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		<title>Long Time, No Write</title>
		<link>http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/long-time-no-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a very, very long time since my last post, and I apologize for that. It&#8217;s been crazy busy here, but I do have something new to share and more to come. The &#8220;more to come&#8221; is another article to be published soon in a major financial publication. The topic is one I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=452&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fields of Armageddon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not written here for some time. I have focused on my own business, my other blog whose audience is rapidly growing, and the websites that I operate. They keep me busy enough and, quite frankly, the farce going on in the North Atlantic, both sides of &#8220;The Pond&#8221;, has gone from the sublime [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=442&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Other &#8220;Population Bomb&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a long pause, I created this post specifically for Future Brief. However, I found that this blog service does not support the code necessary for a couple important interactive graphs, but another blog I operate does support that code. As a result, today&#8217;s post is really a link to the other blog where it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=437&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Déjà vu all over again</title>
		<link>http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/deja-vu-all-over-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 16:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I shared one result of the ninth survey my firm has taken of American attitudes toward relocation (moving for an extended period) outside the US over seven years. There is much more to share. I and some friends are doing our best to choose the best way to present it. Among [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=417&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Globalization of Americans</title>
		<link>http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/the-globalization-of-americans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 16:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[migration/relocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/?p=409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a small piece of proprietary data to share with subscribers today. It won&#8217;t be published on those sites that usually republish my posts. It&#8217;s small, but it is a hint of more to come. As many of you know from my writing elsewhere, especially Barron&#8217;s, that I and my American firm have surveyed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=409&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Retirement?  Two Questions For You</title>
		<link>http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/thinking-retirement-two-questions-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 15:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I wrote Next &#8211; The Retirement Bubble for Barron&#8217;s a couple years ago, the end of traditional retirement has been a subject of special interest to me. I have a short post up today at my Retirement Bubble blog that is short and as sweet (or not) as you like. I want to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=402&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why we aren&#8217;t as dumb as they think we are</title>
		<link>http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/why-we-arent-as-dumb-as-they-think-we-are/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 23:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/?p=392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I write another blog, The Retirement Bubble, where I occasionally write on a topic I first raised in an essay at Barron&#8217;s in 2009. It has drawn more traffic than anything I have written there before and emails arriving suggest that it struck a chord with some folks. I want to share it with you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=392&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<link>http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/thank-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 21:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need to take a moment to express my appreciation to the US Navy Seals for their successful removal of Osama from this world. They do not seek recognition, indeed they strenuously avoid it, but they deserve it, as do all who helped. Gentlemen, whoever you are and wherever you are, thank you. The blather [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=386&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Odds and Ends</title>
		<link>http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/odds-and-ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[US politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bloomberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hillary clinton]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[American politics. Disparaging terms like &#8220;playpen&#8221;, &#8220;zoo&#8221;, and others may spring to mind, especially to those who live outside the US and can view it from outside, but that is not fair. The US is a nation in search of itself, again. This is not the first time. The only real question is, what will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=366&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Days Later</title>
		<link>http://futurebrief.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/eight-days-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global analysis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libya]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eight days ago, I expressed my serious irritation with President Obama for appearing to be unable to make up his mind what he wanted to do with regard to Libya. My distress was directly related to the need to confront fascists with a clear response, backed up by action, not just words. If the decision [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futurebrief.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16368049&amp;post=351&amp;subd=futurebrief&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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