If only there was a place on the web where you could catch up on all the best blog posts from all of the business, money and career-related blog carnivals. Wait a minute! Isn't that what On the Moneyed Midways, a summary of the best posts from each of the week's blog carnivals dedicated to money and business-related matters, with one post declared to be The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!(TM) is all about?
Well, you know the answer to that question, otherwise you would have hit the back button on your browser already! Just scroll down for the wrap-up of the week that was....
Peter Kua says that "you don't have free time because you don't have a strategy for it" and shows how you can take action to see that you get the free time you need.
Kevin Surbaugh reveals how unplanned spending strained his ability to retire his outstanding debt and shares what changes he'll be making to better control his finances.
Amanda notes the situation of people who are otherwise "intelligent and perfectly competent in other areas of their lives but are struck dumb at the notion of dealing with investments and other financial matters."
How valuable is the world's largest retailer to a small town? Tom Forbes shines a light on what Homer, Louisiana lost when Wal-Mart pulled up stakes in the town.
Ceiling fans are often touted as having year-round energy savings, but J McGready looks at an article that shows studies find that's not-so-true during the heating season.
"How much is the big guy making?" asks Katie when considering job possibilities, who notes that your long-term goals should play an important role in pursuing your career options.
Fear of the unknown often stops people in their tracks. Eric demonstrates that the real heroes are those who overcome their fears and slay the dragons.
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Political Calculations' Recession Probability Track shows the probability that the U.S. economy will be in recession 12 months from the indicated date (shown in red) while revealing the probability trend over the past four years.
Previously, the probability of recession peaked at 50% on 4 April 2007, which means that March-April 2008 was the most likely period in which the NBER would have found the U.S. to be in recession.
As it happens, they almost did. The NBER instead chose December 2007 as the beginning month of the most recent recession (we had found a 46% probability for a recession beginning in that month!)
On the Moneyed Midways
Political Calculations is also the online home of On the Moneyed Midways (aka OMM), a review of the best posts contributed to the week's best business and money-related blog carnivals. More than that, we also name one post in each edition as being The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere! and at the end of each year, we name The Best Post of the Year, Anywhere! as well as identifying the best blogs we found during the course of the year!
The link below will take you to the running index containing our most recent back issues (you can easily navigate the index to find older editions.)
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If only there was a place on the web where you could catch up on all the best blog posts from all of the business, money and career-related blog carnivals. Wait a minute! Isn't that what On the Moneyed Midways, a summary of the best posts from each of the week's blog carnivals dedicated to money and business-related matters, with one post declared to be The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!(TM) is all about?
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