Reggie Middleton has an awesome smartphone comparison/debunking of the Apple marketing machine. The Atlantic on a nasty new breed of debt collector. Healthcare Blue Book gives you fair prices for the gamut of medical procedures…. Read more
Writing on the Wal is one of those neat corporate critique blogs (guess who it’s targeting) that I’m surprised I haven’t come across before. Cultural Offering has a neat graphic called the skill luck continuum. Blogging’s on the far left. I… Read more
The Economist on why governments might not want to create inflation. An interesting American Spectator article on America’s ruling class. Twitpick.in is a fun, easy way to make Twitter lists. Cisco VP Inder Sidhu shares valuable insights… Read more
The Financial Times has a fascinating article on the growing business elite status of American Mormons. BNet’s Travel Analysis is a neat blog on the travel biz. NPR’s Morning Edition feature on small-business hiring is spot on. Brian… Read more
The Anti-Social Media has some good, if consistently cynical, commentary on the world of social media. Zero Hedge on why stock picking doesn’t work in today’s market. James Surowiecki on financial illiteracy in America. Pragmatic… Read more
Felix Salmon on how US banks are still laundering money. Jeff Gundlach on how the US will politely default on its debt. Proof that those “ask your doctor” drug ads don’t work. In the wake of the Russian spy arrest, some people think… Read more
What makes China’s gold diggers tick (via Economics Roundtable). A neat von Mises article on how government incentives set the stage for the BP oil spill. Why the new Harry Potter theme park is a failure. Rolling Stone’s instantly… Read more
6 organizations you didn’t know were secretly badass (via Mental Floss). Salon on the Cheapskate Next Door. The Economist on music rights and profits. Is FIFA’s president a hero or relentless self-promoter? It’s a great time to buy a… Read more
An interesting look at finding America’s smartest cities. Rolling Stone points at Obama’s failures as a precedent for the BP oil spill. WTF is HTML 5? (and why we should care). Why Great Britain worships BP’s former boss. 3 marketing… Read more
Job training doesn’t always work. Will Warren Buffet’s PR disaster ruin his reputation? Fascinating information on human time perspectives. Advertising Age interviewed Twitter sensation @BPGlobalPR. Sony has developed a prototype of… Read more
The Atlantic has the net worth of US presidents, from Washington to Obama. Matt Taibbi’s latest: Bernanke as Goblin-in-Chief. Inc has a list of the best industries for starting a business this year. Also from Inc.: Why is business writing… Read more
An excellent post on 10 reasons people resist change. This blog will teach you all about deception. Why the sudden surge in tech M&A? Business Wisdom is a good place to find daily business quotes (and wisdom, of course). Equity… Read more
Why the theater of blanket Wall St. investigations is what matters. The sizes of some of these black markets are mind-boggling. The Facebook privacy headache. 4 Block World has some thought-provoking diagrams. Second Life creator… Read more
Cartoonist Henry Payne’s blog is a fun read. Inside the mind of Boy Genius, whose blog sold for millions. Will Hutton wrote this essay on the US income gap in 2002. Today, it’s as true as ever. Growthology has tallied results for this… Read more