Hello, and welcome to the Labor Day edition of The Carnival of the Capitalists, a weekly roundup of some of the blogosphere's most interesting discussions of market economics.

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Timothy Grayson explains why advertising and marketing communications in general are due for a restructuring.

Danny Noonan writes about his city's misadventures in fighting binge drinking through price-fixing and other anti-competitive behavior.

The Charlotte Capitalist muses on a disturbingly large and vocal group, who are the "capitalism destroys the environment" crowd in Charlotte (or any other large metro area).

Jim Stroup tackles why there are so many awful business books published in recent years.

Simon World analyzes the problem of China's rather unscientific economic statistics.

Mike Miller has published a manifesto for his new site, dedicated to bring attention to the un-capitalist behavior of some corporations such as frivolous patents and stifling competition through lawsuits.

Econlog ponders the contradictory interpretations of capitalism avowed by G.O.P. leaders.

Tim Oren enumerates the reasons for, and benefits of, limited shareholder liability.

Jeff Cornwall looks into the bureacratic entrepreneurship of Europe, where archaic holdovers like the apprentice system still impede growth and innovation.

Egoist gives us a roundup of some of his favorite computer-nostalgia posts from the past week, including an homage to the awesome "President Elect 88", a simulator/game (I owned a copy for the IBM PC and experimented with it hundreds of times). How good was the simulator? Douglas Kern found it an interesting means of analyzing the 2004 election, a full 16 years after the game was published.

OS Commerce Experts presents their guide to making a niche for your business, online.

Goobage tells us about how the NHTSA learned about the Law of Unintended Consequences, the hard way — it cost auto companies 50 times what was forecast.

Gongol uses game theory to analyze that (distressfully relevant after the North Ossetia school massacre) question: Should we ever negotiate with terrorists?

Tim Worstall rebuts Jeremy Rifkin's latest anti-American rant in The Guardian, where the writer takes some unreasonable liberties with the facts.

Russell Buckley reviews Seth Godin's new venture and gives us his own thoughts on email user education.

Is George W. Bush a Keynesian? Barry Ritholtz says the answer is a resounding "yes"!

Anita Campbell says small businesses in the US are doing much better than you think.

When is Bison meat a business expense? When you're a bodybuilder, argues Joe Kristan.

Northeast Ohio is a business hotspot, Mike Pechar says. Dennis Kucinich might not agree with him, but Allied Domecq does, investing $8 million in Dunkin' Donuts there, over the next 12 months.

Wayne Hurlbert looks into that naughty thought we've all had — how can we make money off our blogs? Step one: brace yourself for lots of whining. Step two: read his article.

Craig D. Henry gives us the second installment in his Competitor Intelligence series.

Drakeview looks at why woman- and minority-owned businesses have a harder time rounding up VC investment.

We've heard a lot about the differences between The Old Economy and The New Economy. Dave Foster discusses their similarities.

What is the most economically sensible means of transportation? Private automobiles? Public buses? No, it's taxis, says Sean Lynch.

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Now let's go celebrate the most socialist holiday in the US!

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