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		<title>For-Profit Colleges: The Next Financial Bubble?</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/personal-finance/0683-for-profit-colleges-the-next-financial-bubble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial bubbles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[for-profit college bubble]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few decades, Americans have become accustomed to the boom-and-bust cycle created by speculative investment and lenient lending practices. Typically, these areas of inflated investing are referred to as bubbles, which inevitably pop. We are still enduring the ramifications of the latest bubble in housing, but economists have already begun to identify new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Reform Bill Passes Final Legislative Hurdle, But Will It Have Any Effect?</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/economy/0679-financial-reform-bill-passes-final-legislative-hurdle-but-will-it-have-any-effect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Obama was running for the presidency he campaigned on several issues, none of which are more imperative to the long-term prosperity of the American people than comprehensive financial reform. Yesterday, after months of rancorous debate, lobbying from the banking system and backroom deal making, the Senate approved the final version of the bill, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the New Financial Reform Legislation Will Affect You</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/uncategorized/0667-how-the-new-financial-reform-legislation-will-affect-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial overhaul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s taken over a year and a half, but Congress has finally come together and created a far-reaching piece of financial reform legislation. The ambitious bill looks to refine practices across all facets of the financial industry—from how debit card penalties to how financial derivatives are traded and monitored. Despite months of ongoing negotiations and heated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Passes Their Version of Wall Street Reform Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/economy/0650-senate-passes-their-version-of-wall-street-reform-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marketbailout.com/economy/0650-senate-passes-their-version-of-wall-street-reform-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 22:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial derivatives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following months of intense negotiations, the Senate passed their Financial Reform bill on Thursday night with a 59-39 vote. And while this is a major step forward in reigning in the out-of-control financial industry, the House and Senate must still reconcile their differing versions of legislation, which means the president will have to wait at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stage is Set for Financial Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/politics/0632-the-stage-is-set-for-financial-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marketbailout.com/?p=632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I discussed the allegations the SEC raised against Goldman Sachs, and since then, there has been a whirlwind of media coverage trying to elucidate the situation and put the case in laymen’s terms. In the end, there are no real points of contention about the facts; the only thing left to determine is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Plan Aims to Stifle Rampant Foreclosures</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/recent-bailouts/0605-new-plan-aims-to-stifle-rampant-foreclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marketbailout.com/recent-bailouts/0605-new-plan-aims-to-stifle-rampant-foreclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Housing Market]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[foreclosures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama economic team]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a while, the real estate market was the top priority of media outlets as it became apparent that it was at the heart of the financial collapse. As the initial wave of coverage subsided, real estate took a back seat to health-care reform and the well-publicized public outcry over the practices of investment banks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Bills That Could Reshape the Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/politics/0598-three-bills-that-could-reshape-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marketbailout.com/politics/0598-three-bills-that-could-reshape-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratic congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs bill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marketbailout.com/?p=598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are three bills making headlines this week that have the potential to reshape our economy, and, ironically enough, the “jobs bill” will likely have the least impact on jobs. Earlier this week President Obama signed the bipartisan jobs bill into law, but this piece of legislation, aimed at supporting growth in the economy, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Rational Self-Interest</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/economy/0592-rethinking-rational-self-interest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marketbailout.com/economy/0592-rethinking-rational-self-interest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alan greenspan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ayn rand]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marketbailout.com/?p=592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the near collapse of the financial system, many people are beginning to question the merits of a free market economy. One of the cornerstone principles of free market capitalism is that people will act with rational self-interest. This concept states that an action is good when it maximizes your own interest. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Looks to Rein in Rampant Deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/politics/0574-government-looks-to-rein-in-rampant-deficit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marketbailout.com/politics/0574-government-looks-to-rein-in-rampant-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marketbailout.com/?p=574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago we reported on the astronomical amount of US debt—now in excess of $12 billion. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the American people are worried about rising debt and the impact that it may have on future generations. One demographic that has particular concerns is independent voters, and while partisan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tying Up Loose Ends Before the New Year</title>
		<link>http://www.marketbailout.com/economy/0531-tying-up-loose-ends-before-the-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marketbailout.com/economy/0531-tying-up-loose-ends-before-the-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Gelfer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bank of america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ben bernanke]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the house]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the enormous loss of wealth that was ubiquitous in the US, 2009 is a year to forget for most Americans. As we welcome in a new year—and a new decade—there is a higher level of uncertainty about the country’s future than there has been in my lifetime: we are in multiple foreign wars, [...]]]></description>
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