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		<title>Contra Libertarianism V: Economic Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[C. Fiscal Policy and Private Sector Displacement This article is the fifth in a series critiquing libertarianism. “We support the passage of a &#8220;Balanced Budget Amendment&#8221; to the U.S. Constitution.” - Libertarian Party Platform The series began with two articles that defined libertarianism and gave a brief history of this ideology and its alternatives. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contra Libertarianism IV: Economic Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[B. The Virtue of Big Government This article is the fourth in a series critiquing libertarianism. The first two articles defined libertarianism and briefly outlined its origins and its alternatives. While strongly supporting libertarian respect for personal freedoms, the next article began the substantive case against libertarian economics by showing how market imperfections undermine the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contra Libertarianism III: Economic Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is the third in a series critiquing libertarianism. The last two articles defined libertarianism and gave a brief overview of the ideological debate. The antecedents of modern libertarianism essentially started as an assertion of human freedom against economic and political repression. These Enlightenment-era changes, plus numerous scientific advances, spurred the industrial revolution. During [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contra Libertarianism II:   History – The Future as the Past? </title>
		<link>http://www.et1964.com/2012/01/contra-libertarianism-ii-history-the-future-as-the-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before critiquing libertarianism, it’s important to understand where it came from – and why other ways of governance eventually became more popular in the western world. Before the Industrial Revolution Although it seems inconceivable in today’s democratic capitalist societies, once upon a time markets were not the norm. Three hundred years ago, most kings not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contra Libertarianism I:Introduction &amp; Definitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all sounds so good in theory. People should be free from the control of others – both politically and economically. If they earn money, they should be able to keep it. If people want to speak out, they should be able to. Above all, individuals should be free to live as they want without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams of the Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a long and strange year. During the last 12 months, we saw Arabs rebel against their tyrants, the European Union (EU) badly mishandle a currency and debt crisis &#8212; and the U.S. government almost default on its debts. While the United States hardly has a monopoly on political dysfunction, the failings of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reforming Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most proposed constitutional amendments are futile gestures. Most are meant to please a core group of base supporters but have almost no chance of passing. However, some causes are so important that they justify changes in America’s charter. The U.S. Constitution is very hard to change. In order to succeed, a proposed amendment must pass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtues of Dialog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The poisonous political debate in the United States is causing major problems. This bitterness is not only fueling an increasingly acrimonious political environment, but it is creating a dangerous breakdown in problem-solving. Once upon a time America’s government was a model for other democracies around the world. Our brilliantly designed constitution, economic success, strongly established [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma &#8211; The Golden Land, Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s article continues a description of Burma started last week at:  http://www.et1964.com/2011/11/burma-the-golden-land-part-i/  The Purpose of Money Nearby Shwedagon was a pedestrian bridge that led to another beautiful golden zedi, the Maha Wizaya Paya.  Built in 1980 with the support of former dictator Ne Win, Maha Wizaya was topped by a huge hti that had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma &#8211; The Golden Land, Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burma is a strange place.  It is a deeply Buddhist country ruled by superstitious Socialists.  It is both amazingly rich culturally and plagued by deep poverty.  It held a democratic election in 1990 with results that were then completely ignored.  Even more oddly, the winning party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has managed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude</title>
		<link>http://www.et1964.com/2011/11/gratitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family-Personal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always believed that gratitude is one of our most noble emotions.  When we appreciate the good things people do for us, it shows that we are capable of rising above our narrow self-interest. Fall has turned into near-winter as the seasons prepare to shift again.  As a result of an intense travel schedule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Axis of Hugo</title>
		<link>http://www.et1964.com/2011/11/the-axis-of-hugo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I visited two countries that have distanced themselves from the United States &#8212; Bolivia and Ecuador.   Their governments have aligned themselves with Hugo Chavez &#8216;s Venezuela &#8212; with mixed results. Although Soviet communism died more than two decades ago, the banner of &#8220;anti-imperialism&#8221; still attracts support.  In Latin America, the rebellion against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glimmers of Light?</title>
		<link>http://www.et1964.com/2011/11/glimmers-of-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competitiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supercommittee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a bad few years for the U.S. economy.  Since the 2008 financial crisis, almost every bit of optimism has wilted.  This time we may be poised for a real improvement &#8212; if we can avoid some bad mistakes. During major economic crises, governments usually want to appear as if they are dealing with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlas Deluded &#8211; Redux</title>
		<link>http://www.et1964.com/2011/11/atlas-deluded-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rise of the Meritocracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student aid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s article questioning meritocracy attracted quite a few comments.  Here is my response to one of the more thoughtful critiques. On October 26, I posted an piece challenging the some of the ideas behind meritocracy, which is defined as, &#8220;a system based on ability, where those with talent and merits are chosen to move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlas Deluded</title>
		<link>http://www.et1964.com/2011/10/atlas-deluded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Trachtenberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rise of the Meritocracy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social mobility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some beliefs attract almost religious levels of devotion.  Like the air we breathe, these concepts pervade our media, policy, social consciousness and even our own self-images &#8212; and are rarely questioned.  In America, meritocracy is central to our national gospel. Meritocracy is defined as, &#8220;a system based on ability, where those with talent and merits [...]]]></description>
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