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		<title>On Line Opinion - Economics</title>
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		<description>Australia's e-journal of social and political debate</description>
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		<copyright>Copyright 2000-2010, National Forum</copyright>
		<managingEditor>susan@onlineopinion.com.au (Susan Prior)</managingEditor>
		<webMaster>lachlan@onlineopinion.com.au (Lachlan Kuhn)</webMaster>
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			<title>Converging on opportunity</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Leon Gettler)</author>
			<description>Industry and product convergence are creating new opportunities and challenges for manufacturers.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10023</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:04:59 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Paternalism (&#8216;we know better than you what to do with your money&#8217;)</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Bryan Kavanagh)</author>
			<description>The government's always coming up with ways to spend our money: it won't get out of our pockets so we can look after ourselves.</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:34:17 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Reserve to move on interest rates ... but danger looms</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Henry Thornton)</author>
			<description>The reality facing the Reserve Bank is that inflation is too high for comfort as economic recovery gathers strength.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 08:51:17 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Entrepreneurs are innovation&#8217;s essential agreement</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Chris Golis)</author>
			<description>Labor needs to build an ecosystem for entrepreneurs - an Institute on Entrepreneurship.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:58:38 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Inflation: distorting the economy</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Puru Saxena)</author>
			<description>Inflation is a hidden tax, an insidious crime against the public.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:07:59 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>The great big pay disparity</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (David Baker)</author>
			<description>The shift from salaries to performance incentives for executives has been cited as a contributing factor in the GFC.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:05:10 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Why smart firms should experiment</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Andrew Leigh)</author>
			<description>From fruit farms to travel agencies, experiments represent a powerful challenge to business as usual.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:13:48 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Establishing a People&#8217;s Bank</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Christopher Joye)</author>
			<description>'Banking' is a necessary public good that all Australians require access to in order to make their way in life.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:44:10 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Endgame: USA</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Cameron Leckie)</author>
			<description>A possible outcome of the GFC is the collapse of the USA and the demise of the world&#8217;s largest economy and only superpower.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9842</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:27:02 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Acting on trust: the morality of Church investment practices</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Bruce Kaye)</author>
			<description>A casualty of the GFC has been the Anglican Diocese of Sydney when it decided to borrow money to invest.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:18:01 +1000</pubDate>
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