<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><title>Newsweek Columnists - Robert J. Samuelson</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/43856/output/rss</link><category>Business</category><description><![CDATA[Robert J. Samuelson's biweekly column for Newsweek analyzes and reports on socioeconomic issues.]]></description><generator>Newsweek, Inc.</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:32:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:05:37 GMT</pubDate><item><title>How Our Gloom is Hurting the Economic Recovery</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/238676?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>How gloom is hobbling the economy.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/238676?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:32:42 GMT</pubDate><category>Business</category></item><item><title>Samuelson: A Poor Way to Measure the Poor</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/238509?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>How to create more 'poor.'</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/238509?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 23:05:26 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category></item><item><title>Message in Europe's Turmoil: Balance the Budget</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/237994?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Why we must balance the budget.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/237994?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 01:07:14 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category></item><item><title>The Euro And The Death of the Welfare State</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/237705?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>How Greece's economic plight threatens to rattle other European countries.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/237705?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:25:52 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category><media:title></media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/8/global-finance-greece-meltd-thumb7.jpg" /><media:content medium="image" type="image/jpg" url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/8/global-finance-greece-meltd.jpg" /></item><item><title>Rebalancing the Global Economy</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/237185?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Rich nations must sell to the poor.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/237185?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:24:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category></item><item><title>Will More Financial Regulation Prevent Another Crisis?</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236967?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Will the financial regulatory bill prevent another panic?</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236967?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:14:14 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category><media:title></media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/89/greenspan_slah-thumb7.jpg" /><media:content medium="image" type="image/jpg" url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/89/greenspan_slah.jpg" /></item><item><title>Goldman Sachs's Questionable Profit Motive</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236725?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Should Wall Streeters be arbiters of capital, putting investors' money to the best use? Or should they simply seek maximum returns for themselves and their clients?</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236725?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:28:31 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category><media:title></media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/14/recessions-winners-super-slah-thumb7.jpg" /><media:content medium="image" type="image/jpg" url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/14/recessions-winners-super-slah.jpg" /></item><item><title>Why a VAT Won't Solve Our Deficit Problems</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236507?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Why it's not a panacea for deficits.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236507?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:00:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category><media:title></media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/32/tax-attack-SLAH-thumb7.jpg" /><media:content medium="image" type="image/jpg" url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/32/tax-attack-SLAH.jpg" /></item><item><title>April 15, 2010: The Best Tax Day of Your Life</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236383?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Looking back, we may all remember April 15, 2010, as the day we got off cheaply. Why a growing deficit and increased spending on health care and Social Security nearly guarantee higher tax bills in our future.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236383?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:56:28 GMT</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:title></media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/19/tax-day-samuelson-330-thumb7.jpg" /><media:content medium="image" type="image/jpg" url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/19/tax-day-samuelson-330.jpg" /></item><item><title>Samuelson: Is the Economy Really Getting Better? </title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236241?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Despite pessimism, the economy is showing good signs, and it deserves attention.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/236241?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:34:59 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category><media:title></media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/92/recession-winners-losers-slah-thumb7.jpg" /><media:content medium="image" type="image/jpg" url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/92/recession-winners-losers-slah.jpg" /></item><item><title>Health-Care Reform: The Politics of Self-Esteem</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/235814?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Why everyone feels offended.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/235814?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:42:27 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category></item><item><title>Health Care Reform: Obama's Financial Folly</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/235588?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>With health bill, Obama has sown the seeds of a budget crisis</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/235588?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:55:20 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category><media:title></media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/100/SLAH-thumb7.jpg" /><media:content medium="image" type="image/jpg" url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/100/SLAH.jpg" /></item><item><title>Greenspan Explains What Went Wrong</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/235202?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>The 'Maestro' explains what went wrong.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/235202?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:49:57 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category></item><item><title>The Millennial Generation Is Getting Clobbered</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/234584?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Young adults are getting slammed.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/234584?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category></item><item><title>Economy: Playing Politics With The National Budget</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/234309?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Why there is a make-believe quality to modern American politics.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/234309?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:03:12 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category><media:title></media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/92/recession-winners-losers-slah-thumb7.jpg" /><media:content medium="image" type="image/jpg" url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/92/recession-winners-losers-slah.jpg" /></item><item><title>What Greece's Debt Crisis Means to the World</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/233880?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Why this is just the opening act.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/233880?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:14:38 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category></item><item><title>Economy: The Danger Behind China's 'Me First' Attitude</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/233632?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>The danger behind the rising power's 'me first' doctrine.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/233632?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:29:19 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category><media:title></media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/58/nw_ChinaGallery_SLAHv2-thumb7.jpg" /><media:content medium="image" type="image/jpg" url="http://ndn2.newsweek.com/media/58/nw_ChinaGallery_SLAHv2.jpg" /></item><item><title>Economy: Paul Ryan's Stand Against Long-Term Deficits</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/233516?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Taking an unpopular stand against long-term government spending isn't easy. So why is Congressman Paul Ryan willing to take the heat?</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/233516?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:27:06 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category></item><item><title>Obama's Budget Avoids Hard Choices (Again)</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/233118?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Big government's big shortfall.</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/233118?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:05:20 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. Samuelson</category></item><item><title>Economy: Is Obama On a Financial Binge?</title><link>http://services.newsweek.com/id/232867?from=rss</link><description><![CDATA[<p>What to do before spending more on health care</p>]]></description><guid>http://services.newsweek.com/id/232867?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:37:42 GMT</pubDate><category>Newsweek - Robert J. 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