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	<title>Escaping The US &#187; Economics</title>
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		<title>A Few Favorite Economic Sites &amp; Blogs</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingtheus.com/2009/02/a-few-favorite-economic-sites-blogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many opinions out there as to whether the U.S. is headed for deflation or inflation… or even hyper-inflation. I’m not married to any theory, but am actively dating them all. I do wonder how the Fed can possibly inflate us out of this recession again. The old tricks don’t seem to be working. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My 76-year-old Neighbor, Mary, On Selling A House</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingtheus.com/2008/06/my-76-year-old-neighbor-mary-on-selling-a-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was taking a walk with my elderly neighbor, Mary, the other day. She has had her house on the market for over a year now and is puzzled why it’s not selling. We happened to walk by the home of another neighbor who has had her house on the market for several months as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Housing Bubble: How Did It Happen?</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingtheus.com/2008/06/the-us-housing-bubble-how-did-it-happen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.escapingtheus.com/2008/06/the-us-housing-bubble-how-did-it-happen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mels</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.escapingtheus.com/?p=35</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can remember fondly the days when the word “bubble” was rarely used in reference to anything but chewing gum and soap. My husband and I had a sizeable chunk of money in tech stocks and we were raking it in without lifting a finger. It was the “new economy” where tech stocks were going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We&#8217;re Escaping: Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingtheus.com/2008/06/why-were-leaving-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mels</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reasons To Relocate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Why We're Escaping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So there we were, wanting to change our lives in some extreme way, yet still relying on a 9-5 job, paying on a mortgage, having babies and feeling quite trapped settled.
And then the greatest thing happened: My husband lost his job.
All of sudden, we were free to think outside of the box. We had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Crisis?</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingtheus.com/2008/06/food-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency food supplies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food kits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
It seems we have a global food crisis. Of course, I won’t worry too much as long as Cadbury’s milk chocolate with fruit and nuts stays at 2-for-$1 at my local cheap grocery. Mmmm. We First-Worlders aren’t living off of tiny portions of rice and beans, so maybe it’s not hitting us as hard as [...]]]></description>
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