Anyone have recommendations for blogs about economics?

September 11, 2005 9:43 AM

I'm looking for blogs about economics. Any recommendations?

The Big Picture has really caught my interest lately, and I'm looking for other blogs like this one that are accessible to the layperson without dumbing things down too much.

posted by BuddhaInABucket to work & money (17 comments total)

Freakonomics blog
posted by necessitas at 9:49 AM on September 11, 2005

Marginal Revolution is my top pick.

Freakonomics is currently trendy.

Winterspeak is cool.

EconLog is solid.

You might also check out Brad DeLong and Daniel Drezner.
posted by gd779 at 9:51 AM on September 11, 2005

I like Marginal Revolution.
posted by onshi at 9:51 AM on September 11, 2005

Angry Bear
posted by jamesonandwater at 9:53 AM on September 11, 2005

*sigh*
I love AskMe...
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 9:54 AM on September 11, 2005

John Kay, author of Culture and Prosperity, aka The Truth About Markets - Why Some Nations Are Rich but Most Remain Poor. Not to be confused with the singer in Steppenwolf.

On a related topic, EconLog looked interesting, but I can't find an RSS feed for it. Is there one?
posted by lukemeister at 11:22 AM on September 11, 2005

Jane Galt

Cafe Hayek

Adam Smith Institute

Mises
posted by madman at 11:37 AM on September 11, 2005

Macroblog
Brad Setser
Econbrowser
posted by diftb at 12:01 PM on September 11, 2005

Great question. Another one, if you're into the sporting world, is The Sports Economist.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:02 PM on September 11, 2005

I've got a soft spot for The Angry Economist.
posted by sonofsamiam at 12:16 PM on September 11, 2005

lukemeister: the various RSS feeds for EconLog can be found here.
posted by gd779 at 1:33 PM on September 11, 2005

Econobrowser
posted by jduckles at 5:10 PM on September 11, 2005

bah, it was already posted above...sorry...econbrowser...not econobrowser as the link above.
posted by jduckles at 5:10 PM on September 11, 2005

johnquiggin.com
posted by pompomtom at 7:02 PM on September 11, 2005

Second Brad Delong. During the election, his Shrillblog was great.
posted by gsteff at 7:33 PM on September 11, 2005

For law and economics: The Becker-Posner Blog. Yes, that Posner.
posted by anathema at 3:58 AM on September 12, 2005

It is not a Blog but rather a Web Site.

gold-eagle.com
posted by Mckoan1 at 6:26 AM on September 12, 2005