Welcome to the October 12, 2007 edition of On the Moneyed Midways, the blogosphere's only collection of the top posts from the best of this past week's business or money-related blog carnivals!
We're absolutely enchanted by a post about doing business in Thailand - and it doesn't help that the post is from an individual whose site is set up to trade artwork produced there! Beyond that, you'll find posts that take you inside your medicine cabinet, brings a doctor to your home, changes your oil and that take on the Rich Dad in this week's edition, not to mention the rest of the best posts of the week that was!
Michael N. Marcus recaps the history that led to the first private sector pension in the U.S. on his really neat blog, which is dedicated to changes that mark the first or last time something occurred that we might now either take for granted or have long since forgotten.
Raymond records the predictions made by the NAR's previous lead economist that were, shall we say, rather wide of the mark. And the target. And the broadside of a barn. And the ballpark….
What is it about the rich that makes them so envious? The Silicon Valley Blogger shows how envy, while often fueling so-called class conflict, can also be a positive force if channeled to productive ends. Absolutely essential reading!
What if your personal doctor was on call 24/7 and made up to two house calls a year for a relatively low annual fee? Jason Shafrin describes the entrepreneurial practice of Dr. Jay Parkinson in Absolutely essential reading!
Alison has been reading the labels of many over-the-counter medications and discovers that they're just about all some combination of just five different ingredients! Knowledge that might be used to switch to less expensive generic medications.
Adam Bryan-Brown illustrates the attractions, obstacles and lessons in establishing a business in a foreign country. The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!
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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!
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Welcome to the October 12, 2007 edition of On the Moneyed Midways, the blogosphere's only collection of the top posts from the best of this past week's business or money-related blog carnivals! 
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