{"id":7986,"date":"2013-07-02T19:26:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=7986"},"modified":"2013-07-02T19:26:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:26:35","slug":"rudd-gillard-australians-have-bigger-problems-columnists-iol-business-iol-co-za","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/02\/rudd-gillard-australians-have-bigger-problems-columnists-iol-business-iol-co-za\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudd? Gillard? Australians have bigger problems | IOL Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAustralia is a leveraged time bomb waiting to blow,\u201d Albert Edwards, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale\u2019s London-based global strategist, said. \u201cIt is not just a CDO, but a CDO squared. 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