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	<title>USW Blog &#187; Ben Bernanke</title>
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		<title>Follow the Money: Behind Europe’s Debt Crisis Lurks Another Giant Bailout of Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/06/follow-the-money-behind-europe%e2%80%99s-debt-crisis-lurks-another-giant-bailout-of-wall-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Ben Bernanke added his voice to those who are worried about Europe’s debt crisis. But why exactly should America be so concerned? Yes, we export to Europe – but those exports aren’t going to dry up. And in any event, they’re tiny compared to the size of the U.S. economy. If you want the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wageless Recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/04/27/the-wageless-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/04/27/the-wageless-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=8483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley This week&#8217;s biggest economic show occurs Wednesday when Fed chair Ben Bernanke steps in front of the cameras for the Fed&#8217;s first-ever news conference. The question on everyone&#8217;s mind: Will the Fed signal it&#8217;s now more worried about inflation than recession? Much of Wall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Real Jaw Dropper at the Federal Reserve</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/12/03/a-real-jaw-dropper-at-the-federal-reserve/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/12/03/a-real-jaw-dropper-at-the-federal-reserve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=6599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sen. Bernie Sanders Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont At a Senate Budget Committee hearing in 2009, I asked Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to tell the American people the names of the financial institutions that received an unprecedented backdoor bailout from the Federal Reserve, how much they received, and the exact terms of this assistance. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Republican Agenda: Make Big Banks More Profitable</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/11/08/house-republican-agenda-make-big-banks-more-profitable/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/11/08/house-republican-agenda-make-big-banks-more-profitable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From AFL-CIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[union blogs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=6241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Tula Connell AFL-CIO Managing Editor When the Republicans take over the U.S. House in January, one of the first things on their agenda is payback to those who helped get them in office: Wall Street. And they’ve already announced one way they plan to do that. The financial reform legislation that President Obama signed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Cheaper Money Won&#8217;t Mean More Jobs</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/08/30/why-cheaper-money-wont-mean-more-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/08/30/why-cheaper-money-wont-mean-more-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget deficit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley Can the Fed rescue the economy by making money even cheaper than it already is? A debate is being played out in the Fed about whether it should return to so-called &#8220;quantitative easing&#8221; &#8212; buying more mortgage-backed securities, Treasury bills, and other bonds &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Bernanke: Wall Street&#8217;s Servant</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/08/17/ben-bernanke-wall-streets-servant/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/08/17/ben-bernanke-wall-streets-servant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bailouots]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Krugman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TARP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dean Baker Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research Last week, the Fed announced that it would use the proceeds from retired mortgage-backed securities to buy up more government bonds. This may have a very modest effect in keeping long-term interest rates low, thereby giving a small boost to the economy. Such a measure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Senators Who Gave Us 15 Million Unemployed Want to Deny Them Benefits</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/07/20/the-senators-who-gave-us-15-million-unemployed-want-to-deny-them-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/07/20/the-senators-who-gave-us-15-million-unemployed-want-to-deny-them-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment benefits]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=4436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Dean Baker Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research It is amazing how people in Washington are so forgiving &#8212; of each other. We have close to 15 million people unemployed and more than 8 million people under-employed because the folks managing our economy were incompetent. In spite of the efforts of economists and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are the Unemployed Causing Unemployment?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/06/07/are-the-unemployed-causing-unemployment/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/06/07/are-the-unemployed-causing-unemployment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Les Leopold Author, “The Looting of America” Is it good news that the hiring of 411,000 temporary census workers finally made a small dent in our enormous jobs crisis&#8230; at least temporarily? Shouldn&#8217;t we now listen more carefully to Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire who wants to cut off extended unemployment benefits? He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will They Get Fooled Again?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/05/20/will-they-get-fooled-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/05/20/will-they-get-fooled-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=3406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ By Dean Baker Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research While it may not be the job of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board to deceive Congress to advance the interests of the big banks, apparently no one has informed Ben Bernanke of this fact. Some people may recall the role that Mr. Bernanke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Budget Deficit Crisis Puzzle</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/17/the-budget-deficit-crisis-puzzle/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/17/the-budget-deficit-crisis-puzzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=2397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Dean Baker Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research The country faces a serious crisis in the form of a manufactured crisis over the budget deficit. This is a crisis because concerns over the size of the budget deficit are preventing the government from taking the steps needed to reduce the unemployment rate. This [...]]]></description>
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