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		<title>Just in Time Employment</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2010/02/08/just-in-time-employment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a paradox in the American economic recovery. GDP is expanding at incredible rates, and yet the economy keeps shedding jobs. While the official unemployment figure stands around 10 percent, including worker who are underemployed pushes &#8220;the full measure of slack in the labor market closer to 20 percent&#8220;. While economists and policy analysts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Commission Imposes €1.06 billion Fine on Intel</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2009/05/13/ec-fines-intel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2009/05/13/ec-fines-intel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 20:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission (EC) today imposed a €1.06 billion fine on the Intel Corporation for &#8220;abuse of a dominant market position . . . by engaging in illegal anticompetitive practices to exclue competitors from the market for computer chips called x86 central processing units.&#8221; The Commission futher ordered Intel &#8220;to cease the anticompetitive practices to the extent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market Freefall</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/10/09/market-freefall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/10/09/market-freefall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[collapse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dow, as of this posting, is below 9000 points. I think it would be in everyone&#8217;s best interest if the markets took a day off. I know Columbus day is Monday, but a four-day weekend would do everyone wonders. On the plus side, there&#8217;s a three-day weekend coming. UPDATE: The Dow ended up losing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Universal Healthcare Possible?</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/04/16/is-universal-healthcare-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/04/16/is-universal-healthcare-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PBS&#8217;s FRONTLINE program, which always achieves an incredible level of journalism, recently ran a program on healthcare systems around the world. The premise of the program is whether the U.S. could learn anything from other modern, post-industrial, capitalist societies. The answer, of course, is &#8220;yes, the U.S. has a lot to learn.&#8221; [From FRONTLINE:sick around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profiting from their own incompetence</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/03/26/profiting-from-their-own-incompetence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/03/26/profiting-from-their-own-incompetence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Countrywide executives are forming a new company that will restructure sub-prime mortgage debt (at their discretion) by buying it from banks (at a discount) and profiting on the new loan. Why is no one else complaining that the executives who created this mess are not only allowed to profit both from the creation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not &#8220;entirely dictated by market expectations&#8217;&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/03/18/not-entirely-dictated-by-market-expectations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/03/18/not-entirely-dictated-by-market-expectations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cut the federal funds rate by 75 basis points today, on continuing concerns that the US economy is going down the tubes fast. With inflation on the rise, the dollar on the slide, and more and more jobs simply ceasing to exist, it&#8217;s hard to argue. According to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transnational Securities Regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/02/05/transnational-securities-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/02/05/transnational-securities-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between studying for the bar exam and sleeping, I find a few moments out of my day to read the newspapers. In particular, I like to read the French newspapers to help develop my language skills. Today, I encountered an article in Le Monde stating that the SEC is investigating possible securities fraud in connection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs the economy is going to get worse</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/01/22/signs-the-economy-is-going-to-get-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/01/22/signs-the-economy-is-going-to-get-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world economy is going into recession. The US is sinking fast, and the world markets are being dragged down with us. I know that for most policy makers, the US stock market is the amorphous &#8220;market&#8221;, but there is something extremely dangerous about the The interest rates will fail for two reasons. First, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google almost ready to acquire DoubleClick</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/12/20/google-almost-ready-to-acquire-doubleclick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/12/20/google-almost-ready-to-acquire-doubleclick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a number of news sources, the FTC stated today that it will not oppose the proposed acquisition of DoubleClick by Google. The proposed deal, at US$ 3.1 billion deal would make Google the largest internet advertising company in the world. However, the European Commission has not yet ruled on whether or not Google&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Amendment Protection?</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/09/22/first-amendment-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/09/22/first-amendment-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Friday&#8217;s Marketplace [American Public Media], the FDA will be given new powers to monitor pharmaceuticals once they&#8217;ve been released onto the market, but the new Senate bill does not go as far as some. According to the report, advertisers claim that marketing of pharmaceuticals is protected by the First Amendment. How is advertising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Fine Upheld</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/09/17/microsoft-fine-upheld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of First Instance (CFI) upheld the 2004 fine imposed by the European Commission today for an &#8220;abusing a dominant position&#8221; (Article 82 TEC). The Court upheld the previous decision holding that, once a dominant position is established, &#8220;the refusal by the holder of a dominant position to grant a licence may infringe Article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Victory Against the Rule of Law</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/08/07/a-victory-against-the-rule-of-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/08/07/a-victory-against-the-rule-of-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a decision issued Monday, 6 August, an Indian court has rejected Novartis&#8217; patent claims on Glivec. While Doctors Without Borders (MSF) claims that this is a &#8220;major victory&#8221; for accessibility of medicines in developing countries, I believe India is the only real winner in this case. Novartis was already subsidizing the use of Glivec [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 0.1% Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/05/06/the-01-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/05/06/the-01-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 10:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economist.com this week is reporting that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts the cost to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to a &#8220;safeish&#8221; level to be around 0.1% of GDP. Much of the solution, according to the Economist, is to simply improve efficiency in a number of areas, such as in business lighting and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Golden Failure</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/02/15/another-golden-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/02/15/another-golden-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Mint is launching yet another one dollar coin, this time a series with all the presidential portraits. In case there is anyone out there who still thinks this might work this time, let me explain: no matter what patriotic figure you put on the coin, it will be a dismal failure in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Posner: Climate Change is Bad Economic Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/02/08/judge-posner-climate-change-is-bad-economic-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/02/08/judge-posner-climate-change-is-bad-economic-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventh Circuit Judge and University of Chicago law professor Richard Posner writes that the future losses of delaying climate change outweigh the present value of cleaning up the problem. In other words, solving this problem makes sound economic sense.]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P, Milton Friedman</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/11/16/rip-milton-friedman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/11/16/rip-milton-friedman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times is reporting that Milton Friedman has died at the age of 94. Champion of the free market, Friedman has served the dismal science well over the years. He will be missed, even by Ronald Coase. UPDATE: I would like to point out the different headlines used by the Times. The original [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Bush&#8217;s Iran Policy Will Hurt the US</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/09/20/why-bushs-iran-policy-will-hurt-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/09/20/why-bushs-iran-policy-will-hurt-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week world leaders have been delivering speeches at the United Nations, a very contentious and unproductive exercise. We have seen world leaders lose credibility (e.g., Bush, Chavez) and lose their country (sorry, Thaksin). But what has largely gone unnoticed is the President&#8217;s latest policy decision: banks are not free to conduct business with Bank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the selfish can save the world</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/08/11/how-the-selfish-can-save-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/08/11/how-the-selfish-can-save-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Al Gore&#8217;s new movie, as well as rising prices at the fuel pump and rising temperatures everywhere, the idea of becoming &#8220;green&#8221; is beginning to gain popularity. Auto makers are beginning to make more efficient vehicles (at least the automakers outside of Detroit). Environmental consciousness is beginning to meld with marketing. But what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Green Politics: Necessary but not Proper</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/08/11/local-green-politics-necessary-but-not-proper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to curb pollution, city and state governments are forming agreements with other municipal, state, and international governments to curb greenhouse gas emissions. For example, California Govnernor Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed last week to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses and to trade carbon pollution credits (although I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I earned my economics degree!</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/07/25/i-earned-my-economics-degree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the Washington Post, I&#8217;ve now proven that I&#8217;ve earned my B.S. in Economics. Check out the Federal Reserve Board&#8217;s Kids Page. Make sure you take the quiz to prove that you, too, are as smart as any 10-year-old. I just hope this was an intern&#8217;s project.]]></description>
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