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							<title><![CDATA[A TARP Just for Euro Banks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-18/saving-euro-starts-with-banks-cooley-richardson-schoenholtz.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In spite of Sunday&rsquo;s victory of pro- bailout parties in the Greek election, the European Monetary Union remains in a battle for its survival. What began as a debt predicament is now compounded by a rapidly expanding banking crisis and growing political instability that threaten...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Frames the Wrong Economic Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/09/07/economy-recovery-deficit-opinions-columnists-thomas-cooley.html?boxes=opinionschannellatest</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is an epic and epically unpleasant debate that taking place for much of the last year about stimulus and austerity. On one side are the born-again Keynesians who believe that our recovery is faltering because we simply haven't spent enough to jolt the economy into recovery. This...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Unemployment Dilemma]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/10/unemployment-labor-market-jobs-opinions-columnists-thomas-f-cooley-peter-rupert.html?boxes=opinionschannellatest</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When President Obama finally signed a law extending unemployment benefits up to 99 weeks another bruising political battle fought largely along party lines came to an end. The New York Times' resident Mr. Nasty, Paul Krugman, called the opposition "a coalition of the heartless, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Politics of Financial Reform]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/05/dodd-frank-reform-wall-street-opinions-columnists-thomas-f-cooley.html?boxes=opinionschannellatest</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a historic moment last week President Barack Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Do you think it makes the financial system safer and reins in the risky behavior of Wall Street financial institutions? Judging by the reaction of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Troubled Recovery]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/15/recovery-jobs-unemployment-opinions-columnists-thomas-f-cooley-peter-rupert.html?boxes=opinionschannellatest</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On several occasions in this column we have chronicled the path of the latest economic cycle--showing that the "Great Recession" was (or is?) certainly that. After several months of relative optimism about the economic recovery, popular sentiment has recently ebbed. There is very good...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dark Side of Stimulus]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/08/finance-economy-stimulus-anxiety-opinions-columnists-thomas-cooley.html?boxes=opinionschannellatest</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People are worried about the economy, and they should be. They have been told to expect a strong rebound from our deep recession.  The usual pattern is that recoveries mirror the strength of the decline--the steeper the drop, the more vigorous the rebound. It isn't happening. The latest...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Greek Tragedy Is Only Beginning]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/01/greece-euro-debt-opinions-columnists-thomas-f-cooley.html?boxes=opinionschannellatest</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We have only seen the first act of this modern day tragedy--the sad tale of promises made that cannot be kept. After years of profligate spending and expansion of the public sector, the credit markets finally pulled the plug on Greece, making it all but impossible for the country to roll...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where Are the Next Jobs Coming From?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/09/employment-entrepreneurs-jobless-recovery-opinions-columnists-thomas-f-cooley.html?boxes=opinionschannellighttop</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week Peter Rupert and I argued that the Great Recession continues in the labor market in spite of the signs of recovery elsewhere in the economy. We showed that the fraction of the working-age population that is employed continues to drop. Friday's employment report showed that net...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Two Economies]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/02/jobless-recovery-unemployment-economy-opinions-columnists-thomas-f-cooley-peter-rupert.html?boxes=opinionschannellighttop</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the Obama administration put forth the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the hope was that the $700 billion stimulus to the economy would halt the economic decline and temper the deterioration in labor markets. In this column we bring you up to date on the progress of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Gathering Geithner Storm]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/24/timothy-geithner-treasury-secretary-opinions-columnists-thomas-f-cooley.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was jarring last week to see the Treasury Secretary under intense fire before Congress, being asked to resign for the good of the country. It was more like Prime Minister's Questions in the British Parliament than the more deferential mode we are used to. Timothy Geithner fought back...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Volcker and Mervyn King Are Slapped Down]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/27/volcker-mervyn-king-glass-steagall-opinions-columnists-thomas-f-cooley.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the past year, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker--head of the president's external advisory committee on financial reform--has been thinking carefully about the roots of the financial crisis. He has reflected on a regulatory structure, the Banking Act of 1933, frequently...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stimulus Proponents Ignore Fact &amp; Reasoning]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/25/christina-romer-stimulus-consumption-peter-rupert-opinions-columnists-thomas-f-cooley.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Need For Failure]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/26/fdic-treasury-banks-too-big-to-fail-opinions-columnists-sheila-bair.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There has been constant chatter about the fact that our regulatory institutions don't really know how to deal with firms that are deemed "too big to fail" but may be insolvent. Throughout 2008, policymakers improvised a solution for each case that came along--Bear Stearns, Fannie and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are There Any Rules In The Bailout Game?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/05/obama-talf-tarp-economy-uaw-opinions-columnists-chrysler.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Another Great Depression?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/10/13/depression-policies-micawber-oped-cx_tc_1015cooley.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas Cooley</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Treasury &amp; FED Need to Be Credible &amp; Predictable]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/09/16/hamilton-paulson-treasury-oped-cx_tc_0917cooley.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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