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		<title><![CDATA[The fog of Obamacare]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- You've heard of the "fog of war." Well, now we've got the
fog of Obamacare. The controversial Affordable Care Act (ACA) has so
many moving parts that it's hard to know how its implementation is
proceeding. In 2014, many uninsured are...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1330399</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/23/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Health Care's Slowdown for Real?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"If something cannot go on forever, it will stop."</i>

-- Stein's Law, after economist Herbert Stein (1916-1999)

WASHINGTON -- We all know that Stein's Law will someday apply to health
care spending, which has risen from 5 percent of the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1327329</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/20/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Dodd-Frank Save (or Stifle) Capitalism?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- It's been five years since the onset of the financial
crisis -- the rescue of Bear Stearns in March 2008 -- and we still don't
know whether the financial system is safe. In a recent speech, Daniel
Tarullo, the Federal Reserve's point...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1323770</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Overselling Obamacare]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- It's the great moral imperative behind the Affordable Care
Act ("Obamacare"): People should not be denied health care because they
can't afford insurance. Health status and insurance are assumed to be
connected, and opponents have ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1323275</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/09/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[All Those Missing Jobs!]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Are we missing a couple million jobs? These would be jobs
that exist but lack workers to fill them. The notion that the recovery
is being hobbled by too few skilled workers is seductive. It might
explain today's stubbornly high ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1320256</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/06/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Europe Has No Exit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- For most Americans, Europe is out of sight and out of
mind. We figure that the worst of its debt crisis has passed. Italy has
a new government. To mute social unrest, some countries are slightly
relaxing austerity policies. The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1319750</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/02/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Twilight of Entitlement]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- We are passing through something more than a period of
disappointing economic growth and increasing political polarization.
What's happening is more powerful: the collapse of "entitlement." By
this, I do not mean primarily cuts in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1316670</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/29/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Reinhart/Rogoff Brawl]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- An insistent question of our time is how much government
debt is too much. Is there some debt level that becomes crushing as
opposed to merely costly? The controversy over research by economists
Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1315625</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/24/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The End of Macro Magic]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund recently held a conference
that should concern most people despite its arcane subject --
"Rethinking Macro Policy II." Macroeconomics is the study of the entire
economy, as opposed to the examination ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1312860</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/22/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Long Odds on Tax Reform]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- At this time of year, when most Americans have just filed
their returns, exasperation with the income tax system reaches a peak.
Hardly anyone denies it's a complex mess. In 2010, calculating their
taxes cost Americans $168 billion, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/robertjsamuelson/s-1311759</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/17/2013</pubDate>
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