Review two blogs from this list of the 100 best blogs for economics students. Make sure they are from different categories, and don't repeat one that someone else has already done. Yes I realize that this means you will have to check the previous posts to see which ones have already been reviewed. The sooner you do this one the easier it will be. Reviews need to include:
1) Content
2) Appearance
3) Ease of Navigation
4) Apparent bias
Sunday, January 09, 2011
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Wait, we can't repeat the ones from last semester or it only applies to this semester?
7. Economists Do It With Models
This is a blog that uses humor to talk about their new ideas and theories of economics. This blog is written with witty criticism of society and fellow economists. The blog has a fun and modern look to it and has funny pictures and many sexual inuendos, making it more fun to read. It is very easy to navigate and figure out. Everything is labeled well and is very simple. The writers have a very modern day liberal bias.
82. Boom2Bust
This is a blog that warns its readers about the impending financial crash that it believes America will soon face. It gives statistics telling that America has been going downhill and is becoming worse and worse. The site has a very professional and clean look to it and is fairly easy to navigate. I do not like the extremely long page that you have to scroll down to see older content but it overall has a good setup. The blog has a negative bias towards the government and is always critiquing what the government, corporations, and society are doing.
96. Chinas Economic Blog
The blog contained relevant information most of the time (one or two humorous pictures). On the side of the page it had numerous topics and ways to find exactly what your wanted to look for. There was a few article with bias but nothing ridiculous. It is a very plain blog but it does not detract from the overall value it possess.
90. Money & Policy
The New York times page has tones of current information and articles. Their is quite a bit of bias and talks mostly about economic issues related to health. It is very well organized and looks like any other Times page. It is easy to navigate and use
4. The Economic Populist
This blog has a lot of diversity with some logical blogs along with clever, smart-aleck comments. It allows anyone to talk about anything relating to economics. This blog looks really busy and cheap at first glance with the big ad right at the top, but it is really easy to navigate with the different tabs at the top listing popular articles. Biases depend on the writer, and the comments show some very biased opinions as well.
74. Bankruptcy Beat
The whole blog is about businesses and companies that are near or have declared bakruptcy, along with celebrities who are having things revoked. It includes some entertainment and interesting articles to interest almost any reader. This blog looks very modern and professional, headed with The Wall Street Journal. It also is very easy to nagivate and the different topics are big and blue, very easy to pick out. Again, I don't think this one has a very clear bias, it varies.
41. Greg Manikew's blog
Greg Manikew's blog consists of relatively short posts and links, all of which relate to wide ranging economic topics (ie: from Visualizing One Trillion Dollars to a link to an article on natural resources and the limits to growth). It looks like an average blog and navigation is easy between postings. All the information is very forth coming, but simplistic and easily understood. He writes from a seemingly unbiased perspective as he often presents both sides of an issue with fairly equal weight.
91. Planet Money
Planet money is a blog from NPR that posts economic stories from across the globe. Some posts cover stories of curiosity, but most cover stories of wide ranging concern. The blog looks more like a news site and most of the articles must be read on a separate page rather than on the main page of the blog. This somewhat lessens the ease of navigation, but does not detract from the overall appearance of the blog. While the blog itself is fairly unbiased, its podcast has a liberal slant in their discussions of policy.
9. The Big Picture
This blog offers an overall opinion on different aspects of society that effect the economy through the use of various articles. Some of the articles have pictures and or graphs attached to them. The site also has a daily quote of the day relating to the economy. The site is easy to navigate through. There is links to the articles and on the site is subtopics of the site. The bias appears with the opinions of the writers of the various articles. Their opinions on different subjects are shown on the site.
25. Beat the Press
This blog is Dean Baker's opinions about various parts of the new news about the economy. The appearance is somewhat boring. There is just writing, no pictures or other animation. The navigation seems find but there are only limit number of places to go, the articles and other blogs. Dean Baker has the bias of a liberal in American politics.
93. Japan Economy Watch
This blog strictly focuses on Japan's continuing economic crisis and its aging population problem. The blog starts off with comments regarding the Japanese government and its different parties seeking control; the DPJ party has lost its majority seats, leaving Prime Minister Kan's government in trouble. The analysis of Japan's economy in this blog is somewhat exaggerated to emphasize the fact that the third largest economy is not heading towards a positive direction. The national debt is the main problem. There are three diagrams and one table including information regarding Japan's export market with China, its population structure expected to shrink within the next forty years, and a table on the trends in population. This blog is straight to the point and it looks complicated to understand by a first glance but with careful reading and analysis of the diagrams provided the information is easy to decipher. Navigation is not a problem because the blog is all on one page. No bias is made regarding Japan's economy, it is just informative of the state of their economy and its population.
65.Curious Cat
This blog focuses on a variety of topics related to investing and economics. The content varies over top 15 manufacturing countries in 2009(China just about ready to take over U.S's top spot);giving more service than money to charity; the questionable factor of Municiple bonds being safe;choosing the right bank to ensure a security of one's savings, the issue of the USA unemployment rate rising to 9.8%; USA agricultural exports creating some strong locations economically(a low unemployment rate in such areas);the consumer debt being low, but the overall issue comes from the nation debt, the benefit of having a retirement fund to withdraw from, and the steady increase of economy added jobs to help alleviate the high unemployment rate. This blog is well organized in terms of separating the different blog entries of various topics. Navigation is not a problem, but this blog includes too much information for one blog page; it would be better to have all these topics arranged to flow well with one another. Bias is evident since these blog entries are based on opinion.
62. Winter Economic and Market Watch
This blog details news from Wall Street (if you click the link to the Wall Street Examiner) as well as the facts and figures from the market economy. The blog is ok to navigate because there are over 150 pages of blogs listed by dates instead of being categorized by topics, which the user has to search through if looking for any specific topic. Also, I didn’t find the search engine right away, but it’s there, so that may help. The appearance is good. Most of the blogs have a picture or chart to go with the story, so that creates some visual interest. As for the content, Russ admits to being conservative and straight-forward. I found this to be true when I read one of his blogs and discovered that he was biased against the Democrats, but the points he made were simple and to the point.
78. BailoutSleuth
This blog is very informative, although the appearance is somewhat boring. Most of its topics deal with investigative reporting, especially on news that relates to big businesses, politics and any banks that were bailed out by the government. Navigation is easy, with many options to choose from; every page seems to lead to another link and even more information. Overall the blog seems unbiased.
23. Angry Bear
Current economic and political issues, such as the nation’s debt and taxes, are discussed in the blog. It is simple yet appealing to the eye and filled with many facts and graphs. The blog is fairly easy to navigate because of a search box located to the top right and different tabs available to click on. There is a liberal bias throughout the blog.
100. Environmental Economics
This blog focuses primarily on the ecological issues that involve economics. There tend to be some personal pictures and random thoughts, but many different environmental issues are discussed. There is a nice picture of a lake and mountains at the top of the page, setting the environmental scene, followed by well-organized sections. With these different sections and categories you can click on, it makes the overall navigation of the blog much easier. The tabs help you find exactly what you are looking for. The blog tends to have a slight bias against whatever the government says or does.
63. Winter Economic and Market Watch
This blog can best be summarized by it's title, it is literally everything about wine tied to economics. It shows numerous tables corresponding to certain types of wine, their rating, and cost. It is alot of information packed on to the site, yet the navigation is simple and contributes well. The posts vary from people's opinions to in depth statistics. The blog doesn't have a strong biased view as it is based on factual information.
22. Freakonomics
This blog is part of the New York Times and is organized very well. Posts by the 10 writers range from anything the AEA to the best selling jersey in the NFL. The layout is tedious and really is well set up. The navigation is very simplistic and is almost as easy as it gets. The bias mainly depends on the writer and i noted bias against the tea party and even the AEA.
29. Free Exchange
The content of the blog seems more directed towards what college students are interested, even though I didn’t see much information about economics. The appearance did not look at all directed towards economics. The navigation was hard because there was only a small portion dedicated to the blogs and it was hard to find. The bias seemed to be towards want college students would accept or want to hear.
31. footnoted
In the blog, he talks about the legal terms of Williams-Sonoma wanting to buy one of W. Howard Lester’s jets, in which Lester is now deceased and did not give them the plain in his will. The appearance and ease of navigation coincide here, in that with the many red links on the page, the blog looked very confusing and was hard to stay on track. The apparent bias seems to be against large, wealthy companies.
63. American Association of Wine Economists
Content: The blog focuses on researching and gathering data about how the marketing of wines are pursued globally. One study suggested that many people often do not buy wine for its taste, but for its brand and prestige. Consumers often choose the less expensive, unknown wine as more preferred in blind taste tests. The blog also keeps readers updated on the current trends of wine produce in various countries, comparing them to draw conclusions from the trends.
Appearance/Navigation: The blog offers a very simple layout, making it easy to navigate through various links and posts.
Bias: There is a hint of bias towards the business entrepreneurs as the author of the blog keeps stressing how studies show repeatedly how consumers enjoy less expensive wines than more expensive ones; they are just ignorant to the marketing strategies and believe there are not high quality, inexpensive wines.
86. Marginal Revolution
Content: Tyler Cowen complies a list of current events and articles relating to the various business services people are starting globally. For example, Beijing has started a somewhat interesting service offering drivers stuck in traffic jams a substitute driver to take over while the driver himself gets a ride to his destination on a motorcycle. The business is still shady because one would have to trust his or her car to a complete stranger, but it is one of the many ways people are contributing to the economy in a sense.
Appearance/Navigation: The blog has a simple layout full of links on both sides, allowing easy navigation through the site.
Bias: Cowen has typical sarcasm towards absurd things people might do for money, but there is no extreme bias in much of his posts.
46. Grasping Reality with Both Hands.
This blog, created by J. Bradford DeLong, comments on the most recent news stories that could be linked back to economics, such as the future of Facebook and the problems with the Google website. The appearance of the blog is rather simple and straightforward, although focusing on reading the blue colored words is distracting. The page is easy to navigate due to the links that are offered with every posting and DeLong’s list of personal favorite blogs at the very top of his page. The apparent bias of the DeLong is that he speaks from a strictly Democratic viewpoint, offering words of kindness, or at least less harsh judgments to fellow party members (i.e. “Gabby” Giffords shooting and Tom Delay’s Trial).
85. The Big Do-Over
The Big Do-Over Blog is an extremely sarcastic and satiric blog that focuses on the goings-on of large corporations and their owners, particularly Goldman Sachs, in the United States. The appearance of the blog is soothing to the eyes because it is a mere four posts long. There are even pictures in case you get tired, although it is hard to do because the writer is so witty that he makes economics seem interesting. The ease of navigation on this blog is incredible because you only have to scroll through for medium-length, hilarious, rants about politics and the economy. The bias of this writer is clearly that of a liberal.
5. Economic Logic
This Blog opened to a nice little analogy about house prices but after that post the bloggers began to seem mundane with their topics. There were a few times when a blogger's post would jump out at me, maybe because of humor or controversial topics but other than that it was just as intersting as a normal day of school. The layout of the blog is simple enough. The most recent post is at the top of the page, the older post are below it. But, what was intersting is that the blog has every post from 2007 to 2011. I found this intersting because someone could follow the blogs through the years and see the changes in topics over time according to the economy. There was not much bias in the post. A few jabs at the government and big companies but other than that, it was pretty neutral.
72. Capital Gains and Games
This blog is mainly dominated by three guys and has intersting viewpoints on the topics. Since it is predominately males who post on this blog it would be blasphemy to not talk about sports. So of course there is a fun little fact about the Super Bowl in one of the post along with a fun fact about President obama and his affairs. The layout is nothing fancy but it sure gets your attention with dollar bills right at the top when you open the page. The topics are mainly about politics and economics mashed together in a heaping lump of confusion. But the way these guys explain it really helps the average American to understand politics and economics.
28. EconoPundit
Each post of this blog consists of economic news links and a brief commentary of the writer.
The writer uses sarcasm to talk about the news which make them relatively easy to read and understand.The blogs seems cheap and confusing at first because there are commercials and ads that take up the whole page.Since all the links are at the bottom of the page, it takes time to go through all ads before it reaches the links.Other than that, the site is easy to navigate. The writer does not have a news/media bias but his commentary is purposely written in a funny tone to attract more young adults/college students to view his blog.
94.Global Economy Matters
It provides fact-based analysis and commentary about the global economy.Each post features varies graphs and statistics to support his point of view.The blog seems really professional and informative yet boring.The blog has a simple layout with an easy navigation by putting related links about economics on the right side of the blog.Although the blog titled "Global Economy Matters," the writer tends to focus on the Western economy and rarely mentions any Asian countries.
1. Economics Help
This blog contains information covering the basics of economics, and also goes a little more in depth. It includes topics on unemployment, finances, inflation, etc. in the U.S. and other countries as well. The appearance and navigation, are both great. It is very easy to use and find information in. There are various graphs and charts and pictures and web links which help the reader expand their knowledge on the covered topic at a more in depth level in addition to the written information. By doing this, the author limits bias. There seems to be little bias to begin with, this blog is strictly factual. However, even if bias appears, the other sources available to readers give a differing opinion on the topic so that the reader may take all information into account.
24. Real Time Economics
This blog is almost completely all about the federal reserve, or "The Fed," with additional information sprinkled throughout such as information on economic status in different countries. The appearance is a bit dull, and the exact opposite of complex; there are simply headings with the written information posted beneath. However, there are links given on topics in the posts to provide additional information to the reader. The navigation is extremely simple, the reader is given a title for a topic and can then read the information right underneath.This blog is mainly factual, but does seem to have a bias toward the federal reserve and government, mostly agreeing with all decisions made or actions taken.
Café Hayek
The blog is written in a satirical way. The bloggers look at problems and leave their clever opinions open to discussion by their subscribers. The website has a modern flair as well a conventional design. Super easy to navigate through contributors and the post go way back to April 2004.The reader can easily find and read each post. The post has liberal and conservative postings depending on whose posting and which issue is being discussed.
Undercovereconomist
The blog is super confusing. Undercovereconomist talks about a variety of subjects some being of economic value…..others not so much. The blog’s appearance is simple, kind of boring, and bland. The blog itself is easy enough to navigate through the most popular post but beyond that it becomes tricky. The blog is very liberal.
39. 10Q Detective
This is a blog that does not necessarily contain a constant theme. The author addresses several topics having to deal with the economic successes of several different companies. Overall, the website is very easy to get around and organized. Also, each entry contains a picture to capture the attention of the audience reading it. The website has some negative bias towards larger companies across the country.
69. Abnormal Returns
This is a blog that is deeply concerned with the stock market, and the value of dividends between different stocks. The blog has a very simple, but modern looks so it is easy to navigate around. It is written in a very scholarly tone, getting straight to the facts in most articles. The writer has a not very trustworthy bias towards the economy of today, making them unsure that it can change for the better.
Econospeak
This blog talks about guns being allowed only in United States. Other people try to reach their case to the U.S. Supreme Court to change the interpretation of second amendment. The appearance of it is just in a plain white layout. Its navgigation is in a easy to find. the author is bias to the people who are not favored for the interpretation of 2nd amendment.
Economix
Some rich people seems to think that they are not considered as rich. It is becase of the way they tend to see other as richer than them. They envy other people who tend to have more than what they have. Due to that they tend to call themselves as the "upper middle" or the "middle" class. The appearance is just a plain white layout. The navigation of the blg is easy ot find. The author emphasize the way rich people viewed themselves.
92. A fistful of Euros
A blog that deals with a variety of issues and subjects of the economic realm in Europe, notably right now the issues with Greece, Turkey, and Ireland. It has various articles that all come together in one blog spot, but it is arranged in one long page that requires the reader to scroll through everything to find something of interest. The articles are mainly short and appear incomplete with the exception of a couple longer ones. The topics can be interesting,but often they are too short to engage the reader and randomly sprinkled are book and movie reviews that have little to do with the European economic situation. It is an interesting subject, but the blog is not practical and difficult to go through. It appears professionally put together but everything is so jumbled it makes reading and understanding difficult. There isn't too much of a bias although it does lean slightly to the left in some articles, and has one very derogatory article on the "new terrorist" of today- apparently we shouldn't fear them anymore. Overall, an odd blog that could use some touch up.
10.Citizen Economists
Alot of very interesting articles geared towards the "common citizen" of America. Quite a few relevant topics dealing with the concerns of today but also looking forward to the future of America. A few of them are laughable- an Indian man hates America and wants to move back to India because the internet and phone service companies are sub par to those in India- but still interesting. Not only does it have blogs on economic topics, but it also relates to them to items of interest and relevance to today's society. The layout works well- no scrolling through each blog for forever- and the appearance is attractive and increases the ease of navigation. The biases are varied, taking perspectives on each subject that are put forth in blogs by various authors. The only criticism is that the site really isn't for the "common" citizen, but for the "interested" citizen, as many of the topics also tend to move into the complex and require a little bit of time for the reader.
13. SEC Data Guy
This Blog talks about unique extension tags that can't fit into the US- GAAP dictionary. The author tries to show how this tag affects our economy. The tone most of the time is straightforward. But sometimes uses humor to get the author's point of view across. This blog is up to date.
46. Ideas
This blog has a tone of seriousness. This blog explains what really happens in the real world. It helps create a sense of reality to the people. This blog tries to tell the public that success is not always going to be there. The writer uses modern examples to support his theory. For example, he talks about how Graduate students leave schools with debt with hopes to repay them through their job. But they can't find any jobs.
43. Knowledge Problem
This blog contains different information about the ideas of economists, everyday life, the new changes in America and other marketing information. The blog has a good sense of humor in most of the post. It is fairly easy to navigate to and every topic is stated clearly. It has a negative bias towards the government and the market as well.
54. MV=PQ:
This blog also have humor to capture the attention of the readers. The articles within the blogs are on different topics such as Banking, about old articles, modern society information that would get the attention of young readers as well. It is a easy read and has a comic to make things more clear. It is easy to navigate since everything is written clearly and precise. It has a negative bias toward the market and banking.
20. Overcoming Bias.
The author of this blog has a very critical style and primarily focuses on pointing out the inherent bias of everyday economic news and debunking them. The appearance of the blog looks fairly simple (plain white background, some hint of blue, regular font, etc.). It is very easy to navigate with labeled tabs on each page. I couldn't find any inherent bias in this blog. After all, it is a blog about "overcoming bias."
97. Oikos
This blog primarily deals with environmental issues and their tie-ins with economics. There isn't really anything special about the appearance of the blog. On the top of the page, however, it provides a definition of the title of the blog, "Oikos," which is pretty interesting. Navigation is easy, all the tabs are off to the side to click on. The author's viewpoints on some subjects have some apparent liberal bias.
#17 Visualizing Economics
This blog is characterized by its main content; economic graphs and charts of world affairs. The graph reveal the GDP, inflation rates, and other economic trends over the last hundred or so years. The trends allow context for modern day economic positions and policy. The site is easy to navigate with clear labels and its contents seem to be unbiased. The only bias on the site would be the reader’s interpretations of the graphs and trends.
#15 Dollars and Sense Real world Economics
This site is characterized by comments and connections to modern news dealing with economics. The site is obviously commentary with the page set up with photos of books and sights, but the commentary is not just about economics. The main thing one can learn from this page is that the author sells books. It mentions a new book nearly every other line and even has photos of his books. The sight may be nice but it did not possess anything of critical importance. The only bias I could find may be left but it seems the true bias is selling his books, a true economist.
13. SEC Data Guy
This Blog talks about unique extension tags that can't fit into the US- GAAP dictionary. The author tries to show how this tag affects our economy. The tone most of the time is straightforward. But sometimes uses humor to get the author's point of view across. This blog is up to date.
47. Ideas
This blog has a tone of seriousness. This blog explains what really happens in the real world. It helps create a sense of reality to the people. This blog tries to tell the public that success is not always going to be there. The writer uses modern examples to support his theory. For example, he talks about how Graduate students leave schools with debt with hopes to repay them through their job. But they can't find any jobs.
30. Economics Unbound
This blog gives perspective on different countries economies. It gives insight into foreign nations, a refreshing look for those who are convinced that only America is important to the world. The blog does have a rather dull look but is easy to navigate. There is an apparent bias towards European countries.
71. naked capitalism
This blog takes a humorous approach to different financial events that occur around the world. It focuses on worldwide events rather than any one specific nation. Has a very appealing look and is navigated with ease. Also has funny videos and pictures. Apparent bias against government-run banks/ businesses.
81. Financial Armageddon
This blog is about the debt, deficit, and basically much of the negative things about the economy today. This blog is very cynical and seems biased against much of what the government does. The format of the website is not very efficient, it is basically a very long page with daily posts that date back about 3 weeks. The information is helpful but the format makes it a bit hard to navigate.
6. Alpha Sources
This website is very plain and easy on the eyes. The information is easily understood if read while paying attention. The format makes it very easy to navigate by giving it big topics that are easily distinguishable. It has a couple of posts that go back a few days.
Economics Revealed
This blog tries to point out the main problems and tactics used by the the government and businesses on how their actions effect the economy. The blog refers to and offers several other blogs as a means of further exploration about the authors topics. The article does take on a bias in that it attacks business as being selfish and uncompromising in aiding to prevent economic slumps.
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
In this blog, multiple graphs are used to show the deliquency of some states on their loans. It also further goes on to mention how inflation connects to every nation and how such effects cause drastic effects. The layout of this blog is unappealing and a little hard to get passed all the advertisements. The bias presented in undoubtably shown towards the authors disdain in the U.S. debt to China and China's superior status in their economy.
18. Cato Unbound
This blog has a lead essay from a variety of economic topics, such as Hayek and the common law, and allows different economic expert to submit response essays in order to express their opinions on the topic at hand. The essays are primarily short in length, but are very detailed. This blog has a very simple look to it. The lead essay is on the top of the page and is followed by the response essays and the conversation about all of the essays. There is only one topic per page, but you can easily select from a variety of topics from the list on the right of the page. Everything is archived which makes it very easy for one to find what they are looking for. The bias is within the different author's essays. Each of them show a different stand on their opinion towards the topic at hand.
27. Macroblog
This blog provides commentary on different economic topics. Some include financial issues, Southeast regional trends (since this blog is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta), and monetary policy. The blog looks like a typical blog, and there is nothing really special to it. It is very easy for one to navigate this blog, as there are different topics listed in order by date on one page, and to get to the next page one simply has to press "next". The apparent bias is located within each post and seems to strictly be towards the US economy.
2. EconLog
This blog talks about a myriad of topics, including generic economic fundamentals, current events, statistics from all time periods, and even squabbles and conversations between the different writers for the blog. The website itself appears simply enough. Not too much to distract the reader from the meat and bones of the articles and entries, but not bland enough to turn others away. Navigating around the site is very easy. It is very organized and has several different categories to search articles by. Each writer is unique in their opinion on certain issues so that every kind of reader can feel at home.
34. Megan McArdle
This blog is written by one blogger about business-related economics, general finance and government policy. The blog is presented in a typical blog form, scrolling down to read post after post. It isn't easy to find something specific because the only way to search her blogs is by either searching a site-wide search or scrolling until you find a particular entry you fancy. She primarily writes from a libertarian perspective in her writing.
8. Manarin on Money
This blog is primarily channels all of its attention towards personal investment assistance, offering professional asset management and investment advice to small business retirement plans, families, and individuals looking for a common sense approach to risk-managed investing. The majority of the topics deals with the US’s current economic and political issues, but clearly distinguishes and emphasizes economic issues in Nebraska and close surrounding areas. The site is simple and straight forward, yet semi-classy and professional. Other than the bias of the location, the articles themselves are pretty open and factual, occasionally providing light humor and satirical comments.
21. Economists’ Forum
This blog accentuates our nation’s economy as well as the global economy, providing factual statistics as well as constructive criticism from a worldwide standpoint. It offers opinionated articles concerning the intrinsic uncertainty about the future of our economy and the GDP. Frequent updates and current articles keep the readers informed about both social and political issues. The site’s simplistic and somewhat unorganized setup takes away from the content of the information being presented and reduces the attention span of the reader. There is a sense of bias towards the government, but overall most of the articles remain neutral.
97. Oikos
Okios is an blog that's mainly about the effects of the environment on the economy and vice versa. It's pretty plain-looking and gives off a 'content not charm' kind of vibe because the layout is so basic. Witty name, though. The blog is easy to read and doesn't come with a lot of links that you have to go to just to see the blogger's posts. It is obvious that the blogger is pro-environment and is against most decisions that involving hurting the environment in any way.
84. Infectious Greed
Paul Kedrosky's blog has a lot to do with economics, but that's not all that it's about. The blog also touches on important aspects of technology and statistics. It looks cool, but the pages are a little too busy. I like that he's connected his Twitter to the site; it shows that he doesn't just blog based on his own opinions. Each blog post has a a funny title--not die-in-your-seat-laughing funny, but haha funny. It was pretty easy to read, but again, a bit busy for my liking. Kedrosky's bias is towards technology, seen through his posts about CES attendance and the FT Titlt.
51. The Becker-Posner Blog
The Becker-Posner Blog focuses on crisis and economic problems. It explores many different topics including taxing, finance and economic status.The setup of this blog is straightforward and it gets to the point. This blog is easy to navigate and but the posts are organized to where it may be difficult to find a certain topic of interest. It has a liberal bias towards various issues.
73. MarketBeat
This blog deals with both US and World economy. It gives you a inside understanding of what many major corporations are going through. This blog has a professional organized look to it. It has a good balance between text and images. Is is easy to navigate and find things on the web page because of the labeled tabs that categorize major topics. There is an obvious bias in many of these post,but It Depends on the writer. Some of these writers show extreme bias.
12. Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up
This blog contains information about what is going on in Wall Street. It features some articles taken directly from the Wall Stree Journal. Its appearance is pretty plain and not too eye catching. IT is, however, very easy to get around and is organized and well put together. There is nt a specific bias, but the author often tries to prove the Wall Street writers wrong.
83. Baseline Scenario
This blog's content is that of why the US is in debt and what the government does to try to fix it. Its appearance is very boring and no appealing if one is scrollong through. IT is very easy to navigate through and there are links on the side that are very helpful to find what you're looking for as the reader. There is a sense of bias against the democratic government at times, but all in all most of the posts are informative.
99. Ecology and Economics
This is a blog that offers a cross-disciplinary conversation about economics and ecology. The writer of the blog, Dave Iverson, makes the navigation of his blog rather simple and easy. His posts are in chronological order,one right after the other. He does not seem to like the way that the U.S. government handles the economy and treatment of forests.
32. Businomics Blog
This blog is designed to help those people in business make better decisions by offering information on the economy. The appereance of the blog is very proffesional. However, Dr. Bill Conerly makes it very easy to navigate through all of his posts. He does not seem to have an apparent bias. He just offers advice to businesses.
75) Dr. Housing Bubble
This blog talks about the current real estate market, especially about California. It talks about the crises in real estate market where $500,000 condos are now available for $90,000. The blog is plain and simple. It is easy to get around the blog and find the information. There is no bias. On the contrary, it is well balanced.
70) Crossing Wall Street
This blog talks about the current trend in Wall Street. It provides detailed information on the current stock market and a pointer to financial success. The blog doesn’t appeal to the reader’s eye. It’s easy to find information in this blog. It is biased towards the big corporate groups.
Block’s Indicator of Sustainable Growth
Likes and Bias: At first glance you see the sites most recent posting, which discusses various environmental aspects including news on energy uses, current goverment legislation, and any other global environmental invironmental issuse considered pertinent to the growth of various economies. They also had several links seperating the different categories of the blog which made acsessing the information you are looking for very quick and easy. The writers are surely Environmentalists at their core and economists second. Most of the writers show equal amounts of frustration, gratitiude, and optimism towards politicians from both parties.
Dislikes: The information provided is thorough however, it is extremely outdated. It would be nice to see recent information and general updates to the site.
Ecological Economics
Likes and Bias: This site has a plethora of information reguarding Ecology and economics. They have a 3rd person point of view on things and seem to target private industries as opposed to the government systems which allow them to do what they do. I particularly liked the simple design of the site and that there were several links along the right side of the page. After all you can't have too much information can you?
Dislikes: Again with the wealth of information available the caviot is the huge gap in the archives and seems as though the site has not been updated in several months. Which is essential for both blogs since they pretain to the environment and economies which are always changing and fluxuating.
Summary: Overall both sites contain valuable information, but need updating. Both blogs are easy to navigate and have several links reguarding related information. The more opinionated posts are not too biased and generally contain factual information. The RSS feeds would be useful if only they would update their info!
26. EconoMonitor
This blog discusses primarily international political occurrences and makes conjectures of what the economical effects will be. The appearance is intended to draw in the reader to the overall theme of global issues by reoccurring images of continents. Articles are grouped by region of topic, making them easily identifiable to the personal relevance of the reader. Bias differs from author to author, however, it generally maintains an overall theme of emphasis on what is best for the populous of whichever nation is discussed.
33. Dealbreaker
This blog mainly concerns itself with entertaining and entirely intriguing economic gossip ranging form money managers threatening to kill regulatory officials to analysis over not only what certain turns in the stock market are, but why they occur(ed). The appearance is clean, offering brief glimpses to the articles. The blog is easily navigated by use of the tabs across the top of the screen. The site shows no specific bias against anything but prefers to embrace comedic possibilities within the economy.
Mr. Pye,
I submitted my comment on January 13th, and I had chosen Crossing Wall Street (70) and Vox (88). I even saw the post after I submitted it, and out of curiosity today, I looked through all the comments for this blog and I didn't see my comment. I know I wasn't late, so I would like to talk to you about it in class tomorrow. Thank you.
Sorry, I meant the 12th.
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