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	<title>Prosperity Unbound &#187; housing crisis</title>
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	<description>Elena Panaritis</description>
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		<title>The real estate roots of the crisis in the US</title>
		<link>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/07/the-real-estate-roots-of-the-crisis-in-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I contributed the following article to the Financial Times, at ft.com/maverecon 
The real estate roots of the crisis in the US
July 21, 2009 3:42 pm

Today’s guest blogger is Elena Panaritis,  an expert in property rights, creating markets in illiquid real estate assets, and public sector management.  She is also the author of Prosperity Unbound; Building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga, Steel Cranes and Elena in Vegas</title>
		<link>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/07/yoga-steel-cranes-and-elena-in-vegas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[


 

I recently returned from a whirlwind weekend at the FreedomFest in Las Vegas.  It is increasingly evident that Prosperity Unbound appeals to a larger and wider range of audiences, especially after the housing market collapse. Given the 1.5 million foreclosures in the United States in the first half of this year alone, with one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Article by Willem Buiter&#8217;s Maverecon at the Financial Times.com  Prosperity Unbound is mentioned in the Useful Finance paragraph</title>
		<link>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/05/article-by-willem-buiters-maverecon-at-the-financial-timescom-prosperity-unbound-is-mentioned-in-the-useful-finance-paragraph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/05/article-by-willem-buiters-maverecon-at-the-financial-timescom-prosperity-unbound-is-mentioned-in-the-useful-finance-paragraph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 18:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Useless finance, harmful finance and useful finance
http://blogs.ft.com/maverecon/2009/04/useless-finance-harmful-finance-and-useful-finance/#more-1357
April 12, 2009 6:31pm
 
Useless finance
A derivative is a contingent claim whose payoff depends on the performance of some other financial instrument or security.  For instance, an American equity call option gives the purchaser of the call the right (but not the obligation) to buy a share of equity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An OpEd published by The Guardian on February 24</title>
		<link>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/03/an-oped-published-by-the-guardian-on-february-24/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/03/an-oped-published-by-the-guardian-on-february-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
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The property rights problem
Bailing-out banks won&#8217;t fix the US economy. We need to stabilise home prices and standardise the way we value property.
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Have we analysed the roots of the current economic crisis or started at the middle? Is it really just the unregulated financial markets and over-liquidity, or have these factors compounded an already broken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Opinion Piece Published on Reuters&#8217; on February 26</title>
		<link>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/03/my-opinion-piece-published-on-reuters-on-february-26/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/03/my-opinion-piece-published-on-reuters-on-february-26/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
&#160;
First 100 days:  A fix for the housing crisis
In his speech to Congress, President Obama spoke of how the proper response to the economic crisis is not just a matter of immediate fixes, but also an opportunity to make investments that will serve the nation’s long-term interests. The same idea should govern the housing recovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is going on? How can we get out of this mess? The devil is in the details.</title>
		<link>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/02/what-is-going-on-how-can-we-get-out-of-this-mess-the-devil-is-in-the-details/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/02/what-is-going-on-how-can-we-get-out-of-this-mess-the-devil-is-in-the-details/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Bailouts; fragile confidence; falling stock markets; talking heads; criticism; applause; more criticism; Republicans; Democrats; Latvia’s economy collapsed; Citibank stock down to less than $3; fear; nationalizations; hope; speeches; uncertainty; and more bailouts. What is going on? How can we get out of this mess?
What is going on is exactly what everyone is trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Deborah Thomas from Washington DC (The Unreal Estate in the United States &#8211; A Story of Lack of Choice)</title>
		<link>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/02/introducing-deborah-thomas-from-washington-dc-the-unreal-estate-in-the-united-states-a-story-of-lack-of-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2009/02/introducing-deborah-thomas-from-washington-dc-the-unreal-estate-in-the-united-states-a-story-of-lack-of-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last December, I presented my book at the World Bank sponsored by the World Bank Institute. That talk was special not only because Francis Fukuyama was on the panel and presented a historic development of property rights in economies around the world, and not only because the auditorium was filled to standing room only, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Current Housing Market Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2008/11/the-current-housing-market-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prosperityunbound.com/blog/2008/11/the-current-housing-market-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I gave a presentation to the IMF on how property rights issues have contributed to the current housing market crisis right here in the US.  Below I share with you a review by the IMF of the presentation and some of my thoughts on the subject:
&#8220;Elena Panaritis gave us a different perspective today, [...]]]></description>
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