<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ted Alcorn - Freelance Contributor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ted Alcorn - Freelance Contributor]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVfwYyPtM7k/ted-alcorn</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Ted Alcorn - Freelance Contributor</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVfwYyPtM7k/ted-alcorn</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:35:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVfwYyPtM7k/ted-alcorn.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Burning Man Is Burning Through Cash]]></title><description><![CDATA[The festival has billionaire devotees, more than 100 offshoot events and a cult following. So why is the organization behind it struggling to stay afloat?]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-22/burning-man-festival-struggles-to-make-enough-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-22/burning-man-festival-struggles-to-make-enough-money</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Alcorn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:00:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiux8f_pMMH4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiux8f_pMMH4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the World’s Poorest Countries Found a Better Way to Do Stimulus]]></title><description><![CDATA[In two weeks, Togo designed and launched an all-digital system for delivering monthly payments to millions of people—and made the U.S. program look like a “dinosaur.”]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-08/how-togo-made-all-digital-government-stimulus-system-in-two-weeks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-08/how-togo-made-all-digital-government-stimulus-system-in-two-weeks</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Alcorn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 05:01:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihumxw43Ydx8/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihumxw43Ydx8/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Lomé, Togo</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>