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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.7/balancing-act">        <title>Balancing act</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.7/balancing-act</link>        <description>A look at how Western state governments are managing their budget shortfalls.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Stephanie Paige Ogburn</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Nevada</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>State budgets</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Economic crisis</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-04-19T17:18:49Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-very-worst-thing-about-hard-times">        <title>The very worst thing about hard times</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-very-worst-thing-about-hard-times</link>        <description>Too often, Americans feel personally guilty when they’re poor and out of work, even when outside forces are responsible.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jaime O’Neill</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Studs Terkel</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Economic crisis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>AAmerican history</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Unemployment</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ponzi schemes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Great Depression</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Recession</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Poverty</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Puritan work ethic</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:14:51Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/we2019re-in-this-together">        <title>We’re  in this together</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/we2019re-in-this-together</link>        <description>Owning a house in Rawlins, Wyoming now has global implications.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sam Western</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Financial crisis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Home ownership</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western economy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Real estate slump</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western culture</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Foreclosures</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Economic crisis</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:19:26Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.21/peak-economy">        <title>Peak economy</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.21/peak-economy</link>        <description>Westerners shouldn’t panic about the recent economic meltdown; our region has always cycled from boom to bust and back again. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson  </dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Economic crisis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Recession</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tony Davis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Peak water</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Boom and bust economies</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Desalination</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Peak oil</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:57:36Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.18/the-end-of-western-welfare">        <title>The end of Western welfare?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.18/the-end-of-western-welfare</link>        <description>Paul VanDevelder considers the consequences of “capitalism without a conscience” and predicts the end of free lunches for the West.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Paul VanDevelder </dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Infrastructure</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Economic crisis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western history</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bill Yellowtail</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. economy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Capitalism</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Government pork</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Government handouts</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:37:52Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Wall Street</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Economic crisis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Global warming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:50:23Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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