This is our last day here at EconomyBeat, where we focused on user-generated content related to the economic downturn and other aspects of the nation’s financial life. What is not ending, however, are the effects of The Great Recession — which we tried to capture by going directly to the source. The country may, as [...]

15. Who are the worst tippers? – Waiters comment on which groups of people are the worst tippers, and no one is spared. (Dec 9, 2009) Previous entries: 25. Colorado Springs: City of the future? – Anti-tax haven Colorado Springs finds itself in desperate fiscal straits, touching off schadenfreude and defensiveness on the Web. 24. [...]

16. Podcast: Local currency bucks the dollar – cash-strapped communities throughout the U.S. make their own money (Nov 12, 2009) 16. Defriending over health care – Did you defriend anyone on Facebook, or were you defriended, in the midst of the furious health care debate? (Mar 25, 2010) 16. Cards of change – altered business [...]

17. Repaired Things – The blog – collection of pictures of things that have been repaired (from Oct 22, 2009) Previous entries: 25. Colorado Springs: City of the future? – Anti-tax haven Colorado Springs finds itself in desperate fiscal straits, touching off schadenfreude and defensiveness on the Web. 24. Sub-prime the Musical – college student [...]

21. If persons were treated like corporations – Political cartoon from Kevin Moore’s In Contempt site. 20. Rappin’ economics – Rap adaptation of the classic econ textbook “Principles of Economics.” 19. Friday photo gallery Oct. 9 2009 18. Facebook “likes” by city – 210 million Facebook profiles broken down into which pages users click the [...]

The Bonddad Blogtakes the economic blogopshere to task for its persistently negative outlook:

<strong>Anatomy of a Doom and Gloom Blog Post

I just read a post at another blog and it says we’re all doomed

Cited passage from another economics blog which says the economy is in fact headed straight to hell. The citation also includes at least one basic mathematical error and/or one misunderstanding of a basic economic concept or number which a simple reading of the data explanations would have avoided. For example, “not in the workforce” has a very specific meaning — or, more specifically, it does not mean that everyone who “left the workforce” simply ran away from the job market screaming to the hills. As another example, the unemployment rate is a lagging economic indicator.

Because this above referenced web site said we’re doomed, it must be true.

In addition, all government economic numbers are wrong.

As we head toward the finish line at EconomyBeat, we continue to count down our top 25 posts. These three are tied at No. 22: 22. The Skyscraper Index – This metric shows that the world’s tallest buildings rise on the eve of economic downturns. 22. Chances of passing a health care bill – On [...]

We’re winding down here at EconomyBeat — just 11 days left. Let’s start a countdown of our top 25 posts with nos. 25 through 23… 25. Colorado Springs: City of the future? – Anti-tax haven Colorado Springs finds itself in desperate fiscal straits, touching off schadenfreude and defensiveness on the Web. 24. Sub-prime the Musical [...]

This cartoon from Ted McCagg requires knowledge of one of the more irritating Facebook applications.

From the advertising and marketing blog Thought Gadgets, this post called “Sometimes it makes sense to ignore your customers,” which debunks the notion that customer feedback through social media will provide the answer to all business problems.