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	<title>Kate McKeon &#187; Basic Economics</title>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Fiscal Priorities are Skewed</title>
		<link>http://katemckeon.com/obamas-fiscal-priorities-are-skewed/2010/07/25/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blinder&#8217;s Blinders lead to National Blunders, or Obama versus King Solomon . . .
So here&#8217;s a question for you:
Is it better to give 50,000 people $1 or give one employee a $50,000 job that allows him to contribute to a growing company?
Increasing the tax burden on small employers to increase the unemployment benefit keeps us [...]


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		<title>Frenchonomics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t even make this up . . .
Students in France are protesting again. A few years ago they protested AGAINST lowering the bar for employers to be able to hire students. Employers wanted to be able to pay less experienced people a lower rate. The minimum benefits an employer has to set aside for [...]


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		<title>Consenting Adults Part 2</title>
		<link>http://katemckeon.com/consenting-adults-part-2/2010/04/20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So how is the Federal Government going to save me from myself today?
Back to the topic of interns . . . which can mean SO many different things depending on the administration&#8230;. For the Obama administration it means legislation. In particular, enforcement of legislation against unpaid internships. Never mind that the Obama political campaign is [...]


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		<title>Consenting Adults</title>
		<link>http://katemckeon.com/consenting-adults/2010/04/12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Labor Department is out to protect you from yourself. Legislation prohibiting unpaid internships is officially in force.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re a for-profit employer or you want to pursue an internship with  for-profit employer, there aren&#8217;t going to be many circumstances where you can have an internship and not be paid and still be in compliance with [...]


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		<title>Basic Economics &#8211; Competitive States</title>
		<link>http://katemckeon.com/basic-economics-competitive-states/2010/03/22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My buddy Scott recently sent a gem of a report along. The report was written by Dr. Aurthur Laffer. You may recognize his name from the world of finance and politics. He&#8217;s a bit of a supply-sider.
Since this marks the 10th pdf uploaded to the site for the sake of sharing, I&#8217;ve created a repository [...]


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		<title>Education Issues: Quantity, Quality?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So let&#8217;s go for a drive.
If you&#8217;ve ever had the opportunity to cross the US by car . . . say from Chapel Hill, NC to Berkeley, CA, or Boston, MA to Berkeley, CA or Atlanta, GA to San Diego, CA, you have seen that there are many choices to make along the way. Do [...]


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		<title>Basic Economics &#8211; When your voters are challenged</title>
		<link>http://katemckeon.com/basic-economics/2010/02/22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who would&#8217;ve thought Chicago would become a tax refuge? Since the voters approved a tax hike in Oregon, politicians around the US are sending delagations to the beleaguered state. Leading the charge with offers of enticement to business owners&#8230;.
Richard Daley, Chicago Mayor.
Wait, seriously?
Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s spurred the increase in flights to Portland:




Oregon
Chicago


Top income tax rate:
11% (from [...]


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		<title>Do Girls Suck at Math?</title>
		<link>http://katemckeon.com/do-girls-suck-at-math/2010/02/02/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a common refrain both from the mouths of males and females. Yet, what evidence do we have to support this?
A former boyfriend even presented a LONG diatribe about the actual genetic reasons women are bad at math . . . but there&#8217;s just one problem. Namely, me.
Or Jill.
Or Heidi.
Or Shanti.
Or Leah.
Or . . .
The [...]


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		<title>Margaret Thatcher &#8211; We Must Win</title>
		<link>http://katemckeon.com/basic-economics-margaret-thatcher/2010/01/19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newsletter this week includes a favorite item from Mrs. Thatcher:
&#8220;Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist          and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.&#8221;
A few weeks ago the Wall Street journal published an opinion piece worth a [...]


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		<title>Getting the Scoop on Entrepreneurship Early</title>
		<link>http://katemckeon.com/getting-the-scoop-on-entrepreneurship-early/2009/12/17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katemckeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new program at Milford High School in upstate NY has opened the doors of entrepreneurship to students in grades 9-12. The students are building their own businesses and interacting with local business owners.
This is a brilliant way to encourage growth!
These students have the rare opportunity to understand and appreciate the economic drivers of our [...]


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