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Carnival of the Capitalists for 2009-06-01

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 5/25/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=174 #
• Either this or more likely next edition will mark the official start of http://thecotc.com being home of Carnival of the Capitalists. #
• While http://bizosphere.com retains archival editions and becomes home of longer posts on selected entries and other biz/econ/money topics. #
• The road to Zimbabwe: http://bit.ly/13ZVlw #
• Boom time for survival biz: http://bit.ly/11M3Oa #
• Imperative biz plan number: http://bit.ly/jFkJH #
• Review: “Accidental Genius Revolutionize Your Thinking Through Private Writing” by Mark Levy @LevyInnovation http://bit.ly/uc06J #
• Is your business just a job? http://snipr.com/j0v58 #
• Yawn Money & Finite Lives: http://bit.ly/k73ui
  (sorta OT but provoked thought) #
• Effective workplaces: http://bit.ly/144viR #
• How David beat Goliath in airline wifi: http://bit.ly/tvgkB #
• The Chrysler Trabant and GM Wartburg: http://www.conunderground.com/?p=1953 #
• Stagnation better than V recovery? http://www.geekmba360.com/?p=726 #
• Riskiest ETFs on Earth: http://bit.ly/TouMx #
• Think positive: http://bit.ly/fDXD7
  (Sorta OT but struck a chord with me) #
• Thoughts on what are good/bad eBay business uses: http://bit.ly/fsNhV #
• 12 Most Unfortunate Product Names: http://www.oddee.com/item_96682.aspx #
• That wraps up a modest edition of CotC. Hope you found something worthwhile. #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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Carnival of the Capitalists for 2009-05-25

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 5/18/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=173 #
• Ready for the 81% Tax Increase? http://bit.ly/DPb0r #
• Double Dip: http://bit.ly/2lETfo #
• Cool Startup Story: http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/7143.html #
• Screwing Bond Holders is Job One: http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/7142.html #
• Essential Twitter Tools for Business: http://bit.ly/sdqbP #
• Entrepreneurs are Risk Averse: http://bit.ly/rslLE #
• Don’t Work for Free: http://bit.ly/1aDjTx #
• I’ll Take Picks and Shovels: http://andyswan.com/blog/?p=202 #
• Real Estate Bubble Won’t Reinflate (Duh): http://bit.ly/oj3qD #
• Economic Backpacking: http://bit.ly/C34nF #
• The Age of Debt: http://reason.com/news/show/133217.html #
• Sarbox Unconstitutional? http://bit.ly/egB07 (Not that it generally matters to the feds if stuff they want is constitutional…) #
• Obsessive Housing Disorder: http://bit.ly/38vFa #
• Good CEO Characteristics: http://theglitteringeye.com/?p=6963 #
• Necco Sweet in Sour Economy: http://wbztv.com/local/necco.wafers.Richard.2.1013132.html #
• Credit Card Companies Screwed: http://bit.ly/1555JO #
• MACD Divergence in Forex: http://bit.ly/4wgduO #
• eBay Analysis: http://bit.ly/1jr4r #
• Economic Allegory: http://bit.ly/htHgT #
• Embed sales tax in price? http://bit.ly/t3zqP #
• Sale Weakness: http://bit.ly/UNE3P #
• Improve Home Office: http://bit.ly/xx4F7 #
• Beware Baboon Boss: http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hbr/hbreditors/2009/05/baboons.html #
• 7 Ages of a Business: http://bit.ly/18UdA #
• Bull-Bear Rumble: http://bit.ly/12LiPF #
• NH Retail Radius: http://bit.ly/eQ1FF #
• Real People, Not Spokespeople: http://bit.ly/zKGWB #
• Capitalism at Work? http://bit.ly/DvENM #
• Marketing to Customer Networks: http://bit.ly/UqetT #
• Bygone Era: http://bit.ly/Z3cb8 #
• Whither Empty Dealerships (up to the owners, no?): http://bit.ly/1alns2 #
• OT but I can sure relate to the health/money & love life aspect: http://jackschmidt.bravejournal.com/entry/32619 #
• Bum Marketing: http://bit.ly/KmLNi #
• If you build it, they won’t come: http://bit.ly/hb38g #
• Perfect Pitch: http://bit.ly/WVnGp #
• That’s it for this week’s entries.
• Still looking for work, tech, maybe management, even blog-related. Resume PDF at http://bit.ly/5GxHh or LinkedIn at http://bit.ly/L8rkw. Goal is to move out to my own place circa September. That requires more income to be viable and pay child support or afford custody myself. Thus more frequent mentions.
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted.#

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Carnival of the Capitalists for 2009-05-18

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 5/11/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=171 #
• Names Matter: http://bit.ly/fWDfp #
• Antitrust vs rule of Law: http://blog.mises.org/archives/009929.asp #
• Microbusiness tax priorities: http://bit.ly/4gnyO #
• Starting over as entrepreneur: http://bit.ly/6iCSz #
• From Twitter to Serious Business: http://bit.ly/2plij #
• Stamp Gouging: http://bit.ly/HWyYP #
• Carnival of Money Stories Returns: http://bit.ly/aMBEf #
• Galting the Deficit: http://bit.ly/12djAi #
• Terrible Auction: http://bit.ly/f2CcJ #
• Dynamic Sales Letters: http://bit.ly/A8Ed9 #
• Balancing Marriage & Business: http://bit.ly/L0lCI #
• Congenitally Entrepreneurial: http://bit.ly/12bFE5
  (Not surprised, given me & my father.) #
• Ignore Sunk Costs: http://bit.ly/Kti2k
  (Harry Browne called it previous investment trap.) #
• A Second Life for LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/tWy4s #
• Capitalism Works! http://www.daxmontana.net/?p=2140 #
• The Audacity of Tax: http://bit.ly/FdskC #
• What if there’s an imposter? http://bit.ly/wiH6K #
• Chrysler Zombie: http://bit.ly/1Rdw4U #
• Stock Market Rally? http://bit.ly/uLI9d #
• Too-Rigid Contracts Destroy Trust: http://bit.ly/JpCn6 #
• And Away Goes Tax Money Down the Drain: http://bit.ly/w88Ht #
• Seeing “Rule of Law” a lot lately: http://bit.ly/Vi4mv Why stop at Chrysler? #
• Barter Country: http://www.reason.com/news/show/133215.html (Thinking I should try it, as I contemplate post-marital move to my own place.) #
• Finding Atlas: http://www.amconmag.com/article/2009/may/04/00026/ #
• The Meaning of Chrysler: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/05/023548.php #
• Federal Aid Über Alles: http://bit.ly/O5r5C #
• Europeans Punish Success: http://bit.ly/rNWvv #
• Economic Necessity of Outsourcing: http://bit.ly/kWcFG #
• Build Team, Don’t Hire Employees: http://bit.ly/LxFEk #
• Future Shock: http://bit.ly/NPmX0 #
• Improve Business Meetings: http://bit.ly/VUdUC
  Good tips! #
• Presenting an Effective Speech: http://bit.ly/10Tc5R
  (Sorta OT but…) #
• 100 Business Blogs: http://bit.ly/XeomE
  (Sorta outside the norm for CotC but you might like the list.) #
• Don’t Go With The Flow: http://bit.ly/l6aSN #
• Government Lies About Markets: http://mises.org/story/3446 #
• Craptastic: http://bit.ly/bg7o9 #
• Antitrust Eyes on Google: http://bit.ly/Mkzxe #
• Press Release Mistakes: http://bit.ly/AkI9V #
• Sweet Dreams: http://bit.ly/179eyH #
• How Antitrust Ruined Movies: http://mises.org/story/3437 #
• Caracas on the Potomac: http://bit.ly/WWalD #
• Some ETFs will cost you: http://bit.ly/Idbw4 #
• 18 Wheelers as economic indicator: http://bit.ly/pWqK #
• Tincture of Lawlessness: http://bit.ly/QHQV3 #
• Monetizing Twitter: http://bit.ly/ZM59A #
• Unsustainable Debt: http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/78619/ #
• Book review of “In Pursuit of Elegance: Why The Best Ideas Have Something Missing.” by @matthewemay http://bit.ly/12NdRV #
• Dismantling Capitalism: http://bit.ly/e0nWK #
• More Dismantling: http://bit.ly/NQVkz #
• Verdict on the Crash: http://bit.ly/x17oX #
• Advanta Freeze: http://bit.ly/16lBxc #
• Goldman Housing Fine? http://bit.ly/11Egig #
• Value Promise: http://bit.ly/SBKxP #
• Branding is Fluff? http://bit.ly/YJwAy #
• Cautionary Flower Girl Tale: http://bit.ly/ogL9w #
• Do What Others Won’t: http://bit.ly/15LaYM #
• College is for Suckers: http://www.transterrestrial.com/?p=18879 (I believe huge changes are in store, or should be, related to this.) #
• Inflation on Horizon: http://www.muditajournal.com/archives/596.php #
• Financial Meltdown Anniversary: http://bit.ly/Jy0yR #
• 100 Amazingly Creative Business Cards: http://bit.ly/MAuEK #
• What’s better than mild inflation? http://bit.ly/DSWaY #
• Saving Free Enterprise: http://bit.ly/wusxJ #
• Where the Jobs Are, Low Taxes Wait for You: http://bit.ly/14sz0l #
• Don’t Know Much About Capitalism (less about key economists): http://bit.ly/RwM3W #
• Signs and Portents: http://bit.ly/WQpMN #
• That’s enough for the week. It’s so much I fear the benefit of a gathering of links will be diluted. #
• Still looking for work, tech, maybe management, even blog-related. Resume PDF at http://bit.ly/5GxHh or LinkedIn at http://bit.ly/L8rkw. #
• Goal is to move out to my own place in 2 mos. That requires more income to be viable and pay child support. Thus more frequent mentions. #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #
• One more announcement! I will probably bring back thecotc.com as the place for CotC in this form, using Bizosphere for other posts. #
• Stay tuned for more as and presumably when I roll that out. #

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Carnival of the Capitalists for 2009-05-11

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 5/4/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=170 #
• Career Speeding then Braking sounds familiar: http://bit.ly/ypZ1c #
• How David Beats Goliath: http://bit.ly/Tsoor #
• Cure for Social Midea Brandjacking: http://bit.ly/hFzIs #
• Agribiz Priming Pandemic Pump? http://bit.ly/YELkJ #
• Who needs rule of law? http://bit.ly/Z0y3u #
• Advice to future entrepreneur: http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/008910.html #
• Competition in M&A Deals: http://bit.ly/gfTy #
• Rivers Corbett: http://bit.ly/TTsnE #
• The George Whiteside Rules for Biotech Entrepreneurs. Genzyme co-founder reflects at Harvard Business School. http://bit.ly/8uKME #
• In the reign without a TARP: http://www.finemrespice.com/node/56 #
• Your Yard Sale is Illegal: http://reason.com/blog/show/133378.html #
• 10 Top Online Applications: http://bit.ly/Ly3q5 #
• Independent Biz Blogs roundup: http://bit.ly/NcAYo #
• The Choice: http://www.execupundit.com/2009/05/choice.html #
• Call for Bankruptcy Reform: http://bit.ly/ch15j #
• Forced economy: http://bit.ly/txF2r #
• TradeKing Review: http://bit.ly/ehnle #
• Compounding lesson: http://bit.ly/6CrSW #
• Regulation for the regulated: http://bit.ly/wP7Sp #
• Low growth Trek: http://bit.ly/12myKj #
• Risk-Return Cluelessness: http://bit.ly/VV32o #
• Chavez, Obama… Comparable? http://www.poliblogger.com/?p=15749 #
• SEC not merely spoiled, but rancid: http://bit.ly/42ko7 #
• Stress Test: http://bit.ly/kX243 #
• Building from a new base: http://bit.ly/FYZEu #
• Business Still Doesn’t Get It: http://bit.ly/17QzUN #
• Fun biz idea! http://bit.ly/eHb01 #
• Leaders vs Managers Nonsense: http://bit.ly/ZAzHi #
• Lead Generation: http://bit.ly/4NBhQ #
• Democracy & Industrialization: http://bit.ly/hvcm3 #
• Friends, Family, MLM: http://the-new-economy.com/?p=28 #
• Ocean Spray into blueberries: http://bit.ly/Zdzlt #
• And Thus Ended Capitalism: http://bit.ly/Rpp7t #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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Carnival of the Capitalists for 2009-05-04

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 4/27/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=169 #
• Lysander Spooner vs the USPS: http://digitaljournal.com/article/271139 #
• 10 Reasons your company probably shouldn’t tweet: http://bit.ly/ahsvM #
• Twitter and e-Discovery: http://tinyurl.com/c6734r #
• Price controls result in shortages: http://tinyurl.com/ccmxnm #
• Prime time coming for robotics industry sector, clustered in New England: http://bit.ly/ZQaxc #
• Business cards made of meat!? http://tinyurl.com/d6omuk #
• Meet the brands that “get” Twitter: http://bit.ly/1hrdh #
• Stressing out the banks: http://tinyurl.com/d9hyc7 #
• Hobby Lobby appreciates employees: http://tinyurl.com/d4zjbq #
• Investor mistakes - constant refresh: http://tinyurl.com/c7xauw #
• Kellermann suicide tragedy: http://tinyurl.com/c9t7jr #
• Zecco review: http://tinyurl.com/ctrzuj #
• Play TAG right: http://tinyurl.com/dcorvs #
• The Case Against the Case Method: http://tinyurl.com/djwvhb #
• Chrysler Communist Motors: http://www.conunderground.com/?p=1609 #
• Reinforce purchase decision and establish a customer for life: http://bit.ly/4R3Rc #
• Backdoor elimination of Illinois flat tax: http://tinyurl.com/cxl3vk #
• If you hit your hand with a hammer every day… http://tinyurl.com/dn5sa8 #
• Fantastic! Mom’s supervision lessons: http://tinyurl.com/d3tsmo (Applies elsewhere too.) #
• Disruption and destruction are inevitable: http://tinyurl.com/dfzby9 #
• Management matters! http://tinyurl.com/djluw4 #
• Book review “Winning Global Talent Showdown: Businesses & Communities Rebuild Jobs Pipeline” by: Ed Gordon http://bit.ly/CM7ke #
• I’m going to call it a week for collecting and posting CotC entries. Keep the good stuff coming. #
• Still looking for work, tech, maybe management, even blog-related. Resume PDF at http://bit.ly/5GxHh or LinkedIn at http://bit.ly/L8rkw. #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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Carnival of the Capitalists for 2009-04-27

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 4/20/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=167 #
• Not a post/article, but ExecTweets seems interesting: http://www.exectweets.com/ #
• Isn’t it always fun to blame Spitzer? http://tinyurl.com/dkw3wp #
• Party like it’s 1934: http://tinyurl.com/c8crw2 #
• Handling resume overload: http://blogs.bnet.com/bnet1/?p=1671 #
• Bandwidth Malthusians: http://tinyurl.com/chpla8 (Malthus lied, people thrived…) #
• 100 Free Useful Biz Courses/Lectures: http://tinyurl.com/cszy4u #
• Rob Sama Grand Plan - Taxation (Long, Cool): http://samablog.robsama.com/?p=4237 #
• Brief Atlas Shrugged review w/spoilers: http://andstillipersist.com/2009/04/atlas-shrugged-a-brief-review-wspoilers/ #
• Why is Venture Capital Under Assault? http://www.ibdeditorial.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=325207949387991 #
• Pirate Bay http://voluntaryxchange.typepad.com/voluntaryxchange/2009/04/a-primer-on-pirate-bay-the-conviction-file-sharing-and-torrents.html #
• Review “Talent Is Overrated What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else” - Geoff Colvin http://bit.ly/fzyoV #
• The Box: http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/04/the-box.html #
• Death of the General: http://bit.ly/ziOxM #
• Less expensive yet more effective leadership development: http://bit.ly/9lu44 #
• Branding and Twitter: http://www.vipvirtualsolutions.com.au/2009/04/what-does-your-brand-say-about-you.html #
• Is Citigroup Vikram Pandit’s Job Safe? http://banksavingsreview.com/is-citigroup-vikram-pandits-job-safe/ #
• Rearranging bank deck chairs: http://wenchwisdom.blogspot.com/2009/04/using-our-own-money-against-us-part-4.html #
• Brain Map for executive time: http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/04/brain-map-executive-time.html #
• The Walmart Question: http://blog.mises.org/archives/009846.asp #
• Bank lending games? http://everydayfinance.blogspot.com/2009/04/refi-rates-low-but-banks-arent-lending.html #
• How to invest in Cuba: http://www.darwinsfinance.com/how-to-invest-in-cuba-does-obamas-cuba-deal-spell-gains/ #
• Risk Management: http://www.iqi-sm.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/23/strategy/how-to-develop-an-effective-business-risk-management-strategy/ #
• Understanding PPIP: http://wallandmain.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/understanding-the-ppip/ #
• Rob Sama Grand Plan on Housing: http://samablog.robsama.com/?p=4304 #
• Going Postal: http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=614 #
• That concludes this week’s entries. #
• Still looking for work, tech, maybe management, even blog-related. Resume PDF at http://bit.ly/5GxHh or LinkedIn at http://bit.ly/L8rkw. #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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The Age of Stupidity

The Age of Stupidity is a good blog on current financial and economic issues, featuring a lot of historical context and analysis. Some of you may find it worth your attention.

Carnival of the Capitalists for 2009-04-20

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 4/13/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=166 (4/13? Better get those taxes done!) #
• JobAngels: http://tinyurl.com/cpyfbd #
• Deflation returns: http://tinyurl.com/cslkgk #
• Syphilis Can’t Kill Syfy: http://tinyurl.com/d3t5ul #
• Zombie brands live on: http://tinyurl.com/dmecjd #
• Look under TARP: http://tinyurl.com/d2rtpt #
• 50 Best Biz Ethics Blogs: http://tinyurl.com/dc64u4 #
• End of living exponentially? http://bit.ly/CNdxS #
• Making Money Work: http://tinyurl.com/dkm8bj #
• Book warning: http://tinyurl.com/c3brfp #
• Book review “Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America” by @JuliaAngwin http://bit.ly/TL3Rc #
• Twitter, iPhone Marketing, and Oprah: http://www.rexblog.com/2009/04/19/19351 #
• Get Out (reminds me of the MBWA craze in the eighties): http://tinyurl.com/c83m2e #
• Finding real estate market bottom: http://tinyurl.com/cvwxpp #
• Biz plan for home/small business: http://tinyurl.com/ck9anj #
• Ins & Outs of stock exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/d6rakh #
• Average person’s tax dollars graphically: http://tinyurl.com/djrxqw #
• 100 Best Twitter Tools for Marketers: http://tinyurl.com/cqn2e8 #
• That’ll have to do for this week. Time for bed after a long day trying to wear out the kids. Just a quick private service announcement… #
• Still looking for work, only more so. You know about this experience. Resume PDF at http://bit.ly/5GxHh or LinkedIn at http://bit.ly/L8rkw. #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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Carnival of the Capitalists for 2009-04-13

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 4/6/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=165 #
• Off-topic but… 50 things an 18 year old should know: http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2009/04/50_things_every_18yearold_shou.php #
• Why housing crashed us but dotcom didn’t (not sure correct): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123897612802791281.html#mod=djemEditorialPage #
• Francisco’s Money Speech: http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1826 #
• How would you reach YOU? http://www.ericsink.com/entries/Note_to_self.html #
• Layoffs not always an option: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j8syRH3Yql9spyutiYQsw5TJdztwD97DD1F00 #
• Ten against the swan: http://tinyurl.com/c27rpw #
• Starting biz in recession: http://tinyurl.com/cajpw3 #
• 10 Reasons to scrap tax code: http://www.freedomworks.org/scrapthecode/topten.php (As if we need that many!) #
• A bit OT - Reprimitivized Future: http://tinyurl.com/db6sm9 #
• Skype drives revenues freely: http://tinyurl.com/c3lgm7 #
• Cargo cult regulation: http://tinyurl.com/cu4k7s #
• Bear prepares to eat bull: http://tinyurl.com/caktku #
• Trade gains comparative advantage: http://tinyurl.com/dz5gnq #
• Theoretical question on pricing & supply: http://tinyurl.com/dh4hsm #
• Play for keeps: http://jackschmidt.bravejournal.com/entry/30678 #
• Real lessons of Jack Welch: http://tinyurl.com/clfwz3 #
• Mark to market changes everything: http://bit.ly/Vwqs #
• Sales & Hygiene: http://tinyurl.com/dngnk6 #
• SEC considers uptick rule: http://tinyurl.com/dkvraw #
• Top 50 Economics Blogs: http://tinyurl.com/dzum5h #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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