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	<title>The Official James Petras website</title>
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	<description>United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis</description>
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		<title>The Western Welfare State: Its Rise and Demise and the Soviet Bloc</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The demise of the welfare state' demolishes the idea put forth by orthodox economists, who argued that the maturation' of capitalism, its advanced state', high technology and sophisticated services, would be accompanied by greater welfare [...]]]></description>

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