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	<title>life hereafter &#187; economics</title>
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	<description>random musings from a wannabe economist</description>
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		<title>on airlines &amp; baggage</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/04/18/on-airlines-baggage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As anyone who has ever flown in, once seen, or thought about an airplane, I feel as though it is my patriotic duty to add my inflation adjusted $0.02 into the mix.
In-case you have been hiding under a rock for the past week, Spirit Airlines announced that they will charge up to $45 for passengers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>price discrimination in action</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/02/21/price-discrimination-in-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across something during my Sunday shopping routine that really bothered me today. Recently I have been drinking those V8 Splash, vegetable juice hidden in fruit juice, things. I noticed they make a &#8220;light&#8221; version which has half the calories and sugar content as the regular version. Upon closer inspection I determined that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>get real</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/04/get-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time for me to take a moment to talk about my favorite topic, the  way we measure our unemployment rate and misinformed reactions. Take this headline from earlier today:
Rally loses steam on Wall Street after early surge fueled by jobs report.
This &#8220;rally&#8221; was a 148 point rise in the DOW moments after the market opened. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>quickly now, spend!</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/27/quickly-now-spend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Black Friday everyone. Do your part to stimulate our grossly mis-informed measurement of the economy by spending your money on all those door-buster sales!
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		<title>healthcare commentary</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/24/healthcare-commentary/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/24/healthcare-commentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read an interesting passage in The Undercover Economist which directly applies to the current healthcare debate even though it was published back in 2005.
Hartford, the book&#8217;s author, describes the current failure of the &#8220;free market&#8221; in providing an adequate healthcare system in the United States as four-fold:

Imperfect information, patients know more about how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>history books</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/22/history-books/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/22/history-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder what school children will read in history textbooks 50 years from now?
Will they actually call this the Great Recession and outline the programs put in place by the Bush/Obama administrations aimed at restarting lending (TALF), propping up asset prices (TARP) and creating jobs (ARRA)? Will they look back the way we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the media&#8217;s perpetual misunderstanding</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/02/the-medias-perpetual-misunderstanding/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/02/the-medias-perpetual-misunderstanding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article: CNN Money: Washington&#8217;s inconvenient truths
Please indulge me as I discuss another misinformed article on CNN Money / Fortune. I believe the intent of the article was to analyze the effect the recent &#8220;economic recovery&#8221; will have on the mid-term elections tomorrow. Unfortunately,  somewhere along the way someone took a seriously wrong turn&#8230;
Instead of injecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>has the free market failed?</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/01/has-the-free-market-failed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/01/has-the-free-market-failed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am really tired to turning on the news or reading an article talking about the evils of the &#8220;free market&#8221; and how we need to put more regulation in place to prevent business from taking advantage of consumers.
When someone says &#8220;free market&#8221; what do they think of? We&#8217;ll, they probably think of the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>really?</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/09/23/really/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/09/23/really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did I miss a full moon or something? What is up with the world this week?
An ecclectic collection of world leaders headed to NY today to drone on and on about how much they hate the US at the UN.
Michael Moore goes on the talk show circuit to discuss his new movie about how he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>flu shots, $24.99!</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/09/08/flu-shots-24-99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/09/08/flu-shots-24-99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retailers to offer seasonal flu shot
Nothing like companies capitalizing on the confusion and fear H1N1 will offer us this fall. Oh, not to mention the fact that this thing will probably mutate into some crazy strain based on the fact that everyone decided to stop off at their local Walgreens to pick up a quick [...]]]></description>
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