Brian Gongol
The Carnival of the Capitalists is a summary of the best contributions to business and economics on the Internet in the past week:
| Source | Article | Category | Summary | Editor's Choice |
| Political Calculations | Shifting incomes from 1995 to 2005 |  | The rewards of a growing economy seem to have accrued to middle-income workers |  |
| EconBrowser | Housing's struggle continues | | Housing is slowing, industrial production is down, and consumer sentiment is declining | |
| Three Star Leadership | How long, oh CEO? |  | The best CEO material is grown from within | |
| Sox First | Top 10 ways to trash a brand |  | "Find customers who love your brand . . . who don't need promotions" | |
| Skilled Investor | How to lie with statistics |  | Performance charts tend to make mutual funds look like winners when they aren't | |
| World is Green | Corporate social responsibility and sustainability | | What looks like suspicious "social responsibility" may just be a company investing in the long term | |
| Trust Matters | Trust, politics, and US health care policy |  | Insurers, Congress, employers, hospitals, and academics share the blame for health-care problems | |
| SportsBiz | NBA extends TV deals | | The NBA may have sold its soul to get a big contract with ABC, ESPN, and TNT | |
| Searchlight Crusade | There's no real way to take the complexity out of real estate | | Real-estate transactions are inevitably complicated because no one wants to get screwed | |
| Free Money Finance | Ask for more when you're given a job offer | | Asking for a little extra at the start can be very rewarding | |
| BusinessPundit | Deep thinkers need not apply | | "Corporate executive teams . . . are heavy on the popular, but light on the deep thinkers." | |
| Grad Money Matters | $5,000 in "extra" savings | | What you could do if you had $5,000 in new savings | |
| Mad Kane's Humor Blog | Money limerick contest results | | ". . . And avouched he'd repay us tomorrow." |
The Carnival of the Capitalists has previously shown up at Gongol.com in April 2005, November 2005, and November 2006. Anyone with a website can contribute or host. 36 articles were submitted for this edition. Nine were rejected because they were "how-to" guides, and this editor has no way to know whether those "how-to" instructions were good advice or bad. The articles listed above were the cream of the remaining crop. Comments are welcomed.
