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		<title>Letter to Krugman</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/letter-to-krugman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to this column, another beauty: Dear Dr. Krugman, Splendid column as always. Part of the reason for the failure to consider the &#8220;Iceland strategy&#8221; is that, despite its evident failures, we still subscribe to the view that &#8220;capital&#8221; is a quantity or figure possessed by banks, rather than recognizing that our productive capacity, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=593&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/591/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back after a long hiatus. Years ago I worked with an individual who alerted me to the difference between what he called &#8220;value creating&#8221; and &#8220;value claiming.&#8221;  I think he may have learned these concepts at Harvard Business School, but I am not sure.  Anyway, I think they are very apropos to many of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=591&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to Krugman: Interest Rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In reference to his column today: Dear Dr. Krugman, This may be a naive point of view.  It seems to me that, in the long run, the economy is a function of the knowledge accumulated and distributed within the society.  Growth occurs because new techniques are learned and disseminated.  The economy suffers when bad techniques [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=584&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Accounting Tricks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another example of an accounting trick whereby: 1) Corporations get taxpayer money for no good reason 2) It turns out that health care was already paid for by the government but just funneled through corporations. Here&#8217;s the main point&#8230; To encourage corporations to continue the provision of prescription drugs to retirees under their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=582&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Knowledge Power of Lobbyists</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/the-knowledge-power-of-lobbyists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are lobbyists so powerful? The conventional wisdom suggests that lobbyists are powerful because of the money they can spend on campaign contributions and advertising.  Wealthy lobbies get their legislative way by coaxing congresspeople with contributions and threatening them with the mass distribution of attack ads.  The underlying rationale is that lobbyists have power because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=577&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s ok, I&#8217;m sure Lehman Brothers is the exception</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NYT reports that Lehman used accounting tricks to appear solvent while their bad mortgage holding ate away at their balance sheets.  Specifically, they used repurchase agreements to temporarily move bad loans off their balance sheet just in time for quarterly reports.  After the quarter was over and the numbers on which the report is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=574&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Healthcare Solution</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/a-healthcare-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve written about in several posts, the current health care system is built on flawed premises.  It mis-applies market principles.  Technically speaking, it assumes that doctors and health insurance companies are &#8220;suppliers&#8221; and that patients are &#8220;demanders&#8221; who have an independent preference function.  This is wrong.  In healthcare, patients only demand what the suppliers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=569&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Healthcare Problem</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/a-healthcare-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an experience recently that demonstrates the flaw in our for-profit healthcare system.  As part of the prenatal care for my wife&#8217;s pregnancy, our doctor recommended that I take genetic screening tests for diseases that have elevated frequency amongst Ashkenazi Jews.  Even though my wife is not Jewish, the doctor suggested this was worth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=563&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Healthcare Reformation Process</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-healthcare-reformation-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the NYT, Dems might consider a more limited plan.  This plan would include the following: ¶The federal government would offer grants to states to establish regulated markets known as insurance exchanges, where consumers and small businesses could buy coverage. If there is good reason to believe that a solid 15 or so states [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=556&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Next Letter to Krugman &#8212; Bankers are Wrong</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/next-letter-to-krugman-bankers-are-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fantastic column.  The explanation for this whole mess is as hidden and obvious as the purloined letter: The prevailing economic model is wrong.  The market is not always self-regulating and it does not possess the tools to distinguish when it is from when it isn&#8217;t. When decision makers subscribe to a model that is wrong, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2802059&amp;post=554&amp;subd=thetankblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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