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All rights reserved.http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/archive/economist/charles-wheelan/1The Naked Economist by Charles Wheelanen-ushttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:04:58 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/199891The current system discourages motivated, productive, energetic people from entering the profession in the first place.yahoo_finance/blogs/199891Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:04:58 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/193747The compensation system is broken, but it will have to be fixed by the firms themselves.yahoo_finance/blogs/193747Sat, 3 Oct 2009 00:28:23 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/187392Unlike with other basic needs, the costs of medical care are just too unpredictable.yahoo_finance/blogs/187392Fri, 4 Sep 2009 20:46:30 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/182968Health care is right up there with many other controversial issues, and in some cases it's probably tougher.yahoo_finance/blogs/182968Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:46:32 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/172169If the U.S. were a family, we'd be sitting at the kitchen table trying to figure out how to pay the AmEx and Visa bills.yahoo_finance/blogs/172169Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:00:03 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/167581Wall Street and its offshoots didn't just squander our capital -- they also grabbed talent that should have gone elsewhere.yahoo_finance/blogs/167581Wed, 3 Jun 2009 01:25:44 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/157644At a time when we need good people in public office, I worry we have an electoral process with the opposite effect.yahoo_finance/blogs/157644Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:32:03 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/131466After years of critiquing economic policy, one columnist is putting his words into action -- and his name on the ballot.yahoo_finance/blogs/131466Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:51:33 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/122606Bailing out the auto industry would no more help the economy than it would spur U.S. carmakers to be more innovative.yahoo_finance/blogs/122606Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:26:41 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/117255The financial meltdown may ensure that 2008 is remembered as the year free-market zealotry finally lost its grip.yahoo_finance/blogs/117255Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:00:18 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/111589Call it a bailout if you want, but the government needs to stabilize the financial and housing markets right away.yahoo_finance/blogs/111589Wed, 1 Oct 2008 07:00:17 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/108425In responses to this week's Wall Street meltdown, the Republican Party has made its essential identity crisis plain.yahoo_finance/blogs/108425Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:37:06 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/103250A year of travel or service abroad offers the kind of experience that impresses admissions officers and hiring managers.yahoo_finance/blogs/103250Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:00:34 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/98587Seven years of the Bush administration's fiscal recklessness raises a question: When is a conservative not a conservative?yahoo_finance/blogs/98587Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:00:41 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/94722Deferring gratification is essential to human achievement, but we may no longer be capable of it as a nation.yahoo_finance/blogs/94722Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:47 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/89955Despite its shortcomings, libertarianism's wariness of government meddling has some useful real-world applications.yahoo_finance/blogs/89955Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/86938Skyrocketing gas prices have had an effect on the way Americans live, and you may be surprised at the changes still to come.yahoo_finance/blogs/86938Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:00:04 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/83399Our next president needs to take a cue from Massachusetts (and Mitt Romney) and make health insurance mandatory.yahoo_finance/blogs/83399Wed, 21 May 2008 07:00:35 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/78541In his wrong-headed characterization of rural America as "bitter," Barack Obama may have stumbled on an economic truth.yahoo_finance/blogs/78541Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:00:43 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/economist/74233Housing prices had their biggest drop in 20 years. Things have to get worse before they get better, so thank goodness.yahoo_finance/blogs/74233Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:00:46 Etc/GMT