Tuesday, April 08, 2008
If any of you are still paying attention to me you may be wondering if I have lost my mind, what with all these arcane economics posts. I'm just a little freaked out about the economy, trying to make sense of what's going on and realizing I don't quite have the tools, so I have been haunting some economics blogs lately. Here's a list of my favorites, but be warned they reflect my leftish bias (no fans of Ron Paul, no calls to abolish the Federal Reserve and go back to the gold standard):
Paul Krugman/NYT (Professor of Economics, Princeton): The Conscience of a Liberal
Mainstream, fairly easy to understand. Loves Clinton, hates Obama.
Brad DeLong (Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley): Grasping Reality With Both Hands
Sometimes academic, sometimes personal. Seems to prefer Obama. Hates John Yoo.
Mark Thoma (Professor of Economics, University of Oregon): Economist's View
Academic but nothing you can't handle.
Nouriel Roubini (Professor of Economics, NYU): Global EconoMonitor
Well-known gloom and doom master. Not for the faint of heart. He forecasts a recession which will last 12 to 18 months. A commenter on another blog said you should take whatever Roubini says and multiply it by .69217. A little economics humor there.
Angry Bear
Naked Capitalism
The Big Picture
Calculated Risk
These are more bloggish. I don't know much about the bloggers, but they have interesting links and commentary. Right now Calculated Risk, which is really more focused on real estate, is my favorite, as much for the comments as for the blog posts.
Have fun!
margaret 4/08/2008 10:10:00 PM
Former President of the Federal Reserve under Carter and Reagan Paul Volcker's Speech to the Economic Club.
Harsh words, good explanation of what's going on.
Crusty old white bankers straight out of depression era central casting.
Towards the end he defends his support of Barack Obama, despite Obama's liberal views. "Paul, I've known you for a long time. I heard a rumor you support Barack Obama. Tell me it's not true."
"Everyone under the age of 30 supports Barack Obama. Everyone over the age of 60 supports Hillary Clinton. Where do you think the future of our country lies?"
margaret 4/08/2008 08:53:00 PM
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