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		<title>Why has Wall Street turned on Obama?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would be very surprised if National Review had a bigger supporter than I, but that is not the subject of this piece.  I confess to having been disappointed in a recent piece from their very capable and gifted writer, Kevin Williamson.  Essentially, Williamson contends that Wall Street is filled with shady characters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did the Housing Crisis Teach Us Anything?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DLB</dc:creator>
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I saw this large poster at the entry of a retail bank on Park Avenue today as I was walking to a meeting.  I can&#8217;t think of a more ridiculous synopsis of what is wrong in the world that caused the financial crisis.  Of course, your home is not &#8220;where the equity is&#8221;; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Article of the Year</title>
		<link>http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2011/04/09/best-article-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DLB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hillsdale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imprimis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral capitalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I truly mean it when I say that I read a piece this good about once in every five years.  This piece is the transcript of a speech that William McNurn gave at Hillsdale College last month.  Hillsdale is perhaps the most important college in America.  McNurn is a VP at NewsCorp and board member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambling with Other People&#8217;s Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DLB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creditors were bailed out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Russell Roberts at George Mason University (the finest economic hub in the country) has written a delightful piece on the real causes of the financial crisis.  The observation that greed and stupidity do not help to explain the crisis since greed and stupidity have always been with us (and always will be with us, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtue of Prosperity</title>
		<link>http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2011/02/27/the-virtue-of-prosperity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DLB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Acton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earned success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday evening I was blessed to share the stage with Dinesh D&#8217;Souza as the long-promoted conference, The Virtue of Prosperity: Moral Implications for Wealth and Work, got underway.  I have worked on the conference for half of a year, and brought in my dear friends at the Acton Institute and the Center for Cultural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keynesian Economics and the Ash-heap of History</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DLB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first time in my review series on the financial crisis of 2008 that I am doubling up by covering two books in one review.  On the other hand, neither of these books are specifically about the 2008 crisis either, though neither of them would have come out if it were not for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capitalism without Virtue is Ultimate Futility</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DLB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do not believe I have used my blog yet to promote this event, but I really think everyone should check this out.  It is going to be a tremendous weekend, and is about five weeks away.  I believe that in the present context we find ourselves in it is the single most important topic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Help for Consumers is Very Expensive</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DLB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FinReg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Hazlitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unintended consequences]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is not that I dislike being right, but there are times that it pains me to go back and look at pessimistic predictions I made that ended up coming true.  And so far, the things I said about the behemoth FinReg bill have been uncomfortably spot on.  I&#8217;d like to start with my little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Solution to all of California&#8217;s Problems is Coming</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DLB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[public schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teacher's union]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you heard the news today that California&#8217;s budget deficit is worse than people thought &#8211; as in, um, $25 billion.  $25.4 billion to be precise, but I assure you that extra $ 0.4 billion is not causing anyone any anxiety.  I mean, what is $400 million among Californians anyways?  We are all kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Liberty to do what we ought</title>
		<link>http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2010/10/21/the-liberty-to-do-what-we-ought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2010/10/21/the-liberty-to-do-what-we-ought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DLB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Acton Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeVos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father Sirico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty cure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Good news &#8211; the President has announced a reduction of the government work force by one million people (20%).  Bad news &#8211; the cuts were ordered by President Raul Castro in Cuba.&#8221;
So began the 20th anniversary dinner of The Acton Institute tonight in Grand Rapids, MI.  Acton co-founder, Kris Alan Mauren, loosened up the crowd [...]]]></description>
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