(Global) Economy

• Geitner at "Regions of Mind" has little known but very surprising findings about US exports to various regions in the world


• Robert at "Insults Unpunished" supplies good arguments "Why The Third World Needs Capitalism"


• Barry at "The Big Picture" has a detailed analysis which presidential candidate might be the best choice for the markets

Economic Policy

• Don at the "Admiral Quixote's Roundtable" dissects a new study how to best tax cigarettes and has some surprising findings


• Michael Friedman at "Fried Man" presents a new paper about the "The Economics of 'Acting White'" and has fascinating results


• Arnold at the "EconLog" has a fascinating yet short calculation about the employment forecasts for your consideration


• Meanwhile Justene at "Calblog" has another explanation for the jobless growth - incredible productivity


• Prof. Bainbridge at "Professor Bainbridge" argues that regulators have overlooked the larger structural reforms necessary to make independent directors a more effective check on managerialism


• Lynne at "Knowledge Problem" answers a question I was pondering about as well - Why does the transition from winter gas prices to summer gas prices continue to have this price spike, year after year?


• Steve at "Deinonychus antirrhopus" gives us a fascinating intro into the impacts of environmental regulations


• Don at "Catallarchy" argues that money held by the government must be excluded from the effective total money supply


• Zooler at "goobage" tries to find an answer for the question we all have in mind - Why is medical care so expensive?


• David at the "PHOTON COURIER" finds interesting similarities between Seattle and most German towns

Entrepreneurship

• Rob at the "BusinessPundit" has found a great way how to achieve profitable growth - forget homeruns, use small improvements


• Jeremy at "Ensight" also thinks that "Perfection Isn't Perfect" - don't miss his arguments why


• Todd at "A Penny for ..." shares his very insightful experiences about doing business in France


• Anita at "Small Business Trends" has a fascinating piece why starting a business in Japan is not just a risk it's often a risk to life and limb


• Les at "Les Jones Blog" has short on the spot news about ecommerce


• Peter at "Thinking by Peter Davidson" has eight proposals for Starbucks how to enhance their business - he even suggests they should buy meetup.com


• Anita at "The RFID Weblog" gives us enlightment about the RFID Hype Cycle


• Jay at "The Zero Boss" is looking for a working solution to reward blog authors financially


• Your host at "TJ's weblog" analyzes why Reuters and Bloomberg could be running into the Innovators Dilemma soon