Why have the dismal scientists been unable to accurately discern what the employment situation is? Job growth predictions have been wronger, longer, and by a greater amount, than at any other time in the modern era of economics. The Big Picture's Barry Ritholtz investigates.
Warren Meyer, whose Coyote Blog hosted both the Carnival of the Capitalists and the Carnival of the Vanities (the original bloggy carnival) in February, compares the experience and benefits of hosting each and gives suggestions for future hosts (hey, that's me).
The Chinese government recently started handing out licenses to private Chinese companies wanting to launch low-cost airlines. In China Stock Blog, Ezra Marbach argues that not only will these so called budget airlines not be able to operate as low-cost airlines similar to JetBlue in the United States, but they probably won't pose competition for the major Chinese carriers in the foreseeable future either.
Have you ever wondered why why all movies at a multiplex have the same price rather than variations based upon demand? David Tufte of voluntaryXchange analyzes the question from financial and economic viewpoints (you mean there's a difference?).
Don't let the birds steal your papayas! Rosa Say of Talking Story relates a short story to help us all think about the people we work with every day: indifference is not something people thrive on in vibrant business environments.
On his Political Calculations site ("Interactive Tools for Interactive Politics"), Ironman (not his real name) compares various Social Security calculators for making decisions when comparing traditional benefits against proposed reforms.
On Steve Shu's Blog ("Perspectives on Management, Consulting, Technology, Marketing, and Corporate Blogging"), he asks if corporate blogging is a skillset yet? In a separate post, Steve poses the question of whether traditional management consulting firms are a bunch of laggards when it comes to blogging even though the rest of the industry is starting to show signs of life for corporate blogs.
The Blogging Airman launches a preemptive strike against those who would doubt the freedom bonanza that is a high-end washer-dryer combo on his The Rantings of a Part-Time Air Force Dood, Appliance Salesman & Musician site.
The merger of May and Federated department stores is a fine example of the "dinosaurs mating" behavior of large companies in declining industries. It won't change fate, says Greg Manter on his Retail Store Blog.
Article comments
1 - Phillip Winn
Wow -- how many different blogs are actually participating in this thing?
2 - Aaman
That's some reading ahead of me:) Nice roundup to fine work
3 - Eric Olsen
about 50, and halfway through posting it Movable Type crapped out and I had to redo them. But there's a lot of fascinating information and perspectives here. I highly recommend everyone checking it out.
4 - Eric Berlin
I continue to be amazed and enthused at the possibilities to be explored with the combination of content (blogs, etc.) and well-designed aggregators.
Lots of interesting links to dig through here -- very cool.
5 - Eric Olsen
I agree EB, these fine financially-minded wizards should be encouraged to join Blogcritics
6 - The Zero Boss
Eric, thanks for the link, but the post is actually authored by me. Gwendolen Gross is guest author for my Blogging for Books contest, not for my blog per se. I'll clarify it on my site if you clarify it on yours. :-)
7 - Eric Berlin
Could there be a fifth column(Biz/Finance), so to speak, in the offing?
8 - Aaman
So, you're a fifth column capitalist, eh? :)
9 - Timothy Lee
Thanks for hosting this weeks COTC. I appreciate the trackback. Looks like the original post moved, so I corrected the URI. I'll make a post on COTC this evening after I get a chance to review all the submissions.
I and several others would be glad to contribute 2-3 times a month to Blogcritics, if you decide to add a new Biz column. Let us know. You have all our email and blog addresses.
10 - Eric Olsen
Timothy, that would be great, we would love to have any of you join Blogcritics! Please see the sign-up info here.
We have been trying to figure out how to make room to add a new section or two to the front page, but for now we definitely have a Business and Economics subcategory under Culture and Tech
11 - Dave Nalle
Was any effort made to encourage those capitalists already on Blogcritics to get involved in this? This is the first I've heard of it, and I'd have loved to participate.
Dave
12 - Temple Stark
Just don't write exclusively about economics, though I will read through these - eventually.
So you're an expert at everything else Dave but hadn't heard of this? Hmmmm. Funny.
13 - Eric Olsen
Dave, they do this every week, just go to the CotC link at the top of the page. All you have to do is send in a link and a brief description of your story to their email address.
14 - Eric Berlin
Rami's Tennis Blog is cool stuff, and the concept of "learning how to learn" is applicable across just about all disciplines. I teach information literacy skills to university students, which is really teaching them the building blocks of how to learn, skills that will go much further in today's world than great piles of subject-specific knowledge.
Oh, plus there's some bad-ass pictures of a tennis court built hundreds of feet in the air on top of some hotel in the United Arab Emirates.
15 - Anita Campbell
Hi Dave,
I am hosting next week over at my RFID Weblog . I encourage you to submit a business post. Get yours in early!
Best,
Anita
16 - Dave Nalle
>>So you're an expert at everything else Dave but hadn't heard of this? Hmmmm. Funny.<<
Sorry to show my feet of clay. But in fact, there are only a few things I'm truly an 'expert' on. Those being several areas of History (including statistical demographics), every aspect of calligraphy and typography, 19th century art and illustration, and comparative mythology.
But I am a font of trivia and cultural literacy and am quite willing to read up on anything to learn what I need to in order to be informed on any given topic.
Dave
17 - Eric Olsen
you tell 'em Dave;
Jay of Zero Boss, sorry for the error and made the change