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					<description><![CDATA[TweetJune 29, 2026 &#8212; Adam Smith’s book The Wealth of Nations shares with the Declaration of Independence its 1776 birth year and hence its 2026 semiquincentennial.  Both documents incarnated a set of liberal ideas that we associate with the Enlightenment.  Much is made of the egregious respects in which men who spread these ideals, at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Americans can’t afford Trump’s inflationary policies</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[TweetMay 31, 2026 &#8212; Political leaders find it difficult to deal with inflation.  Even in those cases when incomes rise faster than prices, voters complain bitterly about inflation’s effect on them.  Even when inflation occurs throughout the world, the public in each country holds its own politicians responsible. And even when an individual country is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is a Resource Curse Crowding Out US Renewable Energy?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[TweetApril 19, 2026 &#8212; The Natural Resource Curse [NRC] refers to negative effects that a booming commodity sector can have on a country’s overall economic growth.  (Commodities are defined to include oil and natural gas, minerals, and often agriculture.) Many oil-rich producers in the Mideast and Africa, for example, have failed to achieve the prosperity [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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