Political Calculations Insurance: On the Moneyed Midways

Welcome to this week's edition of On the Moneyed Midways, a summary of the best posts from each of the week's blog carnivals dedicated to money and business-related matters, with one post declared to be The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!^(TM)!

Just scroll down for the best posts the week that was....

On the Moneyed Midways: July 21, 2006
Carnival	Contributor	Post	Comment
Carnival of Business	Superachievers' Top Ten	Career Intensity	David Lorenzo defines what makes superachievers so special and weighs in on how you can develop their traits.
Carnival of the Capitalists	The Island of Venezuela	View from a Height	Joshua Sharf shows how Hugo Chavez' policies are removing Venezuela from the bloodflow of the world's economy.
Carnival of the Capitalists	The Brute Force Approach to Productivity	Slow Leadership	Carmine Coyote wonders why businesses almost always revert to brute force methods (increasing time worked without increasing staff) to improve their productivity numbers.
Carnival of Career Intensity	Acres of Diamonds: What Are You Looking For?	Emmanuel Oluwatosin: Inspiring Excellence, Realising Ambitions	Emmanuel Oluwatosin recounts the legend of Ali Hafed, a man who left everything behind for the promise of great wealth.
Carnival of Debt Reduction	Student Loan "Dilemma"	Blueprint for Financial Prosperity	Jim confronts the desire to pay off student loan debt despite its low interest rate compared to his other debt.
Carnival of Investing	When Being Bad Pays	Don't Mess with Taxes	Kay Bell examines the counterpoint to socially responsible investing!
Carnival of Personal Finance	Inside FSBO Offer Negotiations	2million - My Journey to Financial Freedom	2million takes you inside his negotiations for a home. The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!
Carnival of Marketing	No One Knows How Advertising Works	planningblog	Carol in London attended a recent talk Robert Heath gave at an Account Planning Group meeting - lots of insight into what works in advertising.
Carnival of Wal-Mart	The Cost of Working at Wal-Mart	Nice Cookies	Stacey Lynn did the math to find out how much less money she would spend at Wal-Mart if she didn't work there.
Festival of Frugality	Getting the Cheapest Shipping	MomAdvice	Amy Allen Clark has found a new option for shipping packages cheaply - a great post for those with shops at E-bay or Amazon!
Personal Development Carnival	A Defeat Is Not a Failure	Bouncing Back	Jeannie Bauer finds a very profound truth behind the difference between defeat and failure.