economists and political leaders are proposing several plans ranging from tax cuts for small business to large infrastructure spending by governments A new plan is suggested here .]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526795__An-Economic-Plan-to-Generate-Employment.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:07:12 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Economic Recession Calls For Change]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Whenever there is a crisis people change and evolve in many ways Consider the effects that the end of the Second World War had on the world s superpowers Technology improved in leaps and bounds man went to the moon and eventually computers were introduced worldwide Germany and Ireland built themselves from the ground up ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526772__Economic-Recession-Calls-For-Change.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:04:18 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[FMEA and the Credit Crunch]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Do you or your company experience any of the following Costly customer complaints Recurring customer complaints Processes that are unreliable A loss of control of your processes periodically Avoidable rework Scrap Slow running process If you have answered yes to ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526767__FMEA-and-the-Credit-Crunch.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:30:08 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[UK Businesses Feeling the Credit Pinch]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[One in five UK accountants have confirmed that their clients have been refused credit or had funding restrictions imposed in the light of the credit crunch The findings from a survey conducted by Invoice and Asset Based Lender Venture Finance provide the first real evidence that UK SMEs are starting ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526766__UK-Businesses-Feeling-the-Credit-Pinch.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:42:38 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Can President Obama Turn Around the Economy]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[January 20 2009 represented a fundamental historical moment of significance by any measure The first African American President was sworn into office He faces a staggering number of expectations The question is whether he can meet them particularly when it comes to the economy Has a President ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526752__Can-President-Obama-Turn-Around-the-Economy.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:02:18 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[The Fed Plays a Dangerous Game With Deflation]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[For years the Federal Reserve Bank has given its all to keep inflation under control by moderating the economic growth of the United States through the control of money lending rates For the first time in a long time deflation is an issue and the 8220 Fed is playing a dangerous game with it .]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526751__The-Fed-Plays-a-Dangerous-Game-With-Deflation.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:15:28 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[What Can America Do to Get Past Our Current Credit Crisis]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Now that we have gotten past all of the hoopla about the inauguration and we have our new president will he let our economy keep declining rapidly or will he institute the biggest fix in the history of the United States I don t know if any president has ever come into office with ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526741__What-Can-America-Do-to-Get-Past-Our-Current-Credit-Crisis.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:14:48 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Gold The Key to Financial Freedom and Security]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[There are two levers of power that governments never consider giving up and these are 1 The state controls education It is compulsory It teaches what the state mandates whether delivered by public or private schools It is a means of ensuring all citizens grow up with the ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526739__Gold-The-Key-to-Financial-Freedom-and-Security.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:13:20 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Will a Financial Crisis Cause Chaos in Modern Middle Eastern Nations]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Things are coming to a head all over the world and nations that had all their wealth in oil are in huge trouble Nations that have been running socialist type nations are also weary of complete government overthrow from the people with riots in the streets Much of these unruly mass mobs are angered with the leadership and also blame ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526735__Will-a-Financial-Crisis-Cause-Chaos-in-Modern-Middle-Eastern-Nations.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:55:12 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[It is Different This Time Not]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Each time the general public creates an asset bubble they believe the rally in prices is justifiable by fundamentals When proven methods of valuation demonstrate otherwise people invent new ones with the caveat 8220 it is different this time It never is In every asset ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526720__It-is-Different-This-Time-Not.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:03:42 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Credit Crunch Why Did We Have It]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[In 2007 the financial markets were abuzz with talk of a 8220 credit crunch It was portrayed as some unusual and unpredictable outside force like an asteroid impact or a cold winter storm However it was not unexpected and it was not caused by any outside force The credit ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526719__Credit-Crunch-Why-Did-We-Have-It.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:06:40 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Unemployment and Residential Real Estate Markets]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Prior to the Great Housing Bubble house price declines had only been associated with economic downturns and increases in unemployment As people lost jobs they lost their ability to make house payments and many lost their homes in foreclosure Unemployment is devastating to housing markets ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526718__Unemployment-and-Residential-Real-Estate-Markets.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:38:42 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Rescue the Market]]></title>
                 <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The financial crisis of 2008 swept through the global markets like a raging wildfire In its wake the economic upheaval left millions unemployed thousands of companies bankrupt or failing banks in disarray and the global economy on the brink of total collapse The economic crisis has forever changed the landscape of Wall Street once ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526709__Rescue-the-Market.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:03:20 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Economic Stimulus A Garden Hose on a Forest Fire]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[While some may consider it in appropriate to write an article like this shortly after Inauguration Day while the 8216 warm fuzzies 8217 still abound the headlines relating to the world economy continue to tell a story of a system overloaded with debt and politicians trying to solve the problem by getting banks to lend ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526707__Economic-Stimulus-A-Garden-Hose-on-a-Forest-Fire.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:14:08 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[The View From Outside the Box Economic Stimulus]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[In the midst of our current 8220 economic crisis we ve elected a new President and an activist Congress The question on everyone s mind is 8220 What will the Government do to stimulate the economy The premise with the prevailing angst over the recession is that Government can help ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526703__The-View-From-Outside-the-Box-Economic-Stimulus.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:48:32 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Hyper Inflationary Dollars Chasing A Shrinking Gold Supply]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[To get this disturbing concept into your brain think of a shark frenzy At first there s this one shark chewing on a freshly killed tuna Smelling the blood a bunch of other sharks immediately join the feast In no time fifty maybe a hundred crazed sharks show up each ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526666__Hyper-Inflationary-Dollars-Chasing-A-Shrinking-Gold-Supply.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:42:38 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Amazing Christian Stimulus Plan]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[I must confess that these days I haven t been able to get a certain woman out of my mind No it s not what you think You may have heard of her She s known as the Widow of Zarephath and she can be found in 1 Kings chapter 17 I can t stop thinking about the way that ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526652__Amazing-Christian-Stimulus-Plan.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:02:18 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Fair Trade Fortnight Changing the World With Your Shopping Basket]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Did you know that in February you re more likely to bump into someone in a banana costume than at any other time of year This isn t because there s an annual banana man conference held in February but because of something called Fair Trade Fortnight Perhaps you ve never bumped into a banana on legs ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526647__Fair-Trade-Fortnight-Changing-the-World-With-Your-Shopping-Basket.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:24:48 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[The Safety Nets Are in Place Sleep Well Tonight]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The stock market is out of control The CEOs salaries are out of control The hedge funds are losing money What options does that leave for the safety investors Where can we invest our money to insure it will not lose value A bigger question is this Who can you trust If safety ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/526646__The-Safety-Nets-Are-in-Place-Sleep-Well-Tonight.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:37:58 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[It s Not All Doom and Gloom]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Every so often I get together for a quick conversation over a cup of coffee with a friend who owns a growing small business Last week s coffee conversation was eye opening and inspiring It started by him telling me that 2008 was his best year sales production and profits were up He added to his staff He is expecting 2009 to be ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525661__It-s-Not-All-Doom-and-Gloom.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:16:08 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Are Uncle Sam s Creditors Heading For the Exits]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[In 2008 the credit crisis spread around the world like a virus We saw individuals companies and small countries go to the wall Will 2009 be the year when U S creditors refuse to expose themselves to an ever increasing risk of default in order to protect their own economies There are growing signs of hesitation and fear ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525641__Are-Uncle-Sam-s-Creditors-Heading-For-the-Exits.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:14:48 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[1 8 Million People Currently Unemployed in the UK Brown Promises Action]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[It has been reported that 1 8 million people are currently without a job in the UK With more and more companies going into administration it is feared that this number will continue to increase Land of leather has recently announced it s suspending its shares and news ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525639__1-8-Million-People-Currently-Unemployed-in-the-UK-Brown-Promises-Action.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:13:20 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Paulson Shoots Another Arrow Into the Heart of the Economy]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The announcement in the last few days of a deal reached between the U S Treasury and the moribund insurance giant A I G provides a very lucid insight in to the nefarious and destructive world of the Troubled Asset Relief Program otherwise known as T A R P Not only have A I G received 152 billion to date ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525637__Paulson-Shoots-Another-Arrow-Into-the-Heart-of-the-Economy.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:22:08 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[New Securities Exchange Commission Regulations Fail Miserably to Address the Real Issues]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Yesterday the long awaited regulatory framework to rein in the Financial sector was announced Not surprisingly it did not address the most important issues hovering over the Economy and serves only to reinforce the hands off management style that has always been the trademark of this supposed Gatekeeper of Financial Sanity ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525636__New-Securities-Exchange-Commission-Regulations-Fail-Miserably-to-Address-the-Real-Issues.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:05:38 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Shipping Continues It s Downward Plunge]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Capesize Vessels weigh from 175 000 tons to 400 000 tons and count as some of the largest craft in the World They typically carry raw materials such as Iron ore Steel Coal and other raw commodities Where you used to pay up to 230 000 per day to rent one now you can have one for ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525635__Shipping-Continues-It-s-Downward-Plunge.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:55:12 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[CitiGroup s Destructive Potential Still Poses a Systemic Threat]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The handing over of yet more taxpayer money to CitiGroup has temporarily avoided a truly systemic breakdown of the world banking system but as always the real problems have not been addressed and the inevitable collapse has just been delayed Bloomberg reported that 8220 Citigroup will cover ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525634__CitiGroup-s-Destructive-Potential-Still-Poses-a-Systemic-Threat.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:50:50 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Treasury Continues to Harpoon the Real Economy]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[With the ever increasing amount of taxpayers 8217 money handed over to 8220 bail out Financial Firms manufacturing firms and Insurance firms the Treasury has given a new meaning to the term 8220 Venture Capital Venture by it s very definition involves ..]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:00:18 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Financing the US National Debt]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Election Fever is over and President Elect Barack Obama has until January to formulate a realistic game plan to address the unprecedented financial morass that he will shortly be inheriting He will no doubt have to have the moral character to honestly inform his electorate of the true gravity ..]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:34:02 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Service Sector Stimulus]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[How can our economy get the most bang for its buck in terms of consumer spending In the past 35 years or so the emphasis has been on growing the service sector of our economy so it seems to follow that we need to put more emphasis on stimulating that sector My ..]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:06:40 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[The Recession Fears Solutions]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[On Thursday January 8 2009 President Elect Barack Obama before a crowded filled room of America s Governors in Washington D D conveyed to the Governors a pretty dismal picture of the U S economy To paraphrase Mr Obama he in essence said that if we don t act swiftly and take some major and drastic action times are going to get ..]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:38:42 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[The Industrial Revolution is Over and the Next Great Market Is]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[As we become a mature debtor nation and try to live and prosper with the fact that the Industrial revolution as we knew it historically is over what do we do to generate the bulk of our Gross National Product and what do we export to the rest of the world We have to answer this question if we hope to survive and prosper as a Nation ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525585__The-Industrial-Revolution-is-Over-and-the-Next-Great-Market-Is.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:05:12 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Companies Cut the Cheese]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[On my way home my stomach decides it can t wait until we get home to eat so it takes control of the steering wheel and pulls into the nearest McDonald s While waiting in line trying to decide whether to order two double cheeseburgers or just go for a Big Mac I realize that there exists a new item on the menu called a McDouble ..]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:32:48 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Global Recession and Its Impact on Your Moving Abroad Plans]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[For many people Spain epitomizes the moving abroad dream a country that offers the prospect of year round sunshine lower living costs and a more relaxed pace of life Not surprising then that year after year Spain has proven to be one of the most popular destinations for expatriates from around the world ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525558__Global-Recession-and-Its-Impact-on-Your-Moving-Abroad-Plans.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:50:42 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Create Your Own Economic Bailout Plan]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[It is almost becoming a stereotypical statement these days we are in tough economic times Stereotypical or not however the statement is true A total of 2 6 million jobs disappeared in 2008 the most since World War II and the pain of the recession is only getting worse as 11 million Americans search for ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525557__Create-Your-Own-Economic-Bailout-Plan.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:27:28 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Government Bailouts The Wrong Approach]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[It seems that everybody has their hand out for some bailout money these days What started out with the government generously giving away money they didn t have to Wall Street has morphed into billions being given to the banksters and insurance CEO s with the automotive industry and others standing in line seeking their share of the ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525555__Government-Bailouts-The-Wrong-Approach.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:59:12 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Possible Future Directions of the World Economy]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[The economic downturn that began in 2008 has hit the developed world far more severely than the developing part of the world One reason for this is that some decades ago the developed countries dominated the world in manufacturing Gradually over the years other countries have advanced in the manufacture of ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525546__Possible-Future-Directions-of-the-World-Economy.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:37:58 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[A Historical Perspective on the Credit Crunch]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[I was reading the BBC History magazine the other day and in particular an article on the credit crunch of the 13th century Yes we had a credit crunch then King Edward had loans from Italy to finance wars and well it s complicated but the end result was a credit ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525544__A-Historical-Perspective-on-the-Credit-Crunch.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:22:30 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Hundred of Thousands Won t Survive Financially in 2009]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[As the new year arrives and many of us a promising ourselves we re going to succeed in our resolutions and make 2009 the best year yet we still have a dark financial reality to face up to The latest news from the mortgage representative companies is hardly the shining news we had hoped for with ..]]></description>
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                 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:31:18 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Your Bank is Broke and Needs a Bailout Here s What You Need to Do]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Do not take all of your money out of the bank A run on the big banks has already happened of sorts You see contrary to 5 months ago August 2008 when the president and congress tried to assure us that the economy was fine and progressing we ve all heard differently since that time So what happened in such ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525525__Your-Bank-is-Broke-and-Needs-a-Bailout-Here-s-What-You-Need-to-Do.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:53:12 -0500</pubDate>
                 <guid>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525525__Your-Bank-is-Broke-and-Needs-a-Bailout-Here-s-What-You-Need-to-Do.html</guid>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Back to the Future Citigroup]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Understanding the future of the financial industry is understanding what is going on now And where we are coming from In 1998 one of the largest mergers in the financial history took place between Citibank and Travelers group From a distance that merger looked quite ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525523__Back-to-the-Future-Citigroup.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:51:12 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Want Not Waste Not Back to the Basics]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[We live in the age of technology We our generation have gotten so technologically savvy as we have mastered shortcuts efficiency and convenience to an art form we have also mastered to undo generations of genius and tradition What brought on this sudden epiphany you ask I was grocery shopping today at the local Albertsons ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525520__Want-Not-Waste-Not-Back-to-the-Basics.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:03:42 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Your Recession Survival Tactics Explained]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Economic recession may be a new term in your ears but in essence it is actually a common economic term used to refer to the slowing down of economy You see a country s economy follows a natural cycle Sometimes it s up and sometimes it s down You just don t realize that it s happening ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525519__Your-Recession-Survival-Tactics-Explained.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:06:40 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[What s in 700 000 000 000]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[WOW Seven hundred billion dollars Enough money to cover every square inch of the 102 floors of the Empire State Building with 100 bills 280 times Enough money to buy every person in America over the age of one a brand new iPhone G3 5 times Enough money to provide every single person ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525510__What-s-in-700-000-000-000.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:33:22 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Gov Bailout]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Today the Senate gave the OK to release the bailout funds as requested by Barrack Obama two days ago Looks like the Senate is on Barracks side already But the question remains the same even after a 350 Billion dollar pay out nothing has changed in the housing market ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525503__Gov-Bailout.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:48:32 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund Since 1970 From Bad to Worse]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[Between the Bretton Fields agreement in 1944 and the 1960 s the International Monetary Fund used a gold standard pegged to the United States dollar as the basis for international trade Britain got itself into all sorts of financial trouble that caused havoc with the official price of gold Speculation in gold pushed unofficial ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525487__The-International-Monetary-Fund-Since-1970-From-Bad-to-Worse.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:35:28 -0500</pubDate>
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                 <title><![CDATA[Which Pin Will Burst the Treasury Bond Bubble]]></title>
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                 <description><![CDATA[According to the Ka Poom Theory bubbles always find black swan events 8220 pins to pop them and cause a market panic And as John Mills a historian of market panics said 8220 Panics do not destroy capital they merely reveal the extent to which it has ..]]></description>
                 <link>http://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/Economics/525475__Which-Pin-Will-Burst-the-Treasury-Bond-Bubble.html</link>
                 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:03:12 -0500</pubDate>
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