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	<title><![CDATA[The Political Economy of Last Week]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernstein/the-political-economy-of_b_112358.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>It's been an intense week for political economics. Here's a rundown and one beltway denizen's view of what it all means.</p>

<p><em><strong>McCain's Pain, Gramm version</strong></em>: Phil Gramm's <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/07/12/bernstein-on-gramm/">economic policies </a>from his days in the Senate are making life hard for millions of people right now. But it was his gum-flapping last week that was particularly tough for McCain. Gramm is McCain's top economic advisor, so when he described the current economic downturn as existing in people's heads ("a mental recession")...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-07-21T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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