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		<title>Fiscal austerity will keep us in recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Krugman wrote a piece for the New York Times entitled British Fashion Victims describing his thoughts that Britain will revert to a recession due to their Government&#8217;s insistance on imposing austerity measures in the midst of a recovery (albeit a very mild and shaky recovery). As I read the article, I couldn&#8217;t help but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2010/10/22/fiscal-austerity-will-keep-us-in-recession/</link>
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		<title>Dáil question regarding bank debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently contacted all my elected representatives in Government with a question to be posed to the Minister for Finance. Labour TD Jan O&#8217;Sullivan put the following question to him on my behalf (Dáil question #161) To ask the Minister for Finance the basis for the decision to guarantee subordinated debt holders of the nationalised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2010/10/21/dail-question-regarding-bank-debt/</link>
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		<title>Government &#8220;mandatory&#8221; supplementary pension scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Irish government are planning to introduce a &#8220;mandatory&#8221; supplementary pension scheme for all workers who are over the age of 22, and earning over a certain threshold. The full details aren&#8217;t yet concrete, but the general idea is to try and force the employed population of Ireland to save more money for their retirement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2010/03/04/government-mandatory-supplementary-pension-scheme/</link>
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		<title>NAMA Legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just e-mailed the below to the five TDs representing my constiuency (Limerick East). I suggest anyone opposed to the NAMA legislation do similar. We need to voice our opposition to those charged with representing us. The below may be used in full, or in part, by anyone wishing to contact their TDs. You can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2009/08/05/nama-legislation/</link>
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		<title>Comments on &#8220;Signs of hope on world economy&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read an opinion piece titled &#8220;Signs of hope on world economy&#8221; on the Irish Times website and wanted to write some of my thoughts on it. Surely the comments of Ben Bernanke, or any economic advisor, holds very little weight now. If these people really are the experts they&#8217;re believed to be, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2009/05/07/comments-on-signs-of-hope-on-world-economy/</link>
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		<title>How much trouble is Ireland in?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I read a lot of news articles, blogs and email newsletters relating to the economy and investing. Recently, Ireland has been mentioned more and more often. The general opinion outside of Ireland seems to be that we&#8217;re balancing on the edge of a cliff, and looking more likely to fall off than regain our balance. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2009/02/19/how-much-trouble-is-ireland-in/</link>
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		<title>Upgrade to Debian Lenny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just updated my server to Debian Lenny, which was released on February 14th. So far, the only issue seems to have been my WordPress installation. I was getting errors in the Apache error log that the wordpress.wp_terms table didn&#8217;t exist in the database. I had to manually browse to /wp-admin/upgrade.php to do a database [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2009/02/17/upgrade-to-debian-lenny/</link>
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		<title>iPhone 3G review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had an iPhone 3G for about 2 months now, so I said I&#8217;d post my thoughts on it. I bought the phone primarily because I wanted a useful mobile device for e-mail, and also because I love new gadgets! I must say though, I&#8217;m very impressed with it. As expected, the battery life isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2008/09/27/iphone-3g-review/</link>
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		<title>Bloxham&#8217;s 10 points to save the Irish economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Bloxham Stockbrokers released 10 policy options for the Irish government to &#8220;protect the domestic economy while positioning Ireland for future sustainable growth&#8221;. While I agree with most of them, points 1 through 3 I don&#8217;t agree with. These are Cut taxes. (only way to boost consumer confidence is through increased disposable income) Restore confidence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2008/09/11/bloxhams-10-points-to-save-the-irish-economy/</link>
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		<title>Latest music roundup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to post a roundup of some recent music bits and pieces. Firstly, there was some sad news last Tuesday (19th August). LeRoi Moore, the saxophonist with The Dave Matthews Band died, following complications arising from an ATV accident earlier in the year. He&#8217;ll be sadly missed. Last weekend, myself and Louise took a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jmadden.eu/index.php/2008/08/25/latest-music-roundup/</link>
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