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Welcome to the Carnival of the Capitalists

February 5th, 2007 | by mbhunter |

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Greetings everyone! Thanks for coming to this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists! Without further ado, here we go!

• Fire your deadbeat clients to increase your profits. Elaboration on the Small Business Buzz.
• Free Money Finance has a post on making the most out of the money you have.
• The New Business World expounds on the power of positive communications in business.
• “Socially-minded corporations are what inspire me to continue reading, writing and learning about sustainability,” says Green Rising in a post on going green and getting rich.
• The Acton Institute PowerBlog provides a thought experiment on a government-enforced monopoly.
• Could Congress shut down your blog? Check out what Debt Free thinks.
• The Epicurean Dealmaker has some choice words to relay about CEOs.
• Jon Swift wants to lower the minimum wage. An interesting read.
• The AntiSyphus Effect with a good-length post explaining five employee pits of despair.
• Here’s a short and sweet post on networking and matchmaking from Instigator Blog.
• Getting Green gives a mixed review of Grand Yield Direct’s online savings account.
• InsureBlog comments on a USA Today piece on vanishing health insurance coverage.
• Money Walks wants to capitalize rather than debtalize.
• The Digerati Life has already jumped to Web 3.0, and it’s smarter and spookier.
• Biotechs are actually gaining on pharmaceutical companies. BioHealth Investor explains.
• Software Project Management appreciates support teams that actively solicit feedback.
• David Maister answers a reader’s question about trends in business development in professional businesses.
• Searchlight Crusade crunches some numbers to determine the cost of waiting to buy a home.
• Trusted Advisor talks about the trust-democracy-capitalism trifecta.
• Wise Bread passes on an article on the connection between food and personal finance.
• James Logan delves into quality advice, guidance, and success from a B2B copywriting perspective.
• Creating a business blog to build your customer relationships is a good thing to do, says Blog Business World.
• The Costco CEO endorses a higher minimum wage. (Maybe Boring Made Dull should chat with Jon Swift!)
• Sox First doesn’t see the point of the World Economic Forum.
• Small Business Trends describes five shopping trends for 2007.
• Electric blue voluntaryXchange wonders about Super Bowl advertising.
• Breaking the Shackles thinks that subprime lenders have gone too far.
• Business Pundit says that the key to being a good leader is to be flagrantly biased and to show overt favoritism. (Just kidding.)
• Slow Leadership challenges its readers to see what their actions say.
• Making Montana Memories shares a recipe for perseverance and passion.
• Rick Sincere wonders if income inequality is a real worry.
• Big Picture Small Office on falling off the rumor mill.
• A huge list of tips to financial prosperity, courtesy of Debt Consolidation Lowdown.
• Roth & Company alerts us to pushes for tax-funded subsidies for making movies in Iowa. (Wow.)
• EconBrowser wonders where a 3.5% annualized GDP growth rate came from for 4Q 2006.
• “Ethanol cannot move by pipeline, and is shaping up as an important source of traffic for railroads,” says Photon Courier.
• Scatterbox tells marketing departments to work harder if they’re not in the clink.
• And finally, Quartz Mountain has a piece on the return on investment of business blogs.

Thanks everyone for reading! I hope you enjoy your stay at Mighty Bargain Hunter! It’s been a pleasure hosting the carnival. Check here for more information on the Carnival of the Capitalists.