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		<title>Creative Capitalism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/02/creative-capitalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this is a fascinating blog, Creative Capitalism. Of Course, I am a geek. Creative Capitalism: A Conversation is a web experiment designed to produce a book &#8212; a collection of essays and commentary on capitalism, philanthropy and global &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/02/creative-capitalism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Supermarkets Can End Poverty</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/how-supermarkets-can-end-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Namibian supermarket selection (photo: Olivier Peyre) One of great inequities in the modern world is that in relative terms, food in poor and starving countries often costs far more than in the wealthy developed world. That&#8217;s because industrial countries tend &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/how-supermarkets-can-end-poverty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Investing at Home in Africa</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/30/investing-at-home-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developmental economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: William Bedzrah) One of the traditional problems of economic development in sub-Saharan Africa is that internal African investment dollars tend to be spent outside the continent. Thus it&#8217;s interesting to see Nigerian investment in Ghana has now reached $580 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/30/investing-at-home-in-africa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Price of Chinese Silence</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/the-price-of-chinese-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developmental economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The New York Times: Mr. Yu’s daughter had died in a cascade of concrete and bricks, one of at least 240 students at a high school here who lost their lives in the May 12 earthquake. Mr. Yu became &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/the-price-of-chinese-silence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Restructure State to Save It</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/30/restructure-state-to-save-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 03:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developmental economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-posted from Registan.net, your one-stop shop for news and analysis of going on in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Thirteen months ago, I noted the problems caused by the U.S. State Department having dramatically different divisions than the military COCOMs. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/30/restructure-state-to-save-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Silent Tsunami</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/silent-tsunami/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/silent-tsunami/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an update to this previous post, be sure to read this from The Economist. Governments ought to liberalise markets, not intervene in them further. Food is riddled with state intervention at every turn, from subsidies to millers for cheap &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/silent-tsunami/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ripple Effects in the Food Trade</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/ripple-effects-in-the-food-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developmental economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted first at Registan.net When last I touched on the global food crisis and how it is impacting Afghanistan and the rest of Central Asia, I noted that countries continuing to ban wheat exports would make the problem worse by &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/ripple-effects-in-the-food-trade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Wheat Mean?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/10/what-does-wheat-mean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developmental economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-posted to Registan.net, which also has lots of other commentary, news, and analysis from and about Central Asia. Paul Krugman had a mostly-good column in the New York Times the other day, exploring the world food crisis. After digging through &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/10/what-does-wheat-mean/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Geldof and Bush: Diary From the Road</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/28/geldof-and-bush-diary-from-the-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short portrait of President Bush from Sir Bob Geldof, on the Presidents recent trip around Africa. Really shows what we&#8217;ve been accomplishing in Africa the last several years. In 2003, only 50,000 Africans were on HIV antiretroviral drugs — &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/28/geldof-and-bush-diary-from-the-road/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tragic News for Leftists</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/23/tragic-news-for-leftists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to free markets, capitalism and freedom in general, the world is getting wealthier. The last quarter century has witnessed remarkable progress of mankind. The world’s per capita inflation-adjusted income rose from $5400 in 1980 to $8500 in 2005.Schooling and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/23/tragic-news-for-leftists/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Assasination and Democracy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/18/assasination-and-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bayesian Heresy tipped me to a profile of economist Ben Olken, who has published a couple of papers on the effect of political leaders on economic and political development: Olken wonders whether economic devel­opment and the path to democratization &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/18/assasination-and-democracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free Trade and the Next President</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/06/free-trade-and-the-next-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In electing a President we are rarely presented with candidates who represent our views, so in the end it really comes down to prioritizing. Frankly I may yet again not vote for a major party candidate, but if I do &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/06/free-trade-and-the-next-president/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scrambling for Africa: A Conversation with John Ghazvinian</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/scrambling-for-africa-a-conversation-with-john-ghazvinian/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/scrambling-for-africa-a-conversation-with-john-ghazvinian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gas flaring in the Niger Delta (photo: Ellie) John Ghazvinian is a journalist and historian of considerable insight into African affairs. He also happens to have written one of the best recent books on the emergent international struggle for African &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/scrambling-for-africa-a-conversation-with-john-ghazvinian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Weekend Hit</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/27/the-weekend-hit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks into my new job, I am loving it. I&#8217;m sick from sleep deprivation and brand new Midwestern pathogens (and subzero—in centigrade—temperatures!), but it&#8217;s wonderful. I can&#8217;t believe I get paid to do this&#8230; hell, I couldn&#8217;t believe I &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/27/the-weekend-hit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>African wages, high and sticky?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/african-wages-high-and-sticky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hat tip: Tyler. Chris Blattman has a conjecture, possibly high wages in Africa are holding back growth: One thing that has always struck me in the African countries I have worked is that the real wages (i.e. wages adjusted for &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/african-wages-high-and-sticky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Path to Mass Murder III</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/the-path-to-mass-murder-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/the-path-to-mass-murder-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haven&#8217;t we said this is the way things were heading once Hugo Chavez instituted price controls? Why yes we did. From CNN via Pejman President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to take over farms or milk plants if owners refuse &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/the-path-to-mass-murder-iii/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Other Countries GDP&#8217;s as US States</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/other-countries-gdps-as-us-states/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/other-countries-gdps-as-us-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Strange Maps: This is quite an education. Click for a larger image. Although the economies of countries like China and India are growing at an incredible rate, the US remains the nation with the highest GDP in the world &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/other-countries-gdps-as-us-states/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Labour regulations in China and India: Economic Freedom in Relief</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/labour-regulations-in-china-and-india/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/labour-regulations-in-china-and-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a stunning statistic: &#8230;the annual expansion in China’s trade has been larger than India’s total annual trade during last several years. Tyler Cowen hones in on this point, amongst a bounty of good points: The most important factor &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/labour-regulations-in-china-and-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization: By Don Boudreaux</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/14/globalization-by-don-boudreaux/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/14/globalization-by-don-boudreaux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Cross posted at Risk and Return) Cafe Hayek fans take note, it is finally out. Short review from Tyler Cowen: This is the best popular book explaining the benefits of international trade. Imagine Bastiat for 2008, or a Cajun updating &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/14/globalization-by-don-boudreaux/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Milton Friedman vs. Naomi Klein</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/02/milton-friedman-vs-naomi-klein/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/02/milton-friedman-vs-naomi-klein/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! To start off the year right, let&#8217;s have a look at a mock-up of a debate between Naomi Klein, reporter-activist extraordinaire, and Milton Friedman, king of economic liberty (via Instapundit). This video was put together by Devil&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/02/milton-friedman-vs-naomi-klein/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Some Economic Perspective</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/12/05/some-economic-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[youtube uJo7GG15kMU] Hat tip: Greg Mankiw]]></description>
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		<title>China: The temporary nature of what we know</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/15/china-the-temporary-nature-of-what-we-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a little-noticed mid-summer announcement, the Asian Development Bank presented official survey results indicating China&#8217;s economy is smaller and poorer than established estimates say. The announcement cited the first authoritative measure of China&#8217;s size using purchasing power parity methods. The &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/15/china-the-temporary-nature-of-what-we-know/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Ultimate Resource Returns</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/01/1738/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting this Friday, November 2nd, Free to Choose Media is continuing the work of its inspiration, Milton Friedman, of bringing the benefits of freedom to the people of this world, including its most remote corners. A new documentary, &#8220;The Ultimate &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/01/1738/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Subtle Oil Shock</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/28/the-subtle-oil-shock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It hasn&#8217;t been all that shocking. Why not? Greg Mankiw supplies a few possibilities. My favorites? Well let us start here: In contrast to much rhetoric to the contrary, capitalism is the most powerful weapon to achieve energy efficiency we &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/28/the-subtle-oil-shock/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Security in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/18/national-security-in-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megan McArdle asks the question, Should we cut our defense spending in half? And has a follow up post entitled &#8220;The best offense is a good defense?&#8221; It is an interesting discussion in that our military has always been about &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/18/national-security-in-the-21st-century/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>News Brief, U Can Tell I Had A Long Day Lulz Edition</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/11/news-brief-u-can-tell-i-had-a-long-day-lulz-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally at The Conjecturer. Defense &#38; The War Okay, now this is silly. Expecto Petraeus is not worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Our respect for taking on the hardest job in America (yes, deliberate phrasing), but not a Nobel. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/11/news-brief-u-can-tell-i-had-a-long-day-lulz-edition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More evidence that Naomi Klein is a nit wit-Update- Links fixed!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/02/more-evidence-that-naomi-klein-is-a-nit-wit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan allowed her to prove it of course, but she also is pretty much making things up in this attempt to slander Milton Friedman. I say pretty much because she is showing little to no originality as this lie, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/02/more-evidence-that-naomi-klein-is-a-nit-wit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Maestro speaks out</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/09/29/the-maestro-speaks-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan gives an interview at Democracy Now! There is both a link to the audio and a transcript at the link. Brave. The interview is given by Amy Goodman, who generally I find insipid. Her guest interviewer however is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/09/29/the-maestro-speaks-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>News Brief, Techno Dracula Edition</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/09/27/news-brief-techno-dracula-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably pirating em-pee-threes over at The Conjecturer. Defense &#38; The War Well, the military realizes how fundamentally broken our relationship with the PMCs in Iraq has become, and are now pressuring the State Department to exercise some control or oversight &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/09/27/news-brief-techno-dracula-edition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>News Brief, A.D.S.R.M.! Edition</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/09/26/news-brief-adsrm-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense &#38; The War This look at PMCs, from late August no less, is pretty close to my views. Recognizing the impracticality of removing all PMCs in the lack of any ability to regrow military capacity &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/09/26/news-brief-adsrm-edition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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