Carnival of Ethics, Values, and Personal Finance #18

Welcome once again to the Carnival of Ethics, Values, and Personal Finance.

Before I present this edition's great posts, I wanted to let you know I'm considering switching the Carnival to a once-a-month format. Any thoughts? This is partially because hosting every two weeks is pretty burdensome for me (volunteers to host are always welcomed!) and also because I think it will let us feature more, better, on-topic posts. Please leave your feedback in the comments!

Now, without further ado:

• Editor's Choice:
  
• At Natural Family Living Blog, Tiffany Washko talks about the implications of consumer purchases and the values that are more important than prices, in Our Priorities - Big Oil, Junk Food, and Wal-Mart.
• At Corbett Kroehler - Global Warming, Corbett Kroehler describes a family responding to hurricane damage by building a green home to address both the symptoms and the cause, in Hurricanes Can Have Positive Results.
  
• At change therapy, isabella mori asks questions about self-integrity and work-life balance in a question of integrity.
• Runners-Up:
• Dong presents Wanting Less posted at AskDong.
• "Being able to restrain yourself from things you want is a important part of being frugal. However, there is a deeper frugality. The ideal way to be frugal is to actually want less."
• Betsy Teutsch presents Rethinking Birthday Gift Conventions posted at Money Changes Things.
• "I in turn felt like I was attaching a lot of baggage on this gift thing and that it could all be redefined by my letting go of the Hallmark ideology."
• Eric@APennyCloser.com presents Is Total Debt Avoidance Really Best? posted at A Penny Closer.
• "I think there is a balance to be found; a balance between living below your means and enjoying life and what’s important to you."
• ISPF presents Is "Slow and Steady" Approach to Wealth Out of Fashion? posted at Grad Money Matters.
• "We have all heard the story of the “hare and the tortoise” when we were young. But somehow, many of us seem to have forgotten the lesson taught by the story as we grew older. In a world where the rich are placed on a pedestal and worshiped, the “gods” are those people that made it rich quick and with a bang."
• Jacob Gorban presents My day-trading lessons posted at Small Business Lessons.
• "From a philosophic point of view I find day trading immoral. A day trader does not produce anything, he doesn’t even invest in the stocks as he has no stocks at the end of the day."
• the baglady presents About The Financial Injustices Immigrants Face in America posted at xynny.
• Nina Smith presents Gay Cars: Not that there’s anything wrong with that posted at Queercents.
• Charles H. Green presents Business Ethics and Self-Orientation posted at Trust Matters.
  
• Leon Gettler presents Markets for sin and virtue posted at Sox First.
• al leong presents Show me the timber! posted at Daily Oil Blog.
• Kyle James presents Is It Unethical To Market Towards Low Income Neighborhoods? posted at Rather-Be-Shopping.com Blog.
• David B. Bohl presents Personal Development: Your Values or Your Life? posted at Slow Down Fast Today!
• Joyce Gioia presents More Single Women Buying Homes posted at Joyce Gioia - Herman - Future Workforce Trends
• Ryan Russell presents DIY: 5 Steps to Becoming Your Own Financial Planner posted at My Money Thinks

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