This guest post was submitted in response to my query about how the best way to deal with the current economic situation.

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One way to think about our problems is to examine more closely how we deal with poverty here in the United States and around the world.

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My take: all this saber rattling about high royalties and windfall profits taxes is designed to scare the minnows out of the water and clear the way for the government to make a development deal with the big guys who have the balance sheet and know-how to get the job done.

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The right way to deal with it is to work with the providers to figure out how can we make the system less wasteful, more efficient overall.

WHITEHOUSE: The Economy and the American Family

Carefully evaluating how many a business can safely redeem before launching the deal is just one way, but having a plan to measure the response is equally important.

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How the next two installments in the trilogy are going to deal with the two and the three-way love triangle that lies ahead without this animating element is a mystery.

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