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<title><![CDATA[Charles Kadlec - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/21689.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Charles Kadlec]]></description><category domain="21689">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Opportunity to Turn Defeat Into Victory]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can the Washington Republicans turn their &ldquo;defeat&rdquo; on taxes in the &ldquo;fiscal cliff deal&rdquo; into a strategic victory?  That is the biggest question now facing the GOP and financial markets.If the answer is yes, then the additional damage to economic growth and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Can Win Fiscal Debate with a Retreat]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/12/10/how-republicans-can-win-the-fiscal-debate-with-a-tactical-retreat/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are times when the best strategic move is a tactical retreat.  Such a moment has arrived for the Republicans in their negotiations with President Obama to avoid the &ldquo;fiscal cliff.&rdquo;House Speaker John Boehner has made a good faith effort to find common ground with the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Looming Crisis of Liberalism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/11/12/barack-obamas-election-and-the-looming-crisis-of-liberalism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What does Barack Obama&#194;&#146;s re-election as President mean for the future of the United States and for the President&#194;&#146;s place in history?  Both liberals celebrating his electoral victory, and conservatives who fear for the future of the country, may be surprised by the thoughtful, serious...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ten Reasons We Should Support Gold Commission]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/08/27/the-top-ten-reasons-that-you-should-support-the-gold-commission/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican Party Platform&#194;&#146;s call for the creation of a commission to evaluate restoring the link between the dollar and gold may prove to be the biggest upside surprise of the 2012 Presidential contest. If successful, a serious effort to chart a responsible path toward making the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Lone Success: Discrediting Obamanomics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/08/13/president-obamas-smashing-success-story-greatly-increasing-the-power-of-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Success, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.The traditional measure of the success of an Administration&#194;&#146;s economic program has been real economic growth, employment growth, the unemployment rate and the like.  Based on these criteria, the Obama Administration&#194;&#146;s economic program...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Governing Elite Threaten World's Middle Class]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/07/24/the-governing-elite-are-the-greatest-threat-to-americas-middle-class/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The crisis of the governing class is intensifying. Last week:-The 100 billion euro bailout of Spanish banks and massive tax increases to narrow the government&rsquo;s budget deficit are followed by a rise in interest rates on Spanish government bonds to a euro-record high.  -San...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Austerity, and the Failure of the Governing Elite]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/04/30/austerity-and-the-failure-of-the-governing-elite/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[European austerity has failed &mdash; fiscally, economically and politically.  Even more, austerity is a failure of the governing elite who continue to flail about, believing in their self-anointed right to &ldquo;manage the economy&rdquo; and plunder the private sector to keep their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romer Knows Tax Increases Will Kill the Recovery]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/04/23/christina-romer-knows-tax-hikes-will-kill-the-recovery/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A powerful analysis by  President Barack Obama&rsquo;s first Chair of his Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) indicates the President&rsquo;s proposed tax increases would kill the economic recovery and throw nearly 1 million Americans out of work.  Those are the extraordinary implications...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stagnation: The Rising Price of the Falling Dollar]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/03/19/the-rising-price-of-the-falling-dollar/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Do you know why oil and prices are moving sharply higher? Some blame the oil companies, charging they are manipulating prices. Others cite U.S. sanctions on Iran and the threat of a military encounter that would disrupt the flow of oil from the Middle East.Speculators, too are blamed for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Audacity of Power: ObamaCare vs. The Church]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/02/13/the-audacity-of-power-president-obama-vs-the-catholic-church/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government&rsquo;s purposes are beneficent.&rdquo; Supreme Court Justice Louis D. BrandeisIn one of the boldest, most audacious moves ever made by a President of the United States, President Barack Obama is on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney's Highly Glaring Economic Achilles Heel]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/01/02/mitt-romneys-highly-glaring-economic-achilles-heel/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Governor Mitt Romney&rsquo;s greatest economic policy weakness is not the timidity of his tax plan, as limited as it is. His Achilles&rsquo; heel has been ignored by the media and gone largely unchallenged by those vying for the Republican nomination. And, it is the one part of his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Stark Progressivism Is Unsustainable]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2011/12/12/obamas-stark-progressivism-gives-voters-choice-of-the-century/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his speech last week in Osawatomie, Kansas, President Barack Obama made clear that the goal of his second Administration &ndash; if re-elected &ndash; will be to complete the counter-revolution launched by the Progressive movement more than 100 years ago.Government, rather than...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I Support Herman Cain For President]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2011/10/17/why-i-support-herman-cain-for-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I have decided to support Herman Cain for president of the United States, and have joined his team of economic advisors. Central to my support are Cain&rsquo;s pro-growth economic policies.  They are responsive to the challenges facing America after more than 10 years of stagnation, an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[From Spreading the Wealth to Spreading Misery]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2011/10/10/from-spreading-the-wealth-to-spreading-the-misery/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Misery loves company.  From the demonstrators on Wall Street, to the halls of Congress, that destructive but all too human impulse is rising to the fore.  The potential result &ndash; policies that spread the misery &mdash; now stand as a potential and potent threat to the economic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Greece and the Crisis of the Political Class]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2011/09/19/greece-and-the-crisis-of-the-governing-elite/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Europe's governing elite &ndash; and those who believe in the superiority of government in the management of the economy &ndash; is in crisis. Their visions of a more just society and economic security are being shredded by the stark reality that the governments they run are running out...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Great African-American Depression]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2011/09/06/the-great-african-american-depression/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The &ldquo;Great African-American Depression&rdquo; &mdash; with nearly one in five African-Americans unemployed and almost half of African-American youth out of work &mdash; creates a pivotal opportunity for Republicans to compete for the support of black voters.  Disgruntled...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Jobs Report That Screams Spectacular Failure]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.forbes.com/charleskadlec/2011/07/11/an-unemployment-report-that-screams-spectacular-failure/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Spectacular failure. These words came to mind as the dismal  employment data for June were released last Friday. After the biggest  spending binge in peacetime American history, the unemployment rate is  stuck above 9%, while in May fewer than 20,000 jobs were created in what  was once a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unprecedented Expansion of Gov't Weakens U.S.]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.forbes.com/charleskadlec/2011/04/18/obamas-plan-for-a-fundamentally-different-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, President Obama, in a speech outlining his plan to reduce the deficit, made a powerful rhetorical  case for his vision of "the kind of future we want&hellip;the kind of country  we believe in." Few could disagree with the president&rsquo;s goals of living  in a compassionate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Greed Is Bad for Capitalism]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.forbes.com/charleskadlec/2011/02/28/enterprise-not-greed-creates-a-better-world/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Greed: The word itself has become central to the political debate  over the budget, taxes, union benefits, what constitutes ethical  behavior, and the shape of our society.The problem is the indiscriminate use of the word has blurred its meaning.Those on the left use the word as an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Agenda for Economic Growth]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.forbes.com/charleskadlec/2011/02/01/restoring-americas-economic-future/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama&rsquo;s State of the Union Speech and Congressman  Paul Ryan&rsquo;s response were strangely missing a focus on the key to  restoring America&rsquo;s future:  an agenda for economic growth.We need this agenda because a growing economy:Expands the tax base and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Economic Incompetence of the Political Class]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The sovereign debt crisis now threatening Europe, as well as major American states and cities, discloses the sheer incompetence of a political class that has over-promised, under-delivered and squandered vast amounts of their citizens' wealth.Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, California,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time to Fix the International Monetary System]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A funny thing happened on the way to the G-20 meeting in Seoul, South  Korea, this week: The world's growing dissatisfaction with U.S. policy  toward the dollar has derailed the Obama administration's proposal to  elevate trade balances as the reference point for currency values. ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Rebirth of the American Revolution?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Charles Kadlec</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does the Republican landslide signal a rebirth of the American Revolution?Or is it evidence of a volatile, impatient, if not somewhat irrational electorate?The first possibility is the most intriguing--and far-reaching. A  rebirth of the American Revolution would signal a turn away from...]]></description>
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