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	<title>The Swamp Report &#187; Simon Johnson</title>
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	<description>Political, Economic, and Finance related commentary. J.D. Swampfox Associates report on battles for prosperity against the &#34;Tarleton&#34; of big government.</description>
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		<title>Simon Johnson goes crazy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Jonson has suggested that (ultra liberal inflationist and debt multiplier) Paul Krugman be made Fed Chairman &#8211; instead of the bankster Bernanke.  Bernanke definitely needs to go &#8230;but to replace him with Krugman?  Simon Johnson has gone nuts and his sidekick Kwak has such a liberal political bias that it gets in the way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need trust busting not &#8220;reform&#8221; defined by banks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Johnson has a good analysis of the administration&#8217;s so-called regulatory reform: Writing in the New York Times today, Joe Nocera sums up, “If Mr. Obama hopes to create a regulatory environment that stands for another six decades, he is going to have to do what Roosevelt did once upon a time. He is going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bandaids to get us past elections</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/economy/bandaids-to-get-us-past-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A New Financial Foundation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Johnson comments of Geithner and Summer&#8217;s 5 point plan to form A New Financial Foundation: And of course the complete omissions from this document are breathtaking.  No mention of executive compensation or the structure of compenstion within the financial sector.  Not even a hint that the complete breakdown of corporate governance at major banks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martin Wolfe: US not Russia, but close</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/martin-wolfe-us-not-russia-but-close/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke on Tuesday again warned that without improvement in the banking sector there can be no recovery.  Martin Wolfe in FT today, although arguing that the US has not yet become the new Russia, tends to agree with Simon Johnson that the bank oligarchy in the US must be broken up in order for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Ins. Co.&#8217;s get TARP funds -stock prices up?</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/economy/life-ins-cos-get-tarp-funds-stock-prices-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life insurance companies receive TARP funds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WSJ reports that the Treasury has committed to give TARP funds to several Life Insurance companies: &#8220;The life-insurance industry is an important piece of the U.S. financial system. Millions of Americans have entrusted their families&#8217; financial safety to these companies, so keeping them on solid footing is crucial to maintaining confidence. If massive numbers of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the Banking oligopoly</title>
		<link>http://www.swampreport.com/politics/breaking-the-banking-oligopoly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. D. Swampfox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Johnson, who was formerly with theÂ  IMF and who founded the Baseline scenario site has a great article in theÂ  The Altantic about how the bankers oligopoly have staged a &#8220;quiet coup&#8221;, bringing the US government under their thumb since World War II and the urgent need to put them in their proper place [...]]]></description>
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