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16 July 2011

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The weekly top 10 Bond Papers posts for the week of July 11 to 15, 2011, selected by you, the readers.

  1. Forecasting the fall
  2. All three NL parties back Muskrat project
  3. A world of their own
  4. Ahem
  5. Political parties and debt:  the Kennedy perspective
  6. You might know it as bribery, Ma’am
  7. Cross yet another one off your list and Not much to see [tie]
  8. Cross Sheila off your list
  9. The Ballot Question:  October 2011
  10. Did I say “yes” to Muskrat?  I meant “no”:  Jones

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