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	<description>Weblog and archive of published articles by George Koch and John Weissenberger. Focused on subject areas of politics, powder (alpine skiing) and profit (business and economics). Daily weblog of politically conservative views. Articles from National Post, Calgary Herald, Ski Canada, Investment Executive and other publications.</description>
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		<title>Let business run its own show</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My &#8220;Letter from Calgary&#8221; column from the mid-October 2011 issue of the Investment Executive newspaper: High-profile figures such as Manning and Lougheed are weighing in on a new oil and gas development. They should let well enough alone The technocrats are at it again. Experienced people of high standing and nominally conservative bent are annoyed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The intermediates return</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My &#8220;Letter from Calgary&#8221; column from the February 2011 issue of the Investment Executive newspaper of Toronto: Intermediate exploration and production companies dangle the promise of cash yield with capital appreciation It was barely five years ago that royalty trusts dominated the energy industry and the consciousness of energy-focused investors. The trusts’ tax-free yield had made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lower royalties = bigger pie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My &#8220;Letter from Calgary&#8221; column from the mid-November issue of Investment Executive magazine. Here&#8217;s the link to the published version. Alberta’s 2007 royalty regime never made sense. Now that it is gone, both oil and gas drilling and land sales are soaring Well, well. Miracles of a sort do occur. Oil and natural gas drilling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The frustrations of exploding deficits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My &#8220;LEtter from Calgary&#8221; column from the October 2010 issue of Investment Executive newspaper: Alberta’s deficit has never been higher, and dealing with it could be damaging What do the most left-wing government in the U.S. and the allegedly most conservative government in Canada have in common? An addiction to spending amidst self-righteous insistence that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting the tarsands* in perspective (*Toronto editor&#8217;s headline)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My column from the July 2010 issue of Investment Executive newspaper: (*Note on headline: This was the Toronto editor&#8217;s decision. I always call them the &#8220;oil sands&#8221;. Tar is a product made from coal.  Bitumen (the &#8220;oil&#8221; in the oil sands) is a form of crude oil.) As bad as BP’s disastrous oil spill in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People are feeling better. But why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My &#8220;Letter from Calgary&#8221; column in the March 2010 issue of the Investment Executive newspaper Some are suggesting that Alberta’s blockbuster boom needed to cool Some recent polling got me thinking about the relationship between psychology — people’s beliefs and outlooks — and objective reality. After 18 months of economic hammering, Canadians report feeling … [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to spot a con artist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Letter from Calgary column from the November 2009 issue of Investment Executive: Westerners could be better at conducting a reality check when “opportunity” knocks Among the descriptors people typically attach to the Prairies culture, entrepreneurialism belongs near the top of the list. Over the brief histories of the three provinces, the region — particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calgary’s economic dynamic is bizarre – count on it</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Letter from Calgary column published in the November 2008 issue of Investment Executive: If the effects of the market meltdown and accompanying recession on a particular city or region seem hard to predict, here in Calgary don’t even try. A general economic downturn could be devastating – or we might not even notice. Falling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas prices call for counter-cyclical moves – not conformity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My “Letter from Calgary” column from the August 2008 issue of the Investment Executive newspaper: The other day my investment adviser sent along a hilarious though grimly apt graph from a Trimark presentation showing the emotional cycle of investors as they ride – and bungle – the investment cycle. Feelings like “thrill” and “excitement” accompany [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not a bust, but something new</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Letter from Calgary” from the February 2008 issue of Investment Executive: When Alberta’s economy crashes, you really know it. Mass layoffs, foreclosures, bankruptcies, empty office towers, weed-eaten industrial parks, homeowners walking away from mortgages, sports cars and fancy trucks practically given away in the Bargain Finder, hours of shouting on talk radio, new bumper stickers [...]]]></description>
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