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		<title>The GOP Plot to Screw the Economy and the Middle Class</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/07/29/the-gop-plot-to-screw-the-economy-and-the-middle-class/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/07/29/the-gop-plot-to-screw-the-economy-and-the-middle-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bob Cesca Author, “One Nation Under Fear” We&#8217;re only three months away from the midterm election when a shockingly large number of American voters will inexplicably vote for Republican candidates. I have no idea if this will mean a Republican takeover of the House or Senate or both, but there will definitely be enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Manufacturing: The Key to Reviving the Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/09/us-manufacturing-the-key-to-reviving-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/09/us-manufacturing-the-key-to-reviving-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leo W. Gerard and David M. Rubenstein  Though passing the $787 billion stimulus package looked like heavy lifting, the real work actually begins now &#8211; deploying the $311 billion in federal, state and local spending in a way that jump-starts the economy and creates jobs.   The United Steelworkers and the Carlyle Group don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with housing bubble forecaster Dean Baker</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/02/qa-with-housing-bubble-forecaster-dean-baker/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/02/qa-with-housing-bubble-forecaster-dean-baker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deborah Salomon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leo W. Gerard: Economist James K. Galbraith, the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the University of Texas, recently told Deborah Solomon of the New York Times that you are “the person with the most serious claim” for predicting the onslaught of the current credit disaster. The promo for your most recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To survive, Americans must assert themselves as economic patriots</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/29/to-survive-americans-must-assert-themselves-as-economic-patriots/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/29/to-survive-americans-must-assert-themselves-as-economic-patriots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[$700 billion bailout]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leo W. Gerard International President For a brief moment, when Congress authorized that $700 billion bailout for the Wall Street wise guys whose recklessness caused the financial crisis that we’re all suffering, federal officials actually considered giving part of the money to foreign banks. Really. They quickly backed away from using American tax dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. records huge trade deficit</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/16/us-records-huge-trade-deficit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/16/us-records-huge-trade-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[      By Peter Morici Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland     Today, the Commerce Department reported the November trade deficit was $40.4 billion. This was down from $56.7 billion in October, largely because oil prices fell and the recession is curbing demand for imported consumer goods and petroleum. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pssst, the economy is collapsing, don&#8217;t tell Congress</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/05/pssst-the-economy-is-collapsing-dont-tell-congress/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/05/pssst-the-economy-is-collapsing-dont-tell-congress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By Dean Baker Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research The latest mutterings from Congress, especially the Republican leadership, indicate that they still don&#8217;t have a clue about the seriousness of the economic downturn we are facing. They are saying that they can&#8217;t have a stimulus package ready for when President Obama takes office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deficit or depression?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/03/deficit-or-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/03/deficit-or-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Kutner Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect Here is a fine example of why a despairing President Truman once said, &#8220;Bring me a one-armed economist.&#8221; Our quote of the day comes from Martin N. Baily, an economist at the Brookings Institution, who was once on President Bill Clinton Council of Economic Advisers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When it comes to slicing the American pie, McCain serves only the rich</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2008/10/24/when-it-comes-to-slicing-the-american-pie-mccain-serves-only-the-rich/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2008/10/24/when-it-comes-to-slicing-the-american-pie-mccain-serves-only-the-rich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leo W. Gerard International President Protestors disrupted a convention of mortgage financers in San Francisco this week, storming the stage as former Bush advisor Karl Rove spoke, heckling bankers with bullhorns, and badgering a panel with demands for a foreclosure moratorium. Fear and frustration compelled ordinary citizens to harangue the green-visor set at their [...]]]></description>
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