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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>When the wheels fall off</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/19/when-the-wheels-fall-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The $6.2 billion being handed over by the Australian government to local automotive manufacturers is starting to look rather pitiful amid industry bailout talks in the United States. America&#8217;s major car makers &#8212; Chrysler, Ford and General Motors &#8212; are in a parlous state. Chief executives from the Big Three testified before Congress yesterday, warning of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Kevin Rudd let you read this?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/14/will-kevin-rudd-let-you-read-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is one of the paradoxes of modern civil societies. Politicians are widely distrusted, yet on some of the most important policy issues, voters are prepared to vest near-absolute trust in their elected officials. The public often expects that their government knows more than they do. At times this can be true. Governments are able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A half-hearted endorsement</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/11/03/a-half-hearted-endorsement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[America Votes 08]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The road to the White House has proven especially long and torturous. After well over a year of campaigning, Americans will finally cast their ballots on Tuesday to decide who will be their President for the next four years. Many will surely be relieved to have reached the end of this near-farcical (at times) spectacle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shock move for monetary policy</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/10/07/shock-move-for-monetary-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a stunning decision announced today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut interest rates by a full percentage point, taking the cash rate from seven to six per cent. Analysts had been expecting rates to fall, but by only 50 basis points. Shares rallied on the news, with the benchmark ASX200 index up 1.7 per cent on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who can rescue the rescuers?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/10/01/who-can-rescue-the-rescuers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The near-trillion dollar bailout for the United States&#8217; financial sector which collapsed spectacularly at the start of this week prompted dramatic falls on global stock markets. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 777 points (though some might have thought 666 more fitting given the machinations on Capitol Hill). Yet just a day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The price of victory</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/09/30/price-of-victory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is easy to become despondent watching the current US presidential election. John McCain, a decorated war hero and long-serving Senator with a record of defying his own party, is demonstrating an alarming ability to abandon his principles in pursuit of a few votes. Previously, he was a fiscal conservative, advocating steps to try and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On a high</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/08/08/on-a-high/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a truly auspicious day for the Chinese. The 8th day of the 8th month of 2008, and at 8.08pm in Beijing tonight, the Games of the 29th Olympiad will commence with an extravagant opening ceremony. Away from all the political controversies that have marred the run up to this year&#8217;s Games, the attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Europe all that bad?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/08/07/is-europe-all-that-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another week, and another letter to the editor from The Economist that has caught my eye. Published in the most recent edition of my favourite news publication, Achal Prakash of Atlanta writes:
You folks come up with some pretty wacko ideas. You often write (and complain) about the problems of the European Union and its enlargement. Yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq and the future</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/07/28/iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/07/28/iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickford.com.au/site/?p=219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With US President George W Bush riding out the last months of his second and final term, many Americans and others throughout the world have already taken to reflecting on what his legacy will be. Most will observe two profound and related events that have shaped his presidency. The 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Olympia</title>
		<link>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/07/07/protecting-olympia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickford.com.au/site/2008/07/07/protecting-olympia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many occupations which the government chooses to regulate with licenses &#8212; some more understandably than others. The public would generally consider it important for doctors to be appropriately qualified, yet requiring a licence to act as a hairdresser might seem extreme (registration is required in Western Australia). One of the most important jobs [...]]]></description>
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