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<title><![CDATA[Mark Weisbrot - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19070.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Mark Weisbrot]]></description><category domain="19070">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Debt Ceiling Fight Was Always About GOP Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/01/debt-ceiling-fight-democracy-republican-power-extortion</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Weisbrot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a democracy, this type of extortion should not be permitted '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but Republican rule isn't based on democracy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Championing Iraq War May Haunt Joe Biden's Bid]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/17/joe-biden-role-iraq-war</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Weisbrot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Iraq war has been a prominent, even decisive issue, in recent US presidential elections. That will make Biden's history a liability]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Great Divide in the Democratic Primary]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-weisbrot/the-great-divide-in-the-d_b_9660146.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Weisbrot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The generational divide in the Democratic primary is phenomenal. If it weren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t for voters over 49, and their higher participation rates, Hillary Clinton wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have much of a chance. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Age seems to be the most significant factor,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' said Lee Miringoff, director of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Government Spending Can Create New Jobs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_21222838/no-spending-can-create-new-jobs</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Weisbrot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three years after our worst recession since the Great Depression officially ended, the U.S. economy is still very weak.The people most hurt by this weakness are the unemployed and the poor, and of course the two problems are related. We have 23 million people who are unemployed,...]]></description>
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