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		<title>The Greeks Are Learning the Hard Way, If They Learn</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/05/17/the-greeks-are-learning-the-hard-way-if-they-learn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the one hand, we can understand why Greeks do not to want to pay for the false and self-serving promises of the politicians and bureaucrats who brought the country into its current predicaments. So repudiation of the state’s debt &#8230; <a href="http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/05/17/the-greeks-are-learning-the-hard-way-if-they-learn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221; and the Defenders of Our Liberties</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/05/16/the-war-on-drugs-and-the-defenders-of-our-liberties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the most revolting video I have seen. Heads should fall, quasi literally &#8212; that is, criminal prosecutions should be launched &#8212; or perhaps literally full stop. And the indecent &#8220;war on drugs&#8221;, which is a war on the &#8230; <a href="http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/05/16/the-war-on-drugs-and-the-defenders-of-our-liberties/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obamix or Romnex?</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/05/14/obamix-or-romnex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.latribune.fr/opinions/tribunes/20120514trib000698378/qui-sera-porte-sur-le-bouclier-obamix-ou-romnex-.html Read my latest La Tribune column: &#8220;Qui sera porté sur le bouclier, Obamix ou Romnex?&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>An Industrialized Minister Here, an Industrialized Bureaucrat There</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/05/14/an-industrialized-minister-here-an-industrialized-bureaucrat-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4e0a21fc-2261-11e1-acdc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1unqREWIh The Financial Times is one of the best economic and financial newspapers in the world. It is also a good mirror of the conventional wisdom about the economy and the state. On December 11, 2011, the newspaper ran a &#8230; <a href="http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/05/14/an-industrialized-minister-here-an-industrialized-bureaucrat-there/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;Bold Vision&#8221; for &#8220;We&#8221; &#8220;As A Country&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/04/16/a-bold-vision-for-we-as-a-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://business.financialpost.com/2012/04/16/caw-demands-new-bold-vision-for-canadas-auto-industry/ The new &#8220;bold vision&#8221; the Canadian Auto Workers union is pushing means just one thing: they want the money, other people&#8217;s money, for themselves. The push is disguised under the political &#8220;we&#8221;. Economic analysis (both social choice and public &#8230; <a href="http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/04/16/a-bold-vision-for-we-as-a-country/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Many Jean Valjeans in Today&#8217;s Society</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/03/29/many-jean-valjeans-in-todays-society/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I saw the 25th-anniversary production of Les Misérables, the musical done after Victor Hugo&#8217;s famous 1862 novel. The musical is well worth seeing, and the original work well worth reading. In fact, to see the musical at the Boston &#8230; <a href="http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/03/29/many-jean-valjeans-in-todays-society/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Imposer son royaume aux autres&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/03/19/imposer-son-royaume-aux-autres/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Je retrouve dans Le hasard et la nécessité (Paris, Seuil, 1970) de Jacques Monod l&#8217;étonnant simplisme et l&#8217;incroyable naïveté qui caractérisaient la philosophie socialiste régnante au 20e siècle. Les années soixante et soixante-dix en ont peut-être marqué la tragique cristallisation, &#8230; <a href="http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/03/19/imposer-son-royaume-aux-autres/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The American States&#8217; Debt Crisis of the 1840s</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/03/08/the-american-states-debt-crisis-of-the-1840s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Meanwhile the foreign bankers were endeavoring to safeguard as best they could the interests of their clients. Before Mississippi repudiated a memorial was drafted by the Rothschilds. A copy was presented to Lord Palmerston, the British foreign secretary, requesting that &#8230; <a href="http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/03/08/the-american-states-debt-crisis-of-the-1840s/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Le « commerce des bestiaux »</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/02/27/le-commerce-des-bestiaux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My column on the US election published on February 28 in La Tribune (Paris) La montée de Rick Santorum imprime un autre retournement à la campagne pour l’investiture républicaine. Nous serons mieux placés, après les primaires d’aujourd’hui (le mardi 28 &#8230; <a href="http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/02/27/le-commerce-des-bestiaux/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can Voters Be That Irrational?</title>
		<link>http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/01/31/can-voters-be-that-irrational/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre Lemieux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Many Florida Republicans sought a candidate who they thought could defeat President Barack Obama&#8221;, writes the Wall Street Journal tonight (on.wsj.com/yem4M5), &#8220;with significantly more voters who cited that as their top priority opting for Mr. Romney, according to exit polls.&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://pierrelemieux.com/2012/01/31/can-voters-be-that-irrational/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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