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» Greg Mankiw's Blog:

Greg Mankiw is the author of several textbooks and a professor of economics at Harvard University, where he teaches introductory economics (ec 10) among other courses.

• 2010-09-02 Cash for Clunkers
• 2010-09-02 This year's Freshman Seminar
• 2010-09-02 Da Vinci, Updated
• 2010-09-02 The CEA Chair Says Goodbye
• 2010-08-31 An Enlightening Example

» The Becker-Posner Blog:

A blog by Gary Becker and Richard Posner.

• 2010-08-29 Is the Federal Government Broke? Posner
• 2010-08-29 How Dismal is the Fiscal Future For America and Europe? Becker
• 2010-08-23 Will the Next Generation be Better off Than Their Parents? Generation? Becker
• 2010-08-23 The Decline in American Optimism?Posner
• 2010-08-15 Our Limping Economic Recovery?Posner

» Economist's View:

A blog by Professor Mark Thoma from Department of Economics of University of Oregon.

• 2010-09-03 Measuring the Output Responses to Fiscal Policy
• 2010-09-02 "Companies Already Lobbying Fed on Financial Rules"
• 2010-09-02 "Too Much ?Too Big to Fail??"
• 2010-09-02 A Dream House After All
• 2010-09-02 links for 2010-09-01

» Econbrowser:

Analysis of current economic conditions and policy by 2 professors, James D. Hamilton and Menzie Chinn.

• 2010-09-02 What Kind of Model Is Brian Riedl Using?
• 2010-08-31 Policy tools that could lower interest rates further
• 2010-08-31 What Can Sustain GDP Growth? Open Economy Version
• 2010-08-29 New database on the maturity structure of publicly-held debt
• 2010-08-28 GDP revised down

» Cafe Hayek:

A blog by 2 professors from George Mason University, Russell Roberts and Don Boudreaux.

• 2010-09-02 Why Hoover is considered a do-nothing
• 2010-09-02 If I Were A Shill for Industry?.
• 2010-09-02 Progress
• 2010-09-02 Gladstone Was No Neocon
• 2010-09-02 The sublime and the mundane

» Marginal Revolution:

A very popular economics blog by yet another 2 professors of George Mason University, Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok.

• 2010-09-02 Might we get a cut in the payroll tax? (Department of !)
• 2010-09-02 Comedy recommendations
• 2010-09-02 Assorted links
• 2010-09-02 "Free Markets Foster Competition"
• 2010-09-02 The Small Schools Myth

» Freakonomics:

The companion blog for the book Freakonomics by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner.

• 2010-09-02 Grumpy Old Men?
• 2010-09-02 Quotes Uncovered: Memorable Movie Lines
• 2010-09-02 The Malaria Wars: Sonia Shah Answers Your Malaria Questions
• 2010-09-02 Drunk or Sober? Harder to Tell Than You Think
• 2010-09-01 When the Prediction Fits the Crime

» Aplia Econ Blog:

Aplia's economic news blog is a place to explore current events that relate to your econ classes.

• Cherry Picking: An Economist?s Guide to Used Cars
• 2010-03-26 The Opportunity Costs of Relationships
• 2010-03-09 Pigouvian Tax the Rich?
• 2010-03-04 Larry Murphy: Hall of Famer, Champion, Economist?
• 2010-02-12 Econolympics

» The Big Picture:

Barry Ritholtz, a market strategist and financial advisor talks about markets, economy, federal reserve, housing, energy and digital media.

• 2010-09-02 Crowd Query: Infrastructure Spending ?
• 2010-09-02 Student Loan Debt > Credit Card Debt ?
• 2010-09-02 FCIC ?TOO BIG TO FAIL? Hearings
• 2010-09-02 Interest Rates: 60-Year Cycle
• 2010-09-02 Bond bubble: A Sterile Debate on Semantics

» Angry Bear:

Angry Bear has three primary contributors, Angry Bear, Kash, and PGL. All three have PhDs in Economics with primary training respectively in macroeconomics, microeconomics and finance. A 4th contributor has extensive background in business, economics and finance.

• Politically Feasible Stimulus
• 2010-09-01 Cyclical vs Structural Unemployment part N
• 2010-09-01 Together, credo and trinity ... our purpose
• 2010-09-01 Angry Bear blog at Jackson Hole symposium
• 2010-09-01 Simpson to disabled vets

» Real Time Economics:

Real Time Economics offers exclusive news, analysis and commentary on the economy, Federal Reserve policy and economics. The Wall Street Journal's Greg Ip and Sudeep Reddy are the lead writers, with contributions from other Journal reporters and editors.

• 2010-09-02 Companies Already Lobbying Fed on Financial Rules
• 2010-09-02 Fed?s Rosengren: More ?Holistic? Approach Needed for Foreclosures
• 2010-09-02 August Sales: How Retailers Fared
• 2010-09-02 Fed?s Pianalto: Multiple Solutions Needed for Housing Crisis
• 2010-09-02 Secondary Sources: Climate Change, Home Ownership, Jobs

» EconTalk:

Economics podcasts for daily life.

• 2010-08-30 Daniel Pink on Drive, Motivation, and Incentives
• 2010-08-23 Munger on Private and Public Rent-Seeking (and Chilean Buses)
• 2010-08-16 Kennedy on the Great Depression and the New Deal
• 2010-08-09 Laughlin on the Future of Carbon and Climate
• 2010-08-02 Brady on the State of the Electorate

» Adam Smith Institute Blog:

The blog of Adam Smith Institute based in London.

• 2010-09-02 Thought for the day: Putting a price on inflation
• 2010-09-02 Against a minimum price for alcohol
• 2010-09-02 What is the big society?
• 2010-09-01 Keynes is still dead
• 2010-09-01 Really free schools

» Mises Economics Blog:

Concerning the Austrian Economics and Libertarian Political Theory.

• 2010-09-02 Strange Economic Headlines
• 2010-09-02 The Hoppe Shirt!
• 2010-09-02 Boomtown Exodus
• 2010-09-02 Who was wrong on the housing bubble?
• 2010-09-02 The ?Ground-Zero Mosque? and Grand Staircase Escalante

» VOX:

Research-based policy analysis and commentary from Europe's leading economists.

• 2010-09-03 Measuring the output responses to fiscal policy
• 2010-09-02 Contagious FTAs: New evidence on the domino theory of regionalism
• 2010-09-01 Ambiguity is another reason to mitigate climate change
• 2010-08-31 Do countries ?graduate? from crises? An historical perspective
• 2010-08-31 100 years of US obesity

» Mckinsey Global Institute Publications:

• Clouds, big data, and smart assets: Ten tech-enabled business trends to watch
• Confronting India's urbanization challenge
• Lions on the move: The progress and potential of African economies
• Growth and competitiveness in the United States: The role of its multinational companies
• What's driving Africa's growth