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							<title><![CDATA[We've Been Measuring Inequality Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/131517/weve-measuring-inequality-wrong</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laurence Kotlikoff</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite appearances to the contrary, this year&rsquo;s presidential follies have managed to feature at least a few policy discussions amid all the name-calling. Income inequality in particular has animated voters on both sides of the partisan divide, but the solutions advocated by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Hidden Credit Card Bill]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/opinion/laurence-kotlikoff-on-fiscal-gap-accounting.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laurence Kotlikoff</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HOUSEHOLDS can&rsquo;t spend, on a continuing basis, more than they earn. Countries can&rsquo;t either, at least not over the long run. But countries can certainly leave the bill for their current spending to the young and to future generations. Official borrowing is the old-fashioned...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Cure for an Uncoordinated Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-30/the-cure-for-an-uncoordinated-economy-laurence-kotlikoff.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laurence Kotlikoff</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If a deadly virus struck ourcountry, scientists at the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention would diagnose the problem, inform the public, andthen prescribe a cure. If only this were true for our economicillness.Neither President Barack Obama nor the disloyal opposition has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Five Prescriptions to Heal the U.S. Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-28/five-prescriptions-to-heal-economic-ills-commentary-by-laurence-kotlikoff.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laurence Kotlikoff</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Desperate times call for creative measures. We&rsquo;re in desperate times, but we&rsquo;ve had little creative thinking from the Obama administration on how to fix the economy.According to Ron Suskind&rsquo;s new book, &ldquo;Confidence Men,&rdquo; Lawrence Summers, formerly the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Kicks Budget Can Down the Road]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/14/kotlikoff.obama.speech/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laurence Kotlikoff</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his speech on our nation's long-term budget crisis Wednesday,   President Barack Obama identified the problem, but he failed to provide  concrete solutions.Indeed, when it came to describing how he  would fix federal health care spending, Obama stayed pretty close to his  budget...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A U.S. Fiscal Crisis Is in Spitting Distance]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-05/u-s-fiscal-crisis-in-spitting-distance-commentary-by-laurence-kotlikoff.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laurence Kotlikoff</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The two parties are having a heated debate over the Republican plan to slice $61 billion off Uncle Sam&rsquo;s projected $3.6 trillion budget. If the Republicans get their way, the deficit will fall from 9.5 percent of gross domestic product to 9.1 percent. If they don&rsquo;t,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The U.S. is Bankrupt and No One Knows It]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-11/u-s-is-bankrupt-and-we-don-t-even-know-commentary-by-laurence-kotlikoff.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laurence Kotlikoff</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's get real. The U.S. is bankrupt. Neither spending more nor taxing less will help the country pay its bills.What it can and must do is radically simplify its tax, health-care, retirement and financial systems, each of which is a complete mess. But this is the good news. It means they...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Uncle Sam Is Worse Off Than Greece]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laurence Kotlikoff</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The spectre of Greek default continues to rattle global financial markets. Greek long-term  government bond yields are running 700 basis points above comparable US  Treasuries. The inference is that America is in far better fiscal shape  than Greece. Nothing could be further from the...]]></description>
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