Welcome to the Friday, March 6, 2009 edition of On the Moneyed Midways , the best place to catch up with the best posts we found in the best of the past week's money and business-related blog carnivals! One of our favorite carnivals is the Carnival of HR, as it frequently presents very interesting c...

We're coming to the conclusion that a lot of people have the wrong idea about chaos. For example, if you ask someone if the stock market is a pretty chaotic place these days, they'll say it is and what's more, we'll agree with them. If then you ask them if that's a good thing or a bad thing, they'll...

If you're a regular reader of Political Calculations, you might be surprised to find out that some of our better analytical work doesn't even appear on our own site. And we're okay with that! Here's an example, using our favorite industrial punching bag, the auto industry*. Our long-time readers wil...

Welcome to the Friday, February 13, 2009 edition of On the Moneyed Midways , where today is your lucky day for finding the best of the past week's money and business-related blog carnivals! It never fails. The week or so after we rant about organizing a blog carnival around a timely event or holiday...

The forty-fourth President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, is just not a very smart man when it comes to money. That's the conclusion we draw after observing the new President's first prime-time presidential press briefing, which we combine with our previous analysis of how badly he w...

Welcome to the Friday, February 6, 2009 edition of On the Moneyed Midways , the best place to find the best of the past week's money and business-related blog carnivals! Can not working so hard to save money, save money? What can you do to increase your income but not your taxes? How should you end ...

"Your whole case against the Public Policy Gang on the teen job disappearances is going to fall apart," the voice on the other end of the line said. "How soon can you come to my office?" "As soon as you want," the Economic Detective replied. It was, after all, the Paymaster. The man behind the money...

Having ruled out "Dr. Doom" and The Demographic Kid from culpability for the massive reduction in the number of teen workers between 2006 and 2007, we had the Public Policy Gang rounded up for questioning. These gang members are about as two-faced and crooked as they come - talking fast to keep you ...

Env-Econ's Tim Haab has a problem: his nearly brand new car. Tim explains how a vehicle that was ideal for him and his family has suddenly become much less so, all without any significant change in its physical condition (or his family's!):   July 2008: I trade-in the decrepit family mini-van, ...

In analyzing the stock market, we often find ourselves going back to the concepts of basic physics. Today is no exception, in that we're going to reveal how the concept of acceleration factors into how stock prices change with time. We'll begin with the raw price and trailing year dividend per share...