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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; economy</title>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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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>The Post-Post-American World</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/01/the-post-post-american-world/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/01/the-post-post-american-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1990]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/going-john-galt-quietly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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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>My favorite proposal for helping financial institutions</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/01/my-favorite-proposal-for-helping-financial-institutions/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/01/my-favorite-proposal-for-helping-financial-institutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bond holders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do believe we should be doing something as a nation, through our government, to avoid the not insignificant chance of a total financial meltdown. I have seen several things proposed that I find interesting, and I will get into &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/01/my-favorite-proposal-for-helping-financial-institutions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scamming</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/23/scamming/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/23/scamming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bail out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had a crisis that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/23/scamming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Economic Message is Bad &#8211; Not the Economy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/13/the-economic-message-is-bad-not-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/13/the-economic-message-is-bad-not-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chronicles of the Conspiracy&#8220;What does it say about our nation that it has become political suicide to state the good news that our economy is not in recession?&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Cowed by Liberal Rhetoric?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/cowed-by-liberal-rhetoric/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/cowed-by-liberal-rhetoric/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AmSpec NewsThe economy is not booming but it is sound and growing.&#160; Emmet Tyrell says we are cowed by liberal rhetoric and can&#8217;t get this economic message out. Did I say growing? Yes I did, but the Republicans cannot talk &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/cowed-by-liberal-rhetoric/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Plan: Does This Work?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/obamas-plan-does-this-work/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/obamas-plan-does-this-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Associated Press, a sequence of interviews with Democratic leaders has revealed this to be the political plan being recommended to the Obama campaign: 1. Tie the Republican to an unpopular President Bush. 2. Let no charge go &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/obamas-plan-does-this-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the Anti-Bush Economy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/10/the-end-of-the-anti-bush-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/10/the-end-of-the-anti-bush-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The impending collapse of the anti-Bush merchandise market spells doom for the national economy: &#8220;We need to develop totally new products for marginally politically active liberals to throw their money away on.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Limited Government Still Popular</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/limited-government-still-popular/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/limited-government-still-popular/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new Rasmussen survey 62% of Americans believe encouraging economic growth is more important than reducing income inequality. 51% also say the federal government exerts too much control over our economy as it stands. It would be wise &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/limited-government-still-popular/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anders Aslund on the Russian Economy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/anders-aslund-on-the-russian-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/anders-aslund-on-the-russian-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After forcefully savaging the Russian invasion of Georgia, controversial Swedish economist Anders Aslund lays out ten reasons he expects an impending economic collapse in Russia. Each point is sound, although some are more problematic than others. Particularly cogent are the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/anders-aslund-on-the-russian-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More on Family Issues</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/more-on-family-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/more-on-family-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economist&#8220;The origin of this skills problem lies in the decline of the family in American society. Dysfunctional families retard the formation of the abilities needed for successful performance in modern society.&#8221; Both the left and the right see the problem &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/more-on-family-issues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dissecting Subprime &#8211; A lesson learned</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/22/dissecting-subprime-a-lesson-learned/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/22/dissecting-subprime-a-lesson-learned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist Interesting article about the roots of the problem. What I found fascinating was this root cause. the historical accident of a very low loss rate during the early history of subprime mortgage foreclosures in 2001-2002. This is the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/22/dissecting-subprime-a-lesson-learned/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fail Early or Don&#8217;t Fail at All</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/03/fail-early-or-dont-fail-at-all/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/03/fail-early-or-dont-fail-at-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On tonights podcast at QandO, I called in at McQ&#8217;s request to discuss the economy. One of the things we discussed was the likelihood of our government continuing to bail out our financial institutions. For a number of reasons that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/03/fail-early-or-dont-fail-at-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Pan America</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/peter-pan-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up means accepting responsibility for your actions and attempting to make wise decisions as much as possible.  Peter Pan rejected this; he didn&#8217;t want to grow up and lose the carefree, irresponsible days of youth. Too often, it appears &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/peter-pan-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Amoral Nature of Moral Hazard</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/23/the-amoral-nature-of-moral-hazard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<title>You Walk Away Hits Television</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/you-walk-away-hits-television/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross posted at Risk and Return You may remember the website we discussed back in January. Dale Franks just discovered their program, because they now are on Television. He asks the obvious question: So, should the mortgage companies get off &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/you-walk-away-hits-television/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Economy Makes Me Nervous As Well</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/04/the-economy-makes-me-nervous-as-well/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/04/the-economy-makes-me-nervous-as-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, this is kind of funny, if in a dancing on gravestones kind of way. I hate to continue to beat an old drum, but the economic data is showing far less stress than is actually out there. Employment is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/04/the-economy-makes-me-nervous-as-well/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elect Phil Gramm!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/elect-phil-gramm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From an interview by Stephen Moore (HT: GR): So what if a President Barack Obama were to impose 50% or 60% tax rates on these CEOs and other big earners? Mr. Gramm pounces: &#8220;When you help a company raise capital, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/elect-phil-gramm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Politics of Condescension</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/12/the-politics-of-condescension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the discussion at this post about Obama&#8217;s condescension, I suggest Tom Maguire&#8217;s roundup of the coverage of Obama making the mistake of speaking his mind about the rubes who he needs to vote for him: I can&#8217;t believe that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/12/the-politics-of-condescension/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ill chosen words&#8230; and digging deeper</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/12/ill-chosen-words-and-digging-deeper/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/12/ill-chosen-words-and-digging-deeper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As at least one person has said, there&#8217;s the type of slip of the tongue where one accidentally says what one really thinks.Has everyone seen by now Obama&#8217;s take on why small town Midwestern sorts cling to religion, guns, racism, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/12/ill-chosen-words-and-digging-deeper/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are we in a recession yet?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/07/are-we-in-a-recession-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/07/are-we-in-a-recession-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personally I think we have been negative since November. Given the large positive number in the third quarter, the barely above break even number in the fourth quarter virtually guarantees that the economy went negative sometime in November and December. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/07/are-we-in-a-recession-yet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Death by Fairness</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/death-by-fairness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo: Simón Pais-Thomas Mick at Uncorrelated has another lovely post on the essentially vile character and politics of Mike Huckabee. Toward the end of his remarks he briefly hits Huckabee&#8217;s proposed Fair Tax: &#8230;and politically DOA policy planks like the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/death-by-fairness/">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>
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		<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 Grinding Gears of the Economy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/the-grinding-gears-of-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fourth quarter GDP numbers came in this week, and then the Fed went ahead and cut rates further. That is 125 basis points in about a week.! I have a roundup of news, related opinion and other reactions at &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/the-grinding-gears-of-the-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>This is truly disturbing-Updated</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/30/this-is-truly-disturbing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[youwalkaway.com I really have little to add to my declaration of extreme discomfort. Much more on this here.]]></description>
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		<title>The Harley Report</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/25/the-harley-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I noted earlier, Dale Franks was curious about how Harley Davidson (HOG) would do on its latest earnings release: One earnings report to watch this week, though, is Harley-Davidson (HOG). It’s a solid company with a loyal customer base—I’m &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/25/the-harley-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Scale of the American Economy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/20/the-scale-of-the-american-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click to enlarge I thought the map Lance posted from the other day (originally from Strange Maps), which expressed the GDP of foreign countries as US states, based on their approximate equivalent GSP, was a pretty interesting visualization. However, I &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/20/the-scale-of-the-american-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A New Voice Coach?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/a-new-voice-coach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hillary has been modifying her voice lately. A new TV spot on the economy in California. Soooothing and feminine. Much improved from this.]]></description>
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		<title>The Mildest Recession?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/17/the-mildest-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley expects a &#8220;mild and short&#8221; recession in 2008, with peak unemployment of 5.6% or 5.7% in early 2009. Mark Perry points out that would make it the mildest and shallowest recession since the second world war.]]></description>
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