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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi All &#8211; This is a quick notice to let you all know that I&#8217;m migrating this blog to a new site.  The new Blog/News site can be found at:  http://SedonaCyberLink.com.  It is also a WordPress backend with a front end designed by Gabfire.  I have a lot more design flexibility with this site, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=289&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Capitalism by a Better Name: Sweeter Still</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sedonasteve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karl Marx is usually credited with coining the term “capitalism” to describe the economic system of our age.  The prior system, feudalism, accorded power and wealth to those that controlled the land.  Marx observed that power and wealth had shifted to those that controlled capital.  The irony of describing today’s economy as capitalistic is that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=273&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Backlash Against Microfinance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microcredit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microfinance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duncan Green of Oxfam International summarizes some of the most recent criticisms of the use of microfinance as a way to lift people out of poverty. He  takes note of some important new studies.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=241&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Soloist &amp; Efficient Markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist claims that macroeconomics has lost its validity. SedonaSteve challenges this claim. See the debate here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=231&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ISE Proposal for Financial Market Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Free Trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Securities Exchange (ISE) has issued a proposal for reform to the the U.S. securities markets. See a high-level summary of the proposal here.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=229&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Antidote for Green Protectionism: Fair Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen 2009]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto Protocol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protectionism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Avoid protectionism in upcoming climate change talks. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=223&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Importance of Free Trade to the US</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/importance-of-free-trade-to-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sedonasteve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Trade]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/?p=210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Trade is critical to the global economy.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=210&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnocentricity and Free Trade</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/ethnocentricity-and-free-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gr82baguy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economies within free market regime.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=211&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Poll on Fair vs. Free Trade</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/reader-poll-on-fair-vs-free-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fair Trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are your thoughts on free versus fair trade? Is free trade fair? Is fair trade free? Weigh in with your point of view: Take Our Poll (opinion) Posted in Fair Trade, Free Trade, globalization, Supply Chain, Trade Tagged: Fair Trade, Free Trade, international trade<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=199&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Simpfendorfer&#8217;s Book: New Silk Road</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/simpfendorfers-book-new-silk-road/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/simpfendorfers-book-new-silk-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book review of The New Silk Road by Ben Simpfendorfer. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=191&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Fair Trade Really Fair?  Does it Matter?</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/is-fair-trade-really-fair-does-it-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/is-fair-trade-really-fair-does-it-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three questions are posed about how fair trade is affecting trade patterns in the global economy.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=179&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supply/Demand and Profits: The Case of Oil</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/supplydemand-and-profits-the-case-of-oil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[profits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The case for reducing taxes when supplies are high.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=153&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is The U.S. Doomed To Years Of Slow Economic Growth?</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/is-the-u-s-doomed-to-years-of-slow-economic-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo's Chief Investment Strategist outlines steps to recovery.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=149&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source Society</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/open-source-society/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Open source technology contributed to the democratic uprising in Iran.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=136&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Income Inequality</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/income-inequality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sedonasteve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income inequality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Starting life with the labor market value of zero, we work toward greater productivity as we gain skills.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=122&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fundamental Theorem Of Economics</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/fundamental-theorem-of-economics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sedonasteve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Countries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quick summary of the economic principles of supply and demand.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=108&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lamy Optimistic on Completing Doha Round</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/lamy-optimistic-on-completing-doha-round/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/lamy-optimistic-on-completing-doha-round/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretary-General of the WTO believes that the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) can be resurrected. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=93&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Trade Chat Tool</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/fair-trade-chat-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[third world]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new chat room for discussion Fair Trade.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=85&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Temple Restoration &amp; Economic Development in Cambodia</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/temple-restoration-economic-development-in-cambodia/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/temple-restoration-economic-development-in-cambodia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Restoration of the buildings is one thing. Restoration of the cultural life and the self-confidence of the people is another.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=75&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hourglass of Our Life</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmusings.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/the-hourglass-of-our-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silkroadmusings</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[London G-20 commitments will be a challenge to live up to for the U.S.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmusings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8061547&amp;post=45&amp;subd=silkroadmusings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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