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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Economics</title>
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		<title>Animated Unemployment</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/23/animated-unemployment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very cool animated Graphic showing the change in unemployment over the last two years. Click Image for Animation]]></description>
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		<title>Taking a Closer Look at Unemployment</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/taking-a-closer-look-at-unemployment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment as measured by the &#8220;establishment survey,&#8221; was down by 190,000; and Many feel it is an improvement that we are not falling as fast. Well, let us take a moment to look under the hood of these numbers. First, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/taking-a-closer-look-at-unemployment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;So how is that working out for you, Mr President?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/7145/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Friend Bruce McQuain picks up on a story I noticed yesterday. Rather than rehash it, I&#8217;ll let him lay it out: Greg Mankiw reminds us of this bit of fantasy: What we are not doing — what I have &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/7145/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Uncommon insight</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/28/uncommon-insight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Saddest Lede on the Internet Today. Says Ric Locke on his new blog.   And what was the lede?     &#8220;Americans believe that the normal state of things is not-violence.&#8221; Do you suppose that’s true? That that’s why we &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/28/uncommon-insight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bogus Civility</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally someone said what I&#8217;ve been thinking about this constant call to civility: Have we transformed into so brittle a citizenry that we are unable to handle a raucous debate over the future of the country? If things were quiet, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a Rum Revolt&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/01/time-for-a-rum-revolt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just has me speechless&#8230; (or wordless&#8230;) Under the agreement, London-based Diageo PLC will receive tax credits and other benefits worth $2.7 billion over 30 years, including the entire $165-million cost of building a state-of-the-art distillery on the island of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/01/time-for-a-rum-revolt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Tax Freedom Day</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/13/happy-tax-freedom-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the day that we have earned enough to pay its tax burden for the year. This year&#8217;s day comes earlier than last year, though this is due to recent stimulus effects. Before you start to celebrate though, Doug &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/13/happy-tax-freedom-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>To Big To Fail</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/10/to-big-to-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Instapundit, Glenn has been keeping an eye on both the Tax Day Tea Party and the New Way Forward demonstrations. Reading about what the left is doing, I have to think, that if the left thinks banks that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/10/to-big-to-fail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why the AIG Mess is Ignorant Populism of the Worst Kind</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/25/why-the-aig-mess-is-ignorant-populism-of-the-worst-kind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Greg Mankiw comes this letter by a Mr. Desantis published in the NYTimes. The government is spinelessly trying to punish the very people who&#8217;s help it most needs. It&#8217;s almost tragic really. I am proud of everything I have &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/25/why-the-aig-mess-is-ignorant-populism-of-the-worst-kind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Houston Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/02/houston-tea-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t get to make it out, as I work almost 30 miles away, but here&#8217;s the video:]]></description>
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		<title>They say you wanna Revolution!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/27/they-say-you-wanna-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come one, come all. Anyone interested in attending a mass rally protesting the mess our government is, come join Hoosiers for Fair Taxation on March 25th at the capital building in Indianapolis. They are also calling for volunteers, and there &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/27/they-say-you-wanna-revolution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/19/chicago-tea-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Santelli just went off on Obama&#8217;s housing proposal live on CNBC from the commodities trading floor in Chicago. It&#8217;s now the headline on Drudge: VIDEO: &#8216;The government is promoting bad behavior&#8230; do we really want to subsidize the losers&#8217; &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/19/chicago-tea-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pitchfork Time??  How about Shovel Time!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/13/pitchfork-time-how-about-shovel-time/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/13/pitchfork-time-how-about-shovel-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glenn Reynolds ponders &#8220;IS IT PITCHFORK TIME? Dang, I don’t own a pitchfork. Oh well, they’re not too expensive. Maybe mail a bunch to Congress, first . . .&#8221; I think shovels would be a more appropriate gift to send &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/13/pitchfork-time-how-about-shovel-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Late Night in the Halls of Congress</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/13/late-night-in-the-halls-of-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the final text of the spendathon bill is out, looks like it was a late night in the halls of Congress. Interesting that they chose not to create a searchable PDF, but scanned in a printed version, with markups. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/13/late-night-in-the-halls-of-congress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two Cows Theory of AIG Implosion</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/05/two-cows-theory-of-aig-implosion/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/05/two-cows-theory-of-aig-implosion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always love these explanations. Hat Tip: Megan McArdle]]></description>
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		<title>Taxation without Representation</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/06/taxation-without-representation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current bailout mania, and the long going practice of spending our way into debt, ought to be considered the highest form of &#8220;taxation without representation&#8221; as the government is taxing the future revenue of people who, at the moment, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/06/taxation-without-representation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus: Spending vs. Tax Multipliers</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/11/stimulus-spending-vs-tax-multipliers/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/11/stimulus-spending-vs-tax-multipliers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Mankiw has a post today look at the real world studies of spending and tax multipliers. Keynesians might be surprised to learn that the tax multiplier appears to be much larger than the spending one. Studies put the Government &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/11/stimulus-spending-vs-tax-multipliers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Step Right Up! It&#8217;s Your Bailout Too!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/03/step-right-up-its-your-bailout-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hear repeatedly from our fellow citizens &#8220;where is my bailout?&#8221; For those who have been wondering the fine journalists at Vanity Fair have found the paperwork so you can begin applying now for, as the application says, &#8220;free government &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/03/step-right-up-its-your-bailout-too/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Our Government&#8217;s Economic Policy Explained</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/our-governments-economic-policy-explained/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/our-governments-economic-policy-explained/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fred Thompson. With only the most minor quibbles I not only laughed, but cried. Pretty much dead on: The sad thing is that it isn&#8217;t only &#8220;liberal&#8221; economists, it is the meat of the profession and plenty of so &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/our-governments-economic-policy-explained/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calculating the cost of bailing out the economy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/calculating-the-cost-of-bailing-out-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/calculating-the-cost-of-bailing-out-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the NBER has decided to endorse my view that we went into recession last December which I first first claimed last January, I think my points about the efficacy of fiscal stimulus still apply. As for spending already &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/calculating-the-cost-of-bailing-out-the-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On Market Forces</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/20/on-market-forces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(via: Inkcinct)]]></description>
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		<title>A Solution to the Financial Crisis? Sharia!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/20/a-solution-to-the-financial-crisis-sharia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italian economist Loretta Napoleoni (of Rogue Economics fame), blames the lingering financial crisis in part on the American War on Terrorism, which inaugurated an allegedly &#8220;suspicious attitude&#8230;toward Muslim investors.&#8221; She goes further though, and argues that the only solution to &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/20/a-solution-to-the-financial-crisis-sharia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Schiff&#8217;s Payback</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/17/peter-schiffs-payback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The insufferable Peter Schiff has a video going around, which frankly, is just brilliant. He may be unpleasant at times, but he nailed this thing, and took mounds of abuse while doing so. More importantly, I KNOW HOW HE FEELS! &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/17/peter-schiffs-payback/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>De-leveraging</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/16/de-leveraging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the topic of tonight&#8217;s podcast I thought a little visual data might help. First, the explosion in US debt: Henry Blodget explains: From the early 1920s through 1985, the average level of debt-to-GDP in this country was 155%. The &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/16/de-leveraging/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three Banks to Rule the World</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/06/three-banks-to-rule-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winners of the global financial turmoil look to be three American &#8216;superbanks&#8217;: JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. The institutions have all grown to occupy such a predominant position in the marketplace, that all three recently &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/06/three-banks-to-rule-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Trade Wars, Act I</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/05/fair-trade-wars-act-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea is getting jittery about prospects for its long sought Free Trade Agreement with the United States, which is still yet to be approved by both countries, and is now under threat from a potentially protectionist Obama administration. In &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/05/fair-trade-wars-act-i/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Post-Post-American World</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/01/the-post-post-american-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, did you enjoy the much discussed post-American world order? Hope you didn&#8217;t miss it. Surely it didn&#8217;t lack for advertising. But if you did happen to step out for a moment, we just lived through the end of market &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/01/the-post-post-american-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going John Galt&#8230; quietly.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/going-john-galt-quietly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of &#8220;Going John Galt&#8221; makes me a little bit uncomfortable, to tell the truth.    John Galt essentially said screw them all, and shut down knowing that a whole lot of people would be hurt.    It was about the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/going-john-galt-quietly/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Income Tax Becoming Too Progressive?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/21/is-income-tax-becoming-too-progressive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fewer and fewer people are paying income tax and even less will be with either candidates tax plan. I don&#8217;t think this would be such a problem if we didn&#8217;t have such high spending, growing entitlements, and if so many &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/21/is-income-tax-becoming-too-progressive/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Playmates during crisis</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/20/playmates-during-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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