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	<title>the rational post &#187; obama</title>
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		<title>axis of upheaval</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2009/03/23/axis-of-upheaval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While many observers are still consumed by the economic complexities of the financial crisis, historians have been busy making predictions about the ominous geopolitical implications of a destabilized global economy, rising unemployment, falling incomes, and swelling ethnic tensions. Much like its individual citizens, countries in the aggregate tend to retrench in the face of uncertainty about the future, and that could lead to some dangerously myopic decision-making in the months and years ahead&#8230;
The Axis of Upheaval
By Niall Ferguson in Foreign Policy, March/April 2009
Forget Iran, Iraq, and North Korea—Bush’s “Axis of Evil.” As economic calamity meets political and social turmoil, the world’s worst problems may come from countries like Somalia, Russia, and Mexico. And they’re just the beginning.
Seven years ago, in ...]]></description>
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		<title>strong arm of the lawmakers</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2009/02/13/strong-arm-of-the-lawmakers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few economists now doubt that private household spending and corporate investment will rescue the economy on their own. The debate now lies in the scale and scope of the government&#8217;s intervention, as the only institution with the access to capital, macroeconomic scope, and investment horizon needed to jump-start the labor market, keep production cycles from seizing up, and create the necessary conditions for manageable lending and spending to resume.

In the following commentary, David Kotok of Cumberland Advisors suggests that any stimulus of this size shouldn&#8217;t be rushed or it risks not achieving the plan&#8217;s most basic objectives: immediate job creation and demand stabilization. While fiscal conservatives and liberals argue over the relative effects of tax breaks versus direct spending, the ...]]></description>
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		<title>false prophets</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2008/12/31/false-prophets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Annus Horribilis finally comes to an end, many forecasters in the policy and financial communities have been left licking their wounds. This effort from Moises Naim and his team at Foreign Policy tries to capture the best of the worst and is certainly worth a look&#8230;

The 10 Worst Predictions for 2008
in Foreign Policy
Prognostication is by far the riskiest form of punditry. The 10 commentators and leaders on this list learned that the hard way when their confident predictions about politics, war, the economy, and even the end of humanity itself completely missed the mark.

ONE. “If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to ...]]></description>
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		<title>the 44th president</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2008/11/05/the-44th-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the world comes to terms with yesterday&#8217;s historic call for change, Nouriel Roubini and his team have pulled together a laundry list of the many great challenges that lie ahead&#8230;

Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States
RGE Monitor
The 2008 U.S. Presidential election was historic itself owing to the candidates’ profile. But the timing of the elections as the U.S. and global economy are in the midst of the worst financial crisis and recession in decades reminds us of the Great Depression era and the 1980s recession when incoming Presidents Roosevelt and Reagan faced immense challenges to cure the economy’s woes.
By the time Obama takes his oath in January 2009, he will face an economy which is still in ...]]></description>
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		<title>obama&#8217;s long tail</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2007/05/14/obamas-long-tail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 21:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speeches like this remind us of why partisan politics is often no better than the alternative, not because of any words directly spoken or feelings directly invoked, but because of the inevitable litany of criticism that unfolds in the wake of a genuine call for change &#8212; particularly in the months leading up to an election. There isn&#8217;t much in this April 2007 address that disagrees with the basic principles of peaceful co-existance, mutual socio-economic benefit, and the rebirth of the American Dream. If the long tail ever wakes up to the message, this could become an interesting race&#8230;

*To listen to a podcast of this speech, click here

 Remarks of Senator Barack Obama to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Published ...]]></description>
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