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		<title>Africa&#8217;s best solution, but still a bad deal</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/31/a-bad-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe in Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is incredible to think that it was now ten months ago that Zimbabweans went to the polls. Despite widespread intimidation and blatant fraud, voters gave the opposition Movement for Democratic Change control of the country&#8217;s parliament. In the race for the presidency, the MDC&#8217;s Morgan Tsvangirai garnered a sizable lead in the votes (though apparently not an absolute majority) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is neo-liberalism dead?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/31/is-neo-liberalism-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World in Recession?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is it time to declare that &#8220;the great neo-liberal experiment of the past 30 years has failed&#8221;? That apparently is the view of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Writing in The Monthly, a local periodical, Rudd has argued that neo-liberalism is little more than &#8220;free market fundamentalism&#8221;, and that it is now up to centre-left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s great tax challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/26/tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Waste and inefficiency are features common to virtually any modern tax system. But even for policymakers with the best of intentions, there are no easy solutions. This seven page special report considers the complexities of reforming taxation in Australia.]]></description>
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		<title>How not to be independent</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/22/how-not-to-be-independent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is sometimes suggested by advocates of state-funded broadcasting that commercial operators are unable to offer their services in an unbiased fashion. They argue that for independent news, you need to rely on taxpayers instead of advertisers to finance programming. It is a thoroughly bizarre claim. When media has been used for propaganda purposes, it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America rebooted</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/21/america-rebooted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America Votes 08]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Historic&#8217; is a word all too often bandied about inappropriately. January 20th 2009 however will indisputably go down as a historic day for the United States, and indeed the world. Approximately 1.5 million Americans are reckoned to have braved bitter winter conditions in Washington DC to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama as their 44th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, are we in a recession yet?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/20/recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World in Recession?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's a question many in the community are asking, and which economists are desperately trying to answer.]]></description>
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		<title>The EU disconnected</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/19/the-eu-disconnected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/19/the-eu-disconnected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of the current global financial crisis, many European politicians have spoken of the need to bring compassion to economic policy. The wisdom of unfettered free markets, some claim, has been disproven by the turmoil that has resulted from Wall Street&#8217;s excesses. Better instead for governments to regulate businesses to ensure outcomes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who can put a roof over their heads?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/13/student-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/13/student-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law and order]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tactics might be controversial, but the four month long illegal occupation of buildings owned by the University of Melbourne has drawn attention to the issue of student housing affordability.]]></description>
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		<title>Flights to nowhere</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/12/flights-to-nowhere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/12/flights-to-nowhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Madness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of industries calling on government bailouts amid the current global economic downturn continues to grow. Today, Australia&#8217;s National Tourism Alliance called on the government to pitch in to save local holiday operators. As ABC News reports, the NTA&#8217;s Matthew Hingerty and a team of lobbyists will meet with Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson tomorrow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bang for your buck</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/08/bang-for-your-buck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2009/01/08/bang-for-your-buck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Madness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offbeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tabloid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a staunch advocate of free markets, I can only hope that the absurdity of the past year&#8217;s wave of corporate welfare has finally hit home today. First came the financial sector, with many banks bought out by governments around the world or propped up with taxpayer aid. Then came the auto industry, with carmakers crying [...]]]></description>
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