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			<title>When Shangri-La Decides to Secede From China</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Westerners who paint China as a land of opportunity fail to see the  precarious foundation it rests on. ]]></description>
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			<title>SEC Poised to Endorse Corporate Hypocrisy (Again)</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Companies, bless their stony hearts, are telling their shareholders that they can take their concept of open information and shove it.]]></description>
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			<title>Japan's Semiconductor Malaise... &amp; Sumo</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[What does the Japanese DRAM business have to do with sumo wrestling? More than you'd think. ]]></description>
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			<title>The Gap Between Politics &amp; Common Sense</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Like the casual baseball fan who doesn't understand the infield-fly rule, normal voters - with bigger fish to fry - don't enjoy the arcana of politics.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Price of Freedom Is Higher Than Minimum Wage</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[An economic model that places the lowest possible value on its highest-value component -- the toil of human beings -- is bad news for everyone.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>The Costs &amp; Perils of an Underpaid Labor Force</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Offshoring to low-wage countries isn't slavery, but it's not good for capitalism either.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>My All-Time Dream Lovers. Who Are Yours?</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Take this water-cooler diversion: Who are your top beauties, male or female?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>America: Rich? Broke? Or Maybe Just 'House-Poor'</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Both the federal government and the average family survive, thrive, and serve the greater good by embracing the concept of a substantial and prolonged deficit.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:05:24 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Tickets to Mars, Starting at Only $500,000!</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The big red planet looms large in the imagination and big government can help.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:30:41 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Rust Belt Reflections</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A politician's vote echoes through a lonely, dying part of the country. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Who Is That Dame &amp; Why Is She on TV?</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[One-time HP CEO Carly Fiorina is back in the public eye. Why is she talking about politics?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:05:56 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Want Energy Innovation? Think Tarpaper</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Often the best solutions attack the problem by coming through the side window.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>How to Save Money in Washington? Ask Gibbs</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[If government really wants to reduce the deficit and debts, it could look in some areas where programs are currently being duplicated.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>The Perils of Moral Confusion</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[EBN's favorite myth buster goes off topic to tackle the question of morality, equality, and fairness in our society.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>USPS: Courier Extraordinaire</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The US Postal Service continues to deliver great service even though it's been hobbled by Congressional mandates.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Spectrum: The Invisible Grand Canyon</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[No free market anywhere operates prosperously without the benevolent massage of government regulators, and TV spectrum isn't different.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Need a Reminder? Prohibition Doesn't Work!</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Prohibition has been tried many times for various things, but it's never been an effective deterrent to something society doesn't like.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Is Apple Second Rate Without Jobs's Star Power?</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Can Apple, under the conventional leadership of Tim Cook, launch a second renaissance as the company every other company wishes it were?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>The 'Ponderous Chain' That Keeps Jobs Overseas</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[It was easier, it seems, to move the electronics supply chain to Asia than for companies like Apple to bring it back to the US.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Shadowed by Process Rather Than Substance</title>
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			<dc:creator>David Benjamin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The truth about economic, political, and other world events is often clouded by failure to grasp the full implications of such developments.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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