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    <title>Rolling Stone Mobile - Politics - Politics: Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail</title>
    <dc:date>2012-03-15T15:12:23+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["These guys are just dicks."]]></description>
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    <title>Information Diet | A Primer: How Money Influences Congress</title>
    <dc:date>2011-12-27T17:58:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.informationdiet.com/blog/read/how-money-influences-congress</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Understanding the process.]]></description>
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    <title>As Banks Start Nosing Around Facebook and Twitter, the Wrong Friends Might Just Sink Your Credit | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.</title>
    <dc:date>2011-12-20T18:58:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.betabeat.com/2011/12/13/as-banks-start-nosing-around-facebook-and-twitter-the-wrong-friends-might-just-sink-your-credit/?show=all</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[“We make friends with people we barely know!” And yet, that info could be used for virtual redlining? WTF?]]></description>
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    <title>GeekMom » Blog Archive » Does It Feel Like Lego Bricks Just Keep Getting More Expensive?</title>
    <dc:date>2011-12-19T17:49:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.geekmom.com/2011/12/does-it-feel-like-lego-bricks-just-keep-getting-more-expensive/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inflation-adjusted price per brick...mid70s & mid80s were peak price for Lego.]]></description>
<dc:subject>lego history finance</dc:subject>
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    <title>Raise Taxes on Rich to Reward True Job Creators: Nick Hanauer - Bloomberg</title>
    <dc:date>2011-12-01T20:12:59+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I can’t buy enough of anything to make up for the fact that millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans can’t buy any new clothes or enjoy any meals out."]]></description>
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    <title>The Ann Arbor Chronicle | In it for the Money: Occupation</title>
    <dc:date>2011-11-18T00:19:58+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I live next door to a house owned by Bank of America, and they are the worst neighbors I’ve ever had"]]></description>
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    <title>The New Progressive Movement - NYTimes.com</title>
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    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["To put it simply: tax the rich, end the wars and restore honest and effective government for all." I hope he's right.]]></description>
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    <title>Don’t EVEN Get Me Started, Mythical Bootstraps College Student | Persephone Magazine</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-26T09:42:30+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["This stupid little Facebook photo is not only ill-informed, it’s harmful. Nothing on it has anything to do with reality."]]></description>
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    <title>Daily Kos: Open Letter to that 53% Guy</title>
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    <link>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/12/1025555/-Open-Letter-to-that-53-Guy</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Do you really want the bar set this high?  Do you really want to live in a society where just getting by requires a person to hold down two jobs and work 60 to 70 hours a week?  Is that your idea of the American Dream?"]]></description>
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    <title>Sutor, ne ultra crepidam « self-evident</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-03T21:15:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://self-evident.org/?p=931</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["While (CA) state policymakers have spent considerable time debating spending issues, I think it would be difficult to argue that financial trouble catches officials off guard." response to recent VF article by Michael Lewis.]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:70ee5e9975a5/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.epi.org/publication/regulatory-uncertainty-phony-explanation/">
    <title>Regulatory uncertainty: A phony explanation for our jobs problem | Economic Policy Institute</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-02T07:40:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.epi.org/publication/regulatory-uncertainty-phony-explanation/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["what the heavily politicized trade associations in Washington are saying does not correspond to the real challenges facing both large and small businesses, even as they themselves perceive them."]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics academia</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:76dd344f9755/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:academia"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com/2011/09/latest-in-deficit-terrorism-postal.html">
    <title>New Economic Perspectives: Latest in Deficit Terrorism: Postal Service Default</title>
    <dc:date>2011-09-20T06:49:49+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com/2011/09/latest-in-deficit-terrorism-postal.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I reject the premise the post office faces a budget crisis on its face.  I reject the whole frame that it entails."]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:cc47fada5fcd/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://leedsonfinance.com/2011/08/23/a-terrifying-study-and-chart/">
    <title>A Terrifying Study and Chart | Leeds on Finance</title>
    <dc:date>2011-08-24T14:52:24+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://leedsonfinance.com/2011/08/23/a-terrifying-study-and-chart/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["If this study turns out to be correct, by 2030 investors will have had close to 30 years of no real returns." the effect of demographics (age) on stock prices.]]></description>
<dc:subject>society finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:1b2ef9bf2b6c/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:society"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/nickel-and-dimed-afterword?">
    <title>Nickel and Dimed (2011 Version) | Mother Jones</title>
    <dc:date>2011-08-09T23:46:15+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/nickel-and-dimed-afterword?</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[troubling.]]></description>
<dc:subject>society politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:3e20de4a9a0d/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:society"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/04-2">
    <title>The Beast Is Starved: Welcome to the Next Great Depression | Common Dreams</title>
    <dc:date>2011-08-04T17:11:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/04-2</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Never mind that cutting Social Security to balance the budget is like attacking the mailman because your car doesn’t work." a little bit of connecting the dots. sobering.]]></description>
<dc:subject>history politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:4b14cfe1f8e0/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:history"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/investment_manager.html">
    <title>Who Rules America: An Investment Manager's View on the Top 1%</title>
    <dc:date>2011-07-26T19:07:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/investment_manager.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The picture is clear; entry into the top 0.5% and, particularly, the top 0.1% is usually the result of some association with the financial industry and its creations."]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:5c609b754bdf/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://coreyrobin.com/2011/07/21/why-arent-there-more-union-members-in-america-a-reply-to-will-wilkinson/">
    <title>Why Aren’t There More Union Members in America? A Reply to Will Wilkinson « Corey Robin</title>
    <dc:date>2011-07-21T23:02:15+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://coreyrobin.com/2011/07/21/why-arent-there-more-union-members-in-america-a-reply-to-will-wilkinson/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["union-busting has a lot to do with the past, present, and future of the labor movement in America"]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics work</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:9a323e5c30b2/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:work"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/julyaugust_2011/features/20000_leagues_under_the_state030498.php?page=1">
    <title>The Washington Monthly - The Magazine - 20,000 Leagues Under the State</title>
    <dc:date>2011-06-28T21:20:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/julyaugust_2011/features/20000_leagues_under_the_state030498.php?page=1</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["public policies designed in a manner that channels resources to citizens indirectly, through subsidies for private activities, rather than directly through payments or services from government" - on tax expenditures (mortgage deduction, EITC, 529 accounts, etc)]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:b6e5162f1148/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/10/greeks-bearing-bonds-201010">
    <title>Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds | Business | Vanity Fair</title>
    <dc:date>2011-06-15T23:52:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/10/greeks-bearing-bonds-201010</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[totally crazy. from the author of The Big Short.]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:9f167d283cba/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/06/earth-advantage-green-homes-fetch.html?ana=sbo">
    <title>Earth Advantage: Green homes fetch higher prices | Sustainable Business Oregon</title>
    <dc:date>2011-06-14T19:24:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/06/earth-advantage-green-homes-fetch.html?ana=sbo</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><dc:subject>finance eco home</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:73a46758c09a/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:eco"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:home"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/gary-rivlin-tax-prep-refund-anticipation-loan">
    <title>Secrets of the Tax-Prep Business | Mother Jones</title>
    <dc:date>2011-04-15T16:07:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/gary-rivlin-tax-prep-refund-anticipation-loan</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Essentially, they're charging people triple-digit interest rates to borrow their own money" - "refund anticipation loans" - ugh.]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:b9b6d29191a3/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://m.vanityfair.com/magazine/2011/05/graydon-201105">
    <title>The 1 Percent Dissolution | The Magazine | Vanity Fair</title>
    <dc:date>2011-03-31T14:07:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://m.vanityfair.com/magazine/2011/05/graydon-201105</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><dc:subject>politics finance war</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:7f9482f9ef08/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:war"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://uti.is/2010/12/the-clear-correlation-between-crisis-and-corruption/">
    <title>The clear correlation between crisis and corruption at Sigrún Davíðsdóttir's Icelog</title>
    <dc:date>2011-03-20T05:09:05+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://uti.is/2010/12/the-clear-correlation-between-crisis-and-corruption/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["the European countries worst hit by the crisis are corrupt countries with weak state institutions" I think that goes for the US, too. Reminds me of 13 Bankers & Return of Depression Economics: both directly compare our situation with "emerging market" issues of corruption.]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:22766fd36d48/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/02/understanding-social-security-one-easy-lesson">
    <title>Understanding Social Security in One Easy Lesson | Mother Jones</title>
    <dc:date>2011-02-16T21:59:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/02/understanding-social-security-one-easy-lesson</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["But one way or another, at some level between 75% and 100% of what we've promised, Social Security benefits will always be there." tired of hearing sky-is-falling BS about Social Security.]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:d0f20ea05c08/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/business/economy/02leonhardt.html">
    <title>The Paradox of Corporate Taxes in America - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2011-02-02T01:09:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/business/economy/02leonhardt.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The official rate is higher than in almost any other country, which forces companies to devote enormous time and effort to finding loopholes. Yet the government raises less money in corporate taxes than it once did, because of all the loopholes that have been added in recent decades."]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:43f83e073ac4/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2011/01/27/writing-on-the-high-seas/">
    <title>Writing on the high seas at Tobias Buckell Online</title>
    <dc:date>2011-01-27T15:48:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2011/01/27/writing-on-the-high-seas/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["economics can be tricksy, and I don’t think that gut response is necessarily the right one" - on book piracy]]></description>
<dc:subject>writing library finance security</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:7a63b23730ac/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:writing"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:library"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:security"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://marketingteaparty.com/2011/01/07/can-pfm-help-align-cost-with-value/">
    <title>Can PFM Help Align Cost With Value? - Marketing Tea Party</title>
    <dc:date>2011-01-07T14:53:59+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://marketingteaparty.com/2011/01/07/can-pfm-help-align-cost-with-value/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[YES.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Creditunion finance misctech</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:4debd874a09f/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:Creditunion"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:misctech"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://nafcucomplianceblog.typepad.com/nafcu_weblog/2011/01/more-on-elizabeth-warren-let-me-save-you-some-money-really.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fnafcucomplianceblog%2Fnafcu_weblog+%28NAFCU+Compliance+Blog%29">
    <title>NAFCU Compliance Blog: More on Elizabeth Warren; Let Me Save You Some Money (Really)</title>
    <dc:date>2011-01-06T05:33:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://nafcucomplianceblog.typepad.com/nafcu_weblog/2011/01/more-on-elizabeth-warren-let-me-save-you-some-money-really.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fnafcucomplianceblog%2Fnafcu_weblog+%28NAFCU+Compliance+Blog%29</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Love her.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:97fce9568308/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:Finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.slate.com/id/2271265/">
    <title>Hyper-libertarian Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel's appalling plan to pay students to quit college. - By Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine</title>
    <dc:date>2010-12-31T05:05:06+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.slate.com/id/2271265/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Damn.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Politics finance academia</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:57f30eaddfe9/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:Politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:academia"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/12/an-unfortunate-decision-by-peter-orszag/67822/">
    <title>An Unfortunate Decision by Peter Orszag - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic</title>
    <dc:date>2010-12-21T15:50:30+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/12/an-unfortunate-decision-by-peter-orszag/67822/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["these stories pile up in the background to create a broad American sense that politics is rigged, and opportunity too"]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:5e1e9cc46991/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/12/innumeracy-street">
    <title>Innumeracy on the Street | Mother Jones</title>
    <dc:date>2010-12-20T17:06:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/12/innumeracy-street</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Many firms doubled base salaries and eliminated bonuses for midtier employees after the crash, and apparently this is causing panic among the troops" ::facepalm::]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:3181b51f7070/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.correntewire.com/why_obama_tax_deal_republicans_insane">
    <title>Why the Obama tax deal with Republicans is insane | Corrente</title>
    <dc:date>2010-12-10T20:32:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.correntewire.com/why_obama_tax_deal_republicans_insane</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Interesting one-two punch. First, evidence is in that higher taxes create more growth; second, a theory as to why that is so: low taxes encourage profit-taking & financial speculation, high taxes encourage investment in business assets.]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance history</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:413090c2c887/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:history"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/12/invaders-from-mars.html">
    <title>Invaders from Mars - Charlie's Diary</title>
    <dc:date>2010-12-10T17:52:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/12/invaders-from-mars.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[corporations as alien invaders. yep.]]></description>
<dc:subject>society finance politics philosophizing</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:8880682f31d8/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:society"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:philosophizing"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://geekfeminism.org/2010/11/29/white-male-tech-startups-get-funding-for-being-white-male/">
    <title>White, male startup companies get funding for being white and male. | Geek Feminism Blog</title>
    <dc:date>2010-11-29T20:32:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://geekfeminism.org/2010/11/29/white-male-tech-startups-get-funding-for-being-white-male/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["In other industries—and if uttered by someone without a university education—people would call it “sexism”, “racism”, and “ageism”, but not in the technology venture-capital industry" -- also, amused by the "Remington Steele" suggestion in the comments.]]></description>
<dc:subject>gender finance misctech</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:689f54dcb8b7/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:gender"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:misctech"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/11/stoller-a-debtcropper-society-2.html">
    <title>Stoller: A Debtcropper Society « naked capitalism</title>
    <dc:date>2010-11-18T20:48:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/11/stoller-a-debtcropper-society-2.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The phrase ‘the man’, as in ‘fight the man’, referred originally to creditors."]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics history</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:5ac956c16339/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:history"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07kristof.html?_r=1&amp;src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB">
    <title>Our Banana Republic - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-11-08T18:31:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07kristof.html?_r=1&amp;src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["So we face a choice. Is our economic priority the jobless, or is it zillionaires?"]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:58db3360d042/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/24/AR2010102402216.html">
    <title>E.J. Dionne Jr. - Voters are in the dark on campaign spending</title>
    <dc:date>2010-10-25T14:45:19+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/24/AR2010102402216.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Secret money is antithetical to the transparency that democracy requires."]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:4949bae42947/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129298003">
    <title>Tracking The Companies That Track You Online : NPR</title>
    <dc:date>2010-10-21T17:39:02+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129298003</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["those shoes followed me around for a month" :\]]></description>
<dc:subject>privacy finance webdev</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:670c054940fd/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:privacy"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:webdev"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://creditunionwarrior.blogspot.com/2010/10/put-us-out-of-business.html">
    <title>The Credit Union Warrior: Put Us Out of Business</title>
    <dc:date>2010-10-19T16:22:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://creditunionwarrior.blogspot.com/2010/10/put-us-out-of-business.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["if your credit union's success is tied to your members' failure, you may want to rethink your business model."]]></description>
<dc:subject>creditunion finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:f18a29cabefd/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:creditunion"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2010/10/does-a-higher-minimum-wage-reduce-jobs.html">
    <title>Economist's View: Does a Higher Minimum Wage Reduce Jobs?</title>
    <dc:date>2010-10-12T13:10:05+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2010/10/does-a-higher-minimum-wage-reduce-jobs.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["both the short and long term effects of the increased wage on unemployment were negligible"]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:f8c5031cb606/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/04/technology/wesabe_vs_mint/index.htm">
    <title>Why Wesabe Lost to Mint - Oct. 4, 2010</title>
    <dc:date>2010-10-05T18:46:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/04/technology/wesabe_vs_mint/index.htm</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I really miss Wesabe.]]></description>
<dc:subject>creditunion finance webdev</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:75185411b8e8/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:creditunion"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:webdev"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://baselinescenario.com/2010/09/30/tarp-is-gone-but-may-soon-be-back/">
    <title>TARP Is Gone – But May Soon Be Back « The Baseline Scenario</title>
    <dc:date>2010-09-30T15:07:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://baselinescenario.com/2010/09/30/tarp-is-gone-but-may-soon-be-back/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Supporting banks by injecting capital is best practice for preventing financial and economic collapse around the world." BUT it wasn't implemented with best practices during TARP.]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:0d1899ff0daa/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://rc3.org/2010/09/29/victims-of-economic-restructuring-are-people-too/">
    <title>rc3.org - Victims of economic restructuring are people too</title>
    <dc:date>2010-09-29T18:01:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://rc3.org/2010/09/29/victims-of-economic-restructuring-are-people-too/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["It wasn’t strategic thinking that led me to choose software development, it was the realization that I didn’t really like interviewing people."]]></description>
<dc:subject>society finance politics misctech webdev</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:6e3d4c9b121f/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:society"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:misctech"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:webdev"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/opinion/03reich.html?_r=1&amp;emc=eta1&amp;pagewanted=all">
    <title>Op-Ed Contributor - How to End the Great Recession - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-09-04T00:26:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/opinion/03reich.html?_r=1&amp;emc=eta1&amp;pagewanted=all</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Now we’re left to deal with the underlying problem that we’ve avoided for decades. Even if nearly everyone was employed, the vast middle class still wouldn’t have enough money to buy what the economy is capable of producing." and some really novel ideas for how to get out of this situation.]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics history finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:6405b662d4eb/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:history"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20100808,0,1359956.column">
    <title>Social Security: The myth of the Social Security system's financial shortfall - latimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-09T17:35:58+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20100808,0,1359956.column</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[so...about the time I retire, Social Security might need to raise or eliminate the payroll tax ceiling? that's it?! stop freaking out, people.]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance history</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:37a6574da70a/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:history"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://twentyfour01.com/nyco/2010/08/03/dejobbing-society/">
    <title>Dejobbing society</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-06T17:45:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://twentyfour01.com/nyco/2010/08/03/dejobbing-society/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[side note: I haven't thought about Beguines in ages. (I took medieval women's lit in college. Yes, really. Fascinating stuff, as it happens.)]]></description>
<dc:subject>history finance society gender</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:93c38eb87ae8/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:history"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:society"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:gender"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1a8a5cb2-9ab2-11df-87e6-00144feab49a.html">
    <title>FT.com / Reportage - The crisis of middle-class America</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-02T17:16:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1a8a5cb2-9ab2-11df-87e6-00144feab49a.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["most Americans have been treading water for more than a generation" - with two examples.]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:b33e510fdf76/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/us/politics/23self.html">
    <title>More of the Rich Run as Populist Outsiders - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-23T23:17:30+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/us/politics/23self.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["a growing crowd of über-rich candidates, comfortable in boardrooms and country clubs, spending a fortune to remake themselves into populist insurgents"]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:e8ee6c329371/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/06/rendering-unto-krugman.html">
    <title>slacktivist: Rendering unto Krugman</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-28T23:53:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/06/rendering-unto-krugman.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["So let me oversimplify things a bit more." indeed. getting back to the moral underpinnings of society. so to speak.]]></description>
<dc:subject>society politics finance history</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:f30bb17aa202/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:society"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:history"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2010/06/economics_2">
    <title>Economics: Economists behaving foolishly | The Economist</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-28T22:31:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2010/06/economics_2</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["the essay errs, as many similar criticisms err, in missing the breadth and richness of the economics blogosphere"]]></description>
<dc:subject>blogosphere finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:6f718546f028/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:blogosphere"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/opinion/28krugman.html?ref=opinion">
    <title>Op-Ed Columnist - The Third Depression - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-28T15:02:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/opinion/28krugman.html?ref=opinion</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["governments are obsessing about inflation when the real threat is deflation, preaching the need for belt-tightening when the real problem is inadequate spending"]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance history</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:76d526316812/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:history"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/21/my_father_and_alan_greenspan/">
    <title>My Father and Alan Greenspan | TPMCafe</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-22T17:31:47+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/21/my_father_and_alan_greenspan/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["When I was a small boy at the start of the 1950s, my father gave me my first economics lesson. 'Bobby,' he said with obvious concern, 'you and your children and your children's children will be repaying the national debt created by Franklin D. Roosevelt.'" Wrong!]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics history</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:eb30839f26d5/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:history"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/opinion/10collins.html?ref=opinion">
    <title>Op-Ed Columnist - The Rise of the Richies - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-10T15:17:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/opinion/10collins.html?ref=opinion</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["We have been entertaining ourselves with theories about how this election year is going to be all about voter anger. [etc] But, really, it’s going to be about money. Gobs of cash falling on campaigns like tar balls on a beach." ::sigh::]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:d22bea1b8781/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:politics"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/t:finance"/>
</rdf:Bag></taxo:topics>
</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.olympianews.org/2010/03/06/myths-and-facts-about-the-income-tax-in-washington-state/">
    <title>Myths and Facts About An Income Tax in Washington State :: Olympia Newswire</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-09T19:20:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.olympianews.org/2010/03/06/myths-and-facts-about-the-income-tax-in-washington-state/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><dc:subject>finance politics local</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:565b2c94c83d/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.mint.com/blog/uncategorized/too-much-tax-06092010/?display=wide">
    <title>You Think You’re Paying Too Much In Taxes? | MintLife Blog | Personal Finance News &amp; Advice</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-09T19:02:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.mint.com/blog/uncategorized/too-much-tax-06092010/?display=wide</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[taxes in 2009 lowest rate since 1950. so STFU.]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:7820deab7fea/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/06/09/the-interchange-fee-panel/">
    <title>The interchange fee panel | Analysis &amp; Opinion |</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-09T18:57:59+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/06/09/the-interchange-fee-panel/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[(this is a good place to note that my blog reflects my personal opinions and not those of my employer.) "I asked him why CUNA was opposed to the Durbin amendment [...] even though it explicitly excludes 99% of credit unions; he said that [...] interchange fees are likely to come down [...] and credit unions make lots of money from interchange fees." hrmph.]]></description>
<dc:subject>creditunion finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:d349d09c2b01/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/03/business/la-fi-kinkade-20100603">
    <title>Thomas Kinkade firm seeks bankruptcy protection - Los Angeles Times</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-08T15:25:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/03/business/la-fi-kinkade-20100603</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Kinkade's word is as worthless as his artwork." hahahaha. also: "Hazlewood and Spinello sued [...] alleging that he'd used his Christian faith as a tool to fraudulently induce them to invest"]]></description>
<dc:subject>funny arts weird finance religion</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:e63ffae9ca5c/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2010/06/14/100614ta_talk_surowiecki">
    <title>A failure of economic and environmental regulation : The New Yorker</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-07T15:16:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2010/06/14/100614ta_talk_surowiecki</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["'the economy of esteem' is crucial to making public service work" in this case talking about regulation and regulators, but I think true of any sort of public employees.]]></description>
<dc:subject>society politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:159686b3d615/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.waleague.org/index.php?CURRENT_PAGE_ID=2169">
    <title>Washington Credit Union League | FOCUS | Retailers Lobbying to Avoid Paying Fair Share of Plastic Card Payment System</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-02T00:11:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.waleague.org/index.php?CURRENT_PAGE_ID=2169</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[for comparison, here's a piece from the state CU league.]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance creditunion politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:7667ce775a8e/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/05/large_banking_interests_create.html">
    <title>Ezra Klein - Large banking interests create a Web page against interchange finreg</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-02T00:11:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/05/large_banking_interests_create.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Make sure you know the facts of this very market-friendly way of trying to regulate this duopoly before you make a judgment on whether or not to support it." trying to understand this issue.]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance creditunion</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:d826ddeb147f/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/05/sex-money-part-1.html">
    <title>slacktivist: Sex &amp; Money, part 1</title>
    <dc:date>2010-06-01T15:38:19+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2010/05/sex-money-part-1.html</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[on usury in the modern world.]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance religion history</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:e654cf4893cc/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177126/Left_out_in_the_cold_How_tech_innovation_favors_the_rich">
    <title>Left out in the cold: How tech innovation favors the rich - Computerworld</title>
    <dc:date>2010-05-25T20:21:34+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177126/Left_out_in_the_cold_How_tech_innovation_favors_the_rich</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["It is no surprise then that much of the gadgetry and Web services leaping from the minds of talented young innovators are geared toward young, well-educated, affluent white kids -- people just like them"]]></description>
<dc:subject>society gender politics finance misctech webdev</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:0d6674430c21/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/print/2010/05/the-net-worth-of-the-us-presidents-washington-to-obama/57020/">
    <title>The Atlantic :: Business :: The Net Worth of the U.S. Presidents: Washington to Obama</title>
    <dc:date>2010-05-24T22:16:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theatlantic.com/business/print/2010/05/the-net-worth-of-the-us-presidents-washington-to-obama/57020/</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[richest: Teddy Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Jefferson, and Washington -- by far the most wealthy president! (Not counting Kennedy, family fortune over $1 billion, but none of it his personal wealth.)]]></description>
<dc:subject>history politics finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:a2c7621363c8/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.hbr.org/martin/2010/05/wall-street-time-to-tax-the-ca.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29">
    <title>It's Time to Tax the Wall Street Casino - Roger Martin - Harvard Business Review</title>
    <dc:date>2010-05-11T17:21:09+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blogs.hbr.org/martin/2010/05/wall-street-time-to-tax-the-ca.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm wondering if there's any connection with the rise in ACTUAL casinos?]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance history politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:9942ffbb630a/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CompanyFocus/5-lies-the-big-banks-keep-telling-us.aspx?page=all">
    <title>Financial crisis: Big banks' lies on what caused meltdown - MSN Money</title>
    <dc:date>2010-04-28T18:16:29+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CompanyFocus/5-lies-the-big-banks-keep-telling-us.aspx?page=all</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["there was too much lending and too much leverage" - whenever you see the passive voice, look out!]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:ce5dd7d670db/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=wall_street_meets_its_match">
    <title>Wall Street Meets Its Match | The American Prospect</title>
    <dc:date>2010-04-28T17:09:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=wall_street_meets_its_match</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["If Congress ends up with effective financial regulation, Sen. Maria Cantwell will deserve a lot of the credit." from last winter.]]></description>
<dc:subject>politics local finance</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:ba7ec5751406/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.thisisjasonsmith.com/post/540817345/on-the-banking-crisis">
    <title>Jason Smith - On the banking crisis</title>
    <dc:date>2010-04-22T15:21:58+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.thisisjasonsmith.com/post/540817345/on-the-banking-crisis</link>
    <dc:creator>epersonae</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I do think that our response to current events could stand to be stepped up a bit."]]></description>
<dc:subject>finance politics history</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:epersonae/b:3b2171141ef4/</dc:identifier>
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