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	<title>Crikey &#187; debt</title>
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		<title>Rating the threat to a new Greek bailout</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/rating-the-threat-to-a-new-greek-bailout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/05/rating-the-threat-to-a-new-greek-bailout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overseas debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ratings agencies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ratings agencies are likely to find themselves under increasing attack after Standard &#038; Poor’s last night warned that plans to corral French and German banks and insurance companies into contributing to the second Greek bailout could push the country into default.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gruen: paying for Australia’s infrastructure deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/gruen-paying-for-australia%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-deficit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/gruen-paying-for-australia%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government debt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=188572</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rather than simply getting budgets into operating surplus -- mostly a very good thing -- Australian governments have embraced the notion that all debt is bad, writes <b>Nicholas Gruen</b>, CEO of Lateral Economic.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our dangerous debt affair</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/our-dangerous-debt-affair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/our-dangerous-debt-affair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is our economic future at risk as a result of the huge debts we’ve accumulated to indulge our love affair with housing?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/our-dangerous-debt-affair/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Irvine: Beware the (economic) bogeyman</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/debt-bogeyman-a-good-scare-tactic--if-you-ignore-the-facts-20100722-10mxp.html?autostart=1</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/debt-bogeyman-a-good-scare-tactic--if-you-ignore-the-facts-20100722-10mxp.html?autostart=1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/23/156150/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do the Coalition fling so much mud at Labor in relation to debt and interest rates? The answer is simple: because the economic bogeyman is a very effective monster to haunt the government with, irrespective of the facts, writes <b>Jessica Irvine</b>.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dispatches from Steve Keen&#8217;s Debt March</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/16/dispatches-from-steve-keens-debt-march/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/16/dispatches-from-steve-keens-debt-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve keen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Keen's Debt March]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Rob Burgess</b> is accompanying economist Steve Keen as he walks to Mount Kosciusko, doing everything in his power to prick the "property bubble" and put the Australian economy back on what he thinks is a sounder footing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/16/dispatches-from-steve-keens-debt-march/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>No sympathy for Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/no-sympathy-for-rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/no-sympathy-for-rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garrett's roofing insulation scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers weigh in on Kevin Rudd's mea-culpa, the Tassie election, the difficulty with differing between debts and the climate change debate continues.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is it better to be seriously in debt or in credit?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/is-it-better-to-be-seriously-in-debt-or-in-credit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/is-it-better-to-be-seriously-in-debt-or-in-credit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dick smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wayne swann]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia has always been badly managed financially by successive governments, writes <b>Harry Wallace</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/is-it-better-to-be-seriously-in-debt-or-in-credit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Property value never falls? Don&#8217;t put the house on it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/09/property-value-never-falls-dont-put-the-house-on-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/09/property-value-never-falls-dont-put-the-house-on-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australians' household debt levels are world leading. We pay about five-six times our household disposable incomes for our average dream home. This won't end well.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/09/property-value-never-falls-dont-put-the-house-on-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>55</slash:comments>
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		<title>PIGS might fly when it comes to public debt</title>
		<link>http://economics.com.au/?p=4783&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+com%2FJUlM+%28CoreEcon%29</link>
		<comments>http://economics.com.au/?p=4783&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+com%2FJUlM+%28CoreEcon%29#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portugal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rising public debt is a key challenges facing world economies, with many countries with debt to GDP ratios over 100%. And it's the PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain) who are at the most risk, explains <b>Mark Crosby</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cut up your credit card</title>
		<link>http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/11/forgive_us_our_debts.php</link>
		<comments>http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/11/forgive_us_our_debts.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal finance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Megan McArdle</b> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200912/mcardle-ramsey-debt">recently interviewed</a> finance guru Dave Ramsey, who advocates one simple message: ditch your credit cards and live debt-free. Would the world really be a better place without the plastic fantastic?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/11/forgive_us_our_debts.php/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Dubai about to go broke?</title>
		<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091011-701586.html</link>
		<comments>http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091011-701586.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=92319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dubai is more than $80 billion in debt. It has about $4b left from its recent $20b bailout by Abu Dhabi, but, according to Standard &#038; Poor, that's about $10b too short to keep its government-related companies afloat. ]]></description>
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		<title>Kohler: Dump Turnbull and his useless debt plan</title>
		<link>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Turnbulls-four-steps-to-annihilation-pd20091009-WMRM3?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Turnbulls-four-steps-to-annihilation-pd20091009-WMRM3?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentary Budget Office]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull may have tried to get the media focus back on national debt yesterday, but his debt reduction strategy is a "tired, dismal effort that will sink without trace", writes <b>Alan Kohler</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Turnbulls-four-steps-to-annihilation-pd20091009-WMRM3?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull&#8217;s debt plan to cut $12b a year</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/turnbulls-debt-plan-to-cut-12b-a-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/turnbulls-debt-plan-to-cut-12b-a-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen coonan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentary Budget Office]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/turnbulls-debt-plan-to-cut-12b-a-year/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull tried to get some of the spotlight off his leadership by launching a "debt reduction strategy", representing a major shift back toward the Coalition’s traditional rhetoric of small government.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/turnbulls-debt-plan-to-cut-12b-a-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Malco the Magnificent!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/first-dog-on-the-moon-418/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/first-dog-on-the-moon-418/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malco the magnificent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/first-dog-on-the-moon-418/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pick a card, any card...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/first-dog-on-the-moon-418/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Malcolm and Joe, shoulder to shoulder in the thick of it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/malcolm-and-joe-shoulder-to-shoulder-in-the-thick-of-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/malcolm-and-joe-shoulder-to-shoulder-in-the-thick-of-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen coonan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/malcolm-and-joe-shoulder-to-shoulder-in-the-thick-of-it/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Andrew Crook </b>attended this morning's "united front" press conference at Melbourne's Treasury Place. What was it like? Who asked the hard questions about blackface?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/malcolm-and-joe-shoulder-to-shoulder-in-the-thick-of-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Making a bad situation worse</title>
		<link>http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/2009/10/06/rba-gets-it-wrong-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/2009/10/06/rba-gets-it-wrong-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[australia economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate hike]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The RBA may have hiked up interest rates on the belief that the economy is returning to normal -- but its view of "normal" is out of whack, says <em>Debtwatch</em>. Perhaps it's time to take control of Australia's monetary policy out of the RBA's hands?]]></description>
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		<title>California: America&#8217;s first failed state</title>
		<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/california-failing-state-debt</link>
		<comments>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/california-failing-state-debt#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[California is in the poo. Its public servants are being paid in IOUs, unemployment is at a 70-year peak, and teachers are on hunger strike. How did it all go so wrong for America's Golden State?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/california-failing-state-debt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>It’s still hard being a bear: Rescued?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/it%e2%80%99s-still-hard-being-a-bear-rescued/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/it%e2%80%99s-still-hard-being-a-bear-rescued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bear market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dramatic reductions in interest rates, huge fiscal stimuli and the expansion of government-created money, have all had a positive impact on the economy, writes <b>Steve Keen</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Buffett edgy on over-stimulated debt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/buffett-edgy-on-over-stimulated-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/20/buffett-edgy-on-over-stimulated-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[berkshire hathaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Berkshire Hathaway CEO, legendary investor Warren Buffet, has warned of the dangers of excessive fiscal stimulus and the dire effects of an ever-increasing public debt.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australians discard the plastic</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/13/2624276.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/13/2624276.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit card debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australians are reducing their credit card debt and borrowing less in general, according to the latest lending finance figures, with revolving credit commitments down 4.8%.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keen: Rate cut both courageous and a failure</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/08/keen-rate-cut-both-courageous-and-a-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/08/keen-rate-cut-both-courageous-and-a-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The RBA's decision to cut rates by a full percent -- twice what all pundits were expecting -- is both courageous and an admission of failure, writes <b>Steve Keen/</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will the consumer credit market be the next to collapse?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/19/will-the-consumer-credit-market-be-the-next-to-collapse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/19/will-the-consumer-credit-market-be-the-next-to-collapse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the problems people are having in paying back, credit cards are still being handed carelessly. <b>Adam Schwab</b> asks, how much of the current overall debt will end up being paid back?]]></description>
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