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		<title><![CDATA[Chart of the Week: Obama's Economic Team Lacking Private Sector Experience?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3334]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[You'd think President Obama would turn to those with experience building businesses as he hired his economic team.  But according to the chart below, less than 10 percent of Obama's economy-related Cabinet picks come from the private sector.  And that seems well below historial norms. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:05:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are You a "Cyber Monday" or "Black Friday" Type?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3329]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["Black Friday," that infamous day after Thanksgiving, isn't the only major shopping day in the coming week anymore.  87.1 percent of retailers will also run promotions on "Cyber Monday" for all those bargain hunters who shop around online right after the Thanksgiving weekend. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:24:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hollywood's Napster Moment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3321]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There's no real need to even bother downloading a song, television program or movie anymore.  Videos can be uploaded anywhere on the planet and streamed on any browser.  And since most data lives in the cloud and not on desktops, the Motion Picture Association of America would be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:51:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Are Some Nations Rich While Others Are Poor?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3315]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If countries create sound institutions and improve their governments, then their citizens can expect that their hard work will be protected by the rule of law and poverty can be fixed, says an MIT professor.  But why do some nations develop sound, transparent institutions while others settle for warlords...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:45:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[World Taking Free Ride On America's Healthcare Innovations]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3310]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When these innovations can be controlled and patented, as is often the case with new drugs, then American companies and our broader economy both benefit overall.  But many investments in innovation, such as long-term health studies, end up as global public goods.  We pay the price to figure...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:48:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What the Unemployed Can Learn from Sarah Palin]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3306]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Across America, there are millions of people who won't get paid millions to write about why they've lost their jobs.  I'm all for standing up for oneself and speaking out against the injustices of the past. But ultimately, it's one's future that's worth fighting for. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:49:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Food's Hunger Myth]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3289]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We don't have a serious hunger problem in the land of the absurdly-cheap one dollar double cheeseburger.  We have an obesity epidemic. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:43:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When Nonprofits Compete with Businesses]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3287]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two Seattle-based organizations illustrate how the distinction is blurring between charities and businesses. Because they both have an environmental component to their missions, they are classified as nonprofits, even though they compete with for-profit players. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:42:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chart of the Week: Do Government Programs Encourage Poverty?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3280]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a single parent in Virginia, you are probably going to take home a little less than $40,000 per year.  But oddly, it doesn't matter whether you've made $20,000 or $40,000 from actually working.  That's according to an analysis of the "working poors'" implicit marginal tax...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:12:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do Policymakers Want a Weak Dollar?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3276]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The value of the dollar against other world currencies is hovering around a 15 month low.  And it doesn't matter whether the analysis comes from the left or the right: policymakers really want a weak dollar, despite lip service to the contrary. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:34:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How the Democrats Sold their Healthcare Bill by Exploiting the Abortion Issue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3268]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pro-choice groups are freaking out because Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats in the House "sold out" by tacking the last-minute Stupak amendment, which prevents federally-subsidized insurance plans from covering abortions, to the healthcare bill.  It's easy for the punditocracy to now conclude that the abortion issue will become one...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:49:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Creepy: Justice Department Went After News Sites' Visitor List]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3255]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department leaves the impression, even if it's unintended, that they can continue to snoop on online news operations. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:23:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Capitalism Also Falling on Berlin Wall Anniversary]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3247]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The fall of the Wall has come to symbolize more than a military and political win for the West.  It also represents the idea that free markets work better than planned socialist economies.  However, a new global poll has found that today's recession has many doubting pure capitalism....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:10:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Productivity Rises...But So Does Unemployment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3241]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In an ideal world, increases in productivity will lead to higher corporate profits.  Some of that extra money can then be used to higher more workers.  But these days, both unemployment and productivity are rising. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:29:32 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Global Warming Laws Could Make Al Gore First "Carbon Billionaire"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3239]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many are growing skeptical over Al Gore's fast push for laws that could fundementally alter our economy.  Perhaps that's because Gore stands to profit off of laws that regulate carbon. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:02:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Industry Corrupting Academic Research?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3236]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Over half of academic life science researchers maintained financial ties with corporate America.  However, it was also found that faculty with industry support "were more productive than faculty without such support on virtually every measure." by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:25:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FBI Wants Businesses to Rat on Their Customers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3232]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you demand privacy or insist on paying with cash when patronizing a local business, then you could be a suspected terrorist.  That's according to FBI flyers which have been sent to tattoo shops as part of its "Communities Against Terrorism" drive. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:47:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Do Americans Hate the Media?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3229]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though there are plenty of old-school journalists shaking their heads and arguing we'll miss miss them once they're gone, many folks have actually been celebrating the "mainstream media's" demise lately. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:30:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Frighteningly Thrifty Halloween?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3212]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The streets could be eerily quiet this Saturday night if consumers decide to save money by skipping their annual Halloween traditions. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:58:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are Dirty Office Jokes Illegal Now That the Hate Crime Law Passed?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3208]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know a coworker that slips inappropriate jokes into the conversation here and there.  So now that President Obama has signed an updated hate crime bill ironically stuffed into a defense measure into law, does that mean the "thought police" are going to send everyone who gets a...]]></description>
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