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		<title>Mr. Hanson may be Optimistic</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/09/08/mr-hanson-may-be-optimistic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/09/08/mr-hanson-may-be-optimistic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victor Davis Hanson surveys the condition of the world and concludes that it is regressing to a previous condition. He sees that as a good thing, believing that the institutions, customs and traditions that held sway then will return. While I generally find it difficult to disagree with Mr. Hanson, <a href='http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/09/08/mr-hanson-may-be-optimistic/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Put Your IRA into Social Security</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/09/05/put-your-ira-into-social-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/09/05/put-your-ira-into-social-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you want to dump your IRA or 401K retirement funds into social security? Of course I am kidding, asking such a question. You wouldn&#8217;t, nor would any other sane person. Yet that may be the next move by government. Instead of forcing your money into social security, it appears <a href='http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/09/05/put-your-ira-into-social-security/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are Your IRAs about to be tapped?</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/23/are-your-iras-about-to-be-tapped/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/23/are-your-iras-about-to-be-tapped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.economicnoise.com/?p=13253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Consent of the Governed: I have two articles of interest to share with you &#8211; especially if you have some sort of nest egg. First off - Congress and Obama want your 401 (k)s and IRAs It&#8217;s in the works kids&#8230;. you&#8217;ve been saving and investing for years and now <a href='http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/23/are-your-iras-about-to-be-tapped/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why There is No Escape</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/23/why-there-is-no-escape/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/23/why-there-is-no-escape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Faber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death Spiral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Banking System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hayman Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keynesian Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyle Bass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subprime Implosion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.economicnoise.com/?p=13179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Must Watch Kyle Bass Interview: &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Know How I Can Be Long Stocks&#8221; Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/17/2010 12:21 -0500 The one must watch interview of the week (if not of the year) features Hayman Capital&#8217;s Kyle Bass. Bass, who correctly called the subprime implosion (and profited handsomely from <a href='http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/23/why-there-is-no-escape/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Black on Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/20/bill-black-on-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/20/bill-black-on-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.economicnoise.com/?p=12982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[William Black was one of the tough regulators during the S&#38;L crisis. He knows what is going on and knows what needs to be done. According to Mr. Black: The FDIC is sitting there knowing that it has both the residential disaster and the commercial real estate disaster [and] knowing <a href='http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/20/bill-black-on-banks/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Attack on Obamanomics</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/07/attack-on-obamanomics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/07/attack-on-obamanomics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obamanomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trailer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.economicnoise.com/?p=12647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[‘I Want Your Money’; New Film Skewers Obamanomics Film is coming out in the Fall. Why do I think that means before Election Day? The Failure of Obamnomics]]></description>
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		<title>Your Retirement is in Your Hands</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/05/your-retirement-is-in-your-hands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/05/your-retirement-is-in-your-hands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pension Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retirement Ages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typical Politician]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.economicnoise.com/?p=12598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People in general are optimistic. Successful people in any occupation usually exhibit this characteristic. It is one of the attributes that lead to their success. One must be careful, however. Noble people assume that promises and commitments will be met. Unfortunately, that is likely to be untrue, at least in <a href='http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/05/your-retirement-is-in-your-hands/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wake up and Smell Economic Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/03/wake-up-and-smell-economic-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/03/wake-up-and-smell-economic-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insolvency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.economicnoise.com/?p=12496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To those still foolish enough (or delusionally optimistic) to believe that our economy has turned the corner and is headed back to pre-2008 days, turn off your TVs and cancel whatever newspapers you are reading. It just ain&#8217;t happening and it isn&#8217;t about to begin! The post below describes the <a href='http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/03/wake-up-and-smell-economic-reality/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Our Patrick Henry Moment is Here</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/01/our-patrick-henry-moment-is-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/01/our-patrick-henry-moment-is-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tyranny]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.economicnoise.com/?p=12264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s election was supposed to transform America, at least in his mind. This country&#8217;s first Socialist President strode into office confident he would remake this country. Unfortunately for him and fortunately for the country, the timing of his election was twenty if not fifty years too late. Socialism failed in <a href='http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/08/01/our-patrick-henry-moment-is-here/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Pretence of Knowledge</title>
		<link>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/07/29/hayek-vs-bernanke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/07/29/hayek-vs-bernanke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monty Pelerin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncertainty Principle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Pretence of Knowledge&#8221; was the title of economist Friedrich Hayek&#8217;s 1974 Nobel speech. In his first few sentences, he described the then-prevailing economic condition in words appropriate to today: &#8230; [this economic condition] has been brought about by policies which the majority of economists recommended and even urged governments <a href='http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/07/29/hayek-vs-bernanke/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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