Welcome to the Friday, October 3, 2008 edition of On the Moneyed Midways, your single source for the best posts found among the best contributions made by money and business bloggers to the past week's money and business related blog carnivals!

We have another edition defined by great questions! Should you lie to get a better deal? Why is it really in everyone's best interest to bail out the finance industry? And shouldn't we be considering someone else's dumb plan to do it? Why aren't most doctors rich? What do you need to consider to become your own boss? Which stocks with solid fundamentals became huge deals in the past week?

The answer to these questions, and so much more, await you below....

On the Moneyed Midways for September 12 and 19, 2008
Carnival	Post	Blog	Comments
Carnival of Debt Reduction	Introduction to Credit Card Debt	Bankruptcy Access	It's Credit Card 101! Lots of surprisingly solid information on a blog that may only be a search-redirect operation.
Carnival of Personal Finance	Is There an Ethics of Frugality?	Student Scrooge	Is it okay to lie to save money on your bills? Richard navigates the ethical implications of threatening to cancel your service for the sake of scoring a better deal in The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!
Carnival of Personal Finance	One Lender's Take on the Bailout Proposal	The Money Beagle	The Money Beagle has a very good friend in the banking industry, who offers their perspective of the government's proposed rescue plan for the finance sector of the economy. Absolutely essential reading! and a very near contender for The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!
Carnival of Real Estate	How Many Home Loans Could You Make with $700 Billion (My Alternative to Hank Paulson)	Roseville Homes and Land	John Lockwood has "an idea that's hugely dumb, and yet it's better than [U.S. Treasury Secretary] Paulson's dumb idea" for healing the credit markets.
Festival of Frugality	A Little Something Learned About Apartment Living	Master Your Card	Kristy was surprised to find that her electric bill continued to be high even after sharply cutting back her personal usage. It turned out to be that she was unknowingly also powering her apartment building's maintenance staff, but the story of how she got it straightened out is Absolutely essential reading! for renters anywhere.
Festival of Stocks	These 3 Blue Chips Are Undervalued and Pay Solid Dividends	Contrarian Profits	Andrew Snyder sifts through the market carnage of the past week to name the top three values now available in the stock market: Microsoft (MSFT), Altria (MO) and Nike (NKE).
Money Hacks Carnival	Why Most Doctors Aren't Rich	How to Make 7 Million in 7 Years	Adrian J. Cartwood explains why professionals with six-figure incomes aren't necessarily the people with lots of wealth - they're not investing in 'real' businesses with solid growth prospects!
Carnival of Money Stories	How I Prepared to Be a Freelancer Problogger	Blueprint for Financial Prosperity	Jim turned in his notice at his day job and began blogging for a living six months ago. He discusses what he did to prepare for that change in a post that's Absolutely essential reading! for anyone who's ever considered becoming their own boss!

Previous Editions

• OMM's Running Index for 2008
• OMM's Running Index for 2007
• The Best Blogs Found in 2006 (and our full 2006 index)!

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