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	<title>Finding Economics a Heart</title>
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		<title>On Empathy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s discuss a topic rarely covered in economics. Feelings! People across the world have been drenched in emotions as of late. The collective energy resonating through recent GOP debates could have brought Regan back from his grave. Underemployed college graduates took to the (Wall) Streets of New York City with fervor better spent on their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=142&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re all awake in a Fake Empire</title>
		<link>http://xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/were-all-awake-in-a-fake-empire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2010 Census]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Mac Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fake Empire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[risk aversion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some statistics from the 2010 U.S. Census to chew on: Real median household income in 2010 declined 2.3% compared to 2009. America’s poverty rate in 2010 increased for the third consecutive year to 15.1%, up from 14.3% in 2009. This accounts to 46.2 million American citizens. Of note, the poverty line for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=131&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You fool me you can&#8217;t get fooled again&#8230;&#8221; Right?</title>
		<link>http://xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/you-fool-me-you-cant-get-fooled-again-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurobond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european monetary union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george w. bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subprime mortgage crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m astounded that the some of the brightest economists in the world are seriously considering “Eurobonds” as a panacea to the European Monetary Union’s (EMU) short-term debt contagion. In essence, debt-laden countries face higher borrowing costs, since their countries are seen as risker. As a sampling of the financial disparity between Eurozone countries, Greek and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=116&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LinkedIn: the 21st century’s cure for early onset arthritis</title>
		<link>http://xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/linkedin-the-21st-century%e2%80%99s-cure-for-early-onset-arthritis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IPO]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taleo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Allow me to step onto my soapbox for a second. For the past four months, I have been counting down the days until the completion of my undergraduate career. With thousands in student loans, along with a desire to get into the world of investing (oh, did I mention becoming an “adult”?), I have written [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=109&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Tale of a Power Struggle in Wisconsin</title>
		<link>http://xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-tale-of-a-power-struggle-in-wisconsin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bargaining power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[institution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s set the tone for what’s been happening in Wisconsin as of late: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s emergency budget repair bill has been at the center of debate for several weeks. While Walker and his supporters affirm that the budget bill is necessary to fix Wisconsin’s $137 million deficit, Representative Hintz’s diatribe on the bill’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=106&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>18 Days Later</title>
		<link>http://xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/18-days-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 04:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bargaining power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discount rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mubarak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transaction costs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After 18 days of protest, Egypt finally overthrew its president of 30 years, Hosni Mubarak. Now without getting into grandiose, macro-focused topics such as the implications of a new Egypt on the United States, effects on global oil prices, or the institutions that led to Egypt’s political structure, I find it interesting why Mubarak decided [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=100&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s be real&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/lets-be-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I’m back in Seattle, instead of eating freshly-caught fish, helping pull fishing nets, and learning about how the people of Atorkor conduct business despite having such little access to technology and capital, I’ve been drinking lots of coffee, eating lots of processed foods, and catching up on lots of online articles (a few [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=79&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural experiences that would make the Jackson School of International Studies proud&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/cultural-experiences-that-would-make-the-jackson-school-of-international-studies-proud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In about a day, I will be on a tro-tro going to the Accra airport. While I’ve blogged extensively about PPIs, job shadows, interviews, and all things Lumana over the past two months, the work that I’ve conducted only tells half the story of my experience in Ghana. While there are just too many to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=74&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I was just getting started&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/i-was-just-getting-started/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just two weeks left in Ghana! While I can’t want to return to fast internet 24/7, massive burgers, and beautiful Seattle summer, I’ll definitely miss the delicious (and cheap) food along with the gracious temperaments of the Ghanaians. As my time here dwindles by the day, I am working hard to finish all of my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=70&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Petit Poisson, Petit Poisson, Manger Manger Manger&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/petit-poisson-petit-poisson-manger-manger-manger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xiaohanzhang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, sorry for the lack of posting lately. A mix between a GH&#8217;d (adjective, referring to the fact that lots of things in Ghana take twice as much time/effort than in the US) internet and a trip to Togo caused this lack of communication. Last time, I discussed how data analysis from our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xiaohanzhang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13610803&amp;post=62&amp;subd=xiaohanzhang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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