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		<title>Separate Accounts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That a large percentage of individuals in the US do not paying income tax is a matter of concern, and not just to conservatives.  There is an underlying  sense that the paying of taxes is a duty, an act of solidarity with the collective goals of a democratically constituted nation.  While fairness requires that those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schoolyard Sanctions</title>
		<link>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2505</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Kahn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Central Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target payment system]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So now Congress is trying to get the European Central Bank to tighten up its restrictions on Euros that go indirectly to Iran through its Target payment system. (See for example this article in the Financial Times). The whole thing begins to sound a little like high school drama: The angry junior refuses to talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the NRA is Assuming (and Why They are Wrong)</title>
		<link>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2490</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Brown</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like millions of Americans, I was deeply shaken by the horrible tragedy that unfolded at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown Connecticut one week ago today.  As a father, as an American – simply, as a human being – I was horrified by the thought that anyone could be capable of gunning down innocent and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Retirement Plan Tax Preferences are Not as Expensive as You Might Think</title>
		<link>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2487</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retirement Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Fiscal Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Retirement plans such as the 401(k) receive favorable tax treatment under the U.S. income tax system.  Historically, this favorable tax treatment was provided to increase individual saving.  Recent research has called the efficacy of this approach into question, suggesting that individual saving rates may not be all that responsive to marginal tax rates. Last week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Time to Act on the Illinois State Universities Retirement System (SURS)</title>
		<link>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2485</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retirement Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I released a report co-authored with Avijit Ghosh and Scott Weisbenner (both of the University of Illinois) and Steve Cunningham (Northern Illinois) that &#8211; yet again &#8211; tries to make the case for pension reform.  The news release can be found here and the full paper (including a one page summary) can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Subsides for 401(k)&#8217;s Work, But Not for the Reasons You May Think</title>
		<link>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2480</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the New York Times Economix Blog wrote a piece “Study Questions Tax Breaks’ Effect on Retirement Savings.”  The article summarizes the findings of a fantastic research paper issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).  A quick summary of the paper written by the authors themselves can be found here.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Third “Justification” for a Progressive Income Tax</title>
		<link>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2471</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Fullerton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retirement Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CBO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost benefit analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the third in a series of blogs that I started on May 18.  The first was called “Why YOU may LIKE Government ‘Theft’”.  In it, I listed four possible justifications for government to act like Robin Hood, taking from the rich to give to the poor.  The point is to think about whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free advice to airlines</title>
		<link>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2462</link>
		<comments>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2462#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tatyana Deryugina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, I reached Gold Status on American Airlines, which, along with some economics credentials, makes me qualified to give airlines some advice. In my opinion, the most frustrating experiences of flying are the lines: bag check, security, boarding. I&#8217;m not going to debate security procedures here, but I will talk about the best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Choice: The Ethics of Eating Animals</title>
		<link>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2451</link>
		<comments>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2451#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Karney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slaughterhouses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beef Magazine is the last publication I expected to find an article to write about given that I have previously posted entries about plant-based substitutes for meat (here) and a United Nations report urging vegan diets (here).  However, a recent article published by Beef Magazine, which summaries the results of a survey on the “factors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Ryan&#8217;s Budget is Not Nearly as Radical as the Status Quo</title>
		<link>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2448</link>
		<comments>http://businesspublicpolicy.com/?p=2448#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[U.S. Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entitlements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Ryan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I find myself bemused by the sheer number of commentators that have labeled vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan a “radical” because of his views on the federal budget.  His core view – that we ought to keep federal spending as a share of GDP at a level approximately equal to where it has been for [...]]]></description>
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