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. Once we run out of blogs on this list you will have to search for another Economics blog somewhere on the net. 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
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I have chosen Alpha Sources and Angry Bear.
Alpha Sources engages in discussions about new economic ideas and news. Its appearance is rather boring, as there is really nothing to grab my attention. The navigation is pretty easy due to its very clean,professional organization. This blog does contain bias as the author's analysis is accompanied with a lot of value judgements.
Angry Bear offers interesting views over economic news and politics. This blog has a very professional look to it. Similar to the other blog that I reviewed, its organization made the navigation quite easy. This is a rather biased blog due to its admitted political leanings(indicated right next to the title) and its sarcastic commentary.
Samantha Pecson
6th period
I have chosen The Big Picture and Ideas
The Big Picture has a very different type of view point that contains information that presents the importance of our government focuses on Macroeconomics and how the turmoil of the government has been. Th appearance is organized, but has many ads on the sides. The navigation is clear to see because it has tabs and other subarticles. This blog seems to be no bias. It actually focuses more on the changes of our economy.
Ideas is a very interesting blog that mentions different view points on various topics. The appearances is just like a blog, such as Mr. Pye's. The navigation seems fairly simple. The blog does contain bias information, disregarding whatever others thinks.
Jennifer Shen- 1st
I choose Economists Do It With Models and Are you ready to live a Rich Life?.
Economists Do It With Models is discussions about the model economists use to view economic issues. Its appearance is consisted with some graph pictures and a lot of interesting pictures. I think it's a very colorful blog for economics. My eyes are caught by the pictures. The navigation is easy to see. It's very detailed. It has some bias that there are some pictures which are not about economic models.
Are you ready to live a Rich Life? is about the ways to be a rich man. The appearance is really fantastic and very clean. The navigation is good because there are only three ways to choose:EARN MORE MONEY,FIND YOUR DREAM JOB and SAVE MORE MONEY. I didn't find any bias. It focuses on the teach of get money from different ways and keep money with scientific methods.
Calculated Risk
Focusing on the business aspect of economics, Calculated Risk provides information in the form of models data consistently in its posts. The appearance of the blog seems relatively old-fashioned but the page is still organized. With chronological posts, a section for the last ten posts, and an archive for posts from the past, this blog is very easy to navigate through. There doesn't seem to be any bias as the author focuses more on providing facts than opinions.
Curious Cat
This blog provides articles and posts concerning 'investing and economics'. The appearance is plain, but focuses on providing content to the reader with extra information on the side if need be. The blog is easy to navigate as everything aside from the main blog posts can be found on the sides of the page, especially a section separating the blogs by categories.
I have chosen Dealbreaker and Oikos.
Dealbreaker covers the personalities and culture that shape the financial industry, offering original commentary, news and entertainment. The appearance is very orderly and has a gray scale in color. While it is not very flashy, it does come across as official and business like. It is very easy to navigate to any page. With the content on the blog, it is very difficult to determine if there is a bias.
Oikos is a blog that focuses on environmental economics and environmental policy centered around Australia. The appearance is standard and slightly boring. The website is slightly difficult to navigate because the posts are hard to get to without digging through them one by one. The labels do allow you to narrow down the topics of the post. There is no apparent bias.
Nicolas Alba
Period 3
Beat The Press and Environmental Economics
Beat the Press is sort of like the TMZ of economics,but with a much more professional feel. The appearance shows various blog entries as you scroll down in the middle of the page. It's easy to read them because the blogs are easily accessible as you scroll down (you can read the whole blog of about 4-5 paragraphs, then scroll down to read the next). There doesn't seem to be any bias since it is just reporting what is happening.
Environmental Economics looks almost the same as Beat the Press, except the heading of the page is a picture of a waterfall, making it feel as though it is just a group of people who manage the page. The content is anything in economics that has to do with the environment. It's easy to navigate since you can just scroll down the read the next blog. The bias seems to be toward anything protecting the environment such as favoring regulations and such.
Tyler Morris
JEFF MATTHEWS IS NOT MAKING THIS UP
This blog seems to be about popular music surveys. These surveys are admittedly extremely biased. They are from the opinion of an older gentleman. You can dig into earlier posts for some relevant economics samples. It is rather uneasy to navigate, nothing catches interest either.
DOLLARS & SENSE
The general layout of this blog is great, it is straight forward and easy to read. They also have a search bar for specific things. The bias seems to be against large government. They point out what happens to the little people in the economy when the government pushes the big companies back into financial safety. This blog is actually kind of interesting.
Data Points
In this blog, Data Points takes a very scientific view of economics. It is a “free and open exchange on the economy, and other things”. It has tabs on the top of the page that allow you to navigate to different pages and types of documents. It allows you to access Data, Analysis, and even different tools to help you with economics. It seems very easy to navigate, and even has a page tracker near the top. However, Data Points is a sub blog of the website economy.com. Therefore, when you click another page, you actually aren’t in data points, you are in a sub page of “Moody’s Analytics” There does not appear to be any bias.
Overcoming Bias
Overcoming bias is a blog that posts articles on one page. It has sub pages that give information about the site and the author/ editor itself. It has and Archives, just like Data Points. This allows the reader to find anything on the website that has ever been posted. It has a cool picture from the Odyssey on the front of it. It is easy to navigate, however, the articles posted are not organized by topic, which may make the website more user friendly. Just like the websites name, there is little bias. One of the main goals of the website itself is to avoid bias and to show all sides of a topic.
I have chosen Econbrowser and Crossing Wall Street. The content of Econbrowser is about current events related to economic issues. It analyzes a lot of economic policies and such both here and in other countries. I liked the appearance because it was very simple, straightforward, and easy to follow and browse through. A basic background, colored side columns, and a simple organizational list of blogs made it easy to use. The ease of navigation was good but not great. While they did divide the blogs into archives by date and a few topics, I still felt that it could have been made easier for users to search and find blogs they wanted. Again, authors include their opinions a lot, even though they back it with facts. This influences the conclusions made by the reader as well.
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.
Seth Jokinen
4th period
I have chosen Economists' Forum and China Economics blog. Economists' forum is faintly pinkish in color and is organised so that each entry appears like a professional article. Navigation is a simple toolbar with the various sections labeled appropriately. Very simple. Definite bias as proven by their stance against EU Economical policies.
China Economics Blog is very dark red in appearance (homage to communism?), so much so that it burns the unwary capitalist eye upon seeing the website for the first time. This website's navigation is simple but you have to scroll down a bit to get to the other sections and the "posts" look more akin to articles as before. Since this article is focused on China's economics, it is obviously biased towards their needs.
I chose the Undercover Economist and Freakonomics.
The Undercover Economist writes about the economics of everyday life. Its appearance is fairly interesting because he either has catch snip-its of a piece or some of his pieces contain sarcasm, which is very entertaining. The navigation is easy to follow because it is organized well. There is evidence of bias, because the author inserts many opinionated and sarcastic statements.
Freakonomics most recent post discusses how profoundly human behavior is influenced by our inner beings as well as our outer circumstances. The appearance of the BlogSpot is very eye-catching, because it has colorful lettering, pictures and a recording of sources of a certain blog. The navigation s fairly easy because it lists a point and then adds supporting facts. There is not very noticeable bias in this post.
I chose China Economics Blog & A Fistful of Euros
China Economics gives its readers various articles explaining the current economic trends of China, from published papers to news stories. It’s appearance is hideous, with the all red background making the words harder to read and making the already ugly ads even uglier. While not the easiest to pickup and understand, the blog has a simple format for its organization and navigation that could be understood fairly quickly. The author has little bias, as most of what he publishes is from other people, and usually stops before the paper goes from informative to opinionated. He favors the economic opening of China, but doesn’t take opinions on every law or regulation.
A Fistful of Euros concerns itself with the economic issues in Europe, primarily the EU, along with various other countries around the world, like Brazil. The blog is much nicer looking than the China one, featuring a very beautiful image at its head and staying simplistic without being boring. The author provides a toolbar at the top for navigation and makes it very easy to travel through the site. The blog is pro –EU and can be very critical of some opinions as well as be very informative of a wide variety of subjects.
Akshay Thakor
4th period.
I chose The Deal Professor and Aspiring Economics.
The Deal Professor has a good amount of content on its page. the website also adds in pictures for its deals. The look is rather simple and not exciting, but the pictures add a nice splash of color. The cite is very easy to use. The blog does contain bias because its the new york times.. a big cooperation
Aspiring Economics page contains a lot of content. it even has a calender for the people that get on everyday. or that used. The page is really boring to look at because its only white, black, blue, and shades of blue. The navigation is overwhelming at first but its really easy. Since the last update to this page was in 2010, it is hard to tell if there is a bias or not.
Seth used the China blog before I could post, so I chose Japan Economy Watch & A Fistful of Euros
Japan Economy Watch writes about various economic issues facing Japan and their causes of economic strife. It has a very basic look to it, with little evidence of web design or care for appearance. The articles are extremely long and the headings and subheadings are similar in size, making it hard to find an individual post. The author writes from a western view and attacks Japan’s economic problems from western viewpoints.
A Fistful of Euros concerns itself with the economic issues in Europe, primarily the EU, along with various other countries around the world, like Brazil. The blog is much nicer looking than the China one, featuring a very beautiful image at its head and staying simplistic without being boring. The author provides a toolbar at the top for navigation and makes it very easy to travel through the site. The blog is pro –EU and can be very critical of some opinions as well as be very informative of a wide variety of subjects.
I choose Planet Money and Economy Watch (not to be confused with Nick Brauer's Japan Economy Watch)
Planet Money's blogs center around wages, jobs, and the uses of the wages we earn. It seems to be set up like any other blog, not professionally but not anything like an amateur blog. Organization and ease of navigation is top notch except for that rather annoying ad in the top right corner of the screen. Due to the fact that there are multiple blog posters on this site, any potential bias would, or should, cancel itself out.
Economy Watch's blogs are centered around trade, stocks, jobs, and the political aspects of the economy. Considering that the blog is on the Washington post, the appearance is very professional. Due to the professionalization of the blog, navigation is a breeze. From examining several of the blogs on the site there appears to be no bias as the author constantly states facts and gives updates rather then gives opinions. His blogs actually seem like something you would do Mr. Pye.
I chose the blogs Visualizing Economics and Economics Help.
Visualizing Economics:
This blog is about data visualizations about the economy, i don't see any bias information on this blog. It's easy to navigate and the appearance is rather simple.
Economics Help:
This blog is about helping people understand economics and is not bias at all it has the information about micro and macro economics. The appearance is kind of busy but it's fairly easy to navigate through.
The Epicurean Dealmaker is a blog that is varied but has the primary philosophy that is “devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, especially to the enjoyment of good food and comfort”. Content ranges from quotes from Voltaire and poems by Robert Frost to posts about the best movies of 2013 and a critique on the invention of leisure. The appearance is fairly modern and professional and is easy to navigate because the posts are separated into years. This economic blog is biased toward classic art, e.g. those by Peter Brugel.
The 10Q Detective is run by David J Phillips who has been published on multiple reputable sites. The blog is about many things such as gold mining values ranging out to his latest post on erectile dysfunction. The appearance is quite easy to the eyes and goofy, with the use of pastel colors and frequent cartoons. Navigation is also easy to do on this site. The apparent bias is toward financial journals, the blog seems very right wing.
Econlog:
The organization is simple and easy to use, but is ratter bland and colorless. The contents is engaging and is organized by author. There was an apparent, mild liberal bias.
macroblog:
The organization is very convoluted and crammed into tiny margins. There is just too much info in the top and side bars. The topic is an interesting one and mostly unbiased.
I have chosen Naked Capitalism and Bankruptcy Beat
Bankruptcy Beat is a website run by the Wall Street Journal. The website focuses on reporting news pertaining to bankruptcy filings. The website is easy on the eyes in appearance and is also organized by post date in order of newest first. It's a news reporting site and appears unbiased.
Naked Capitalism is a blog that focuses on general economic issues. Global, domestic, etc. The website is cluttered with ads and some scrolling is required to reach the real content so it is easy to lose interest as the information Is not presented front and center. The website is not appealing yet it is not unappealing. Bias on this website appears to be against government involvement in economic affairs.
I chose A Dash of Insight and & Survival and Prosperity.
A Dash of Insight:
The content is relevant to today's economy and for someone who is trying to learn about stocks, it provides the reader with a great insight as to the current situation. However, the appearance of the blog is plain and unappealing. Simply the colors do not invite someone to read the blog. It is quite simple to navigate through since it has all of the previous blogs sorted chronologically on the right side. The blog takes an objective view on stocks and thus, there is no visible bias.
Survival & Prosperity:
The content of the blog seems somewhat irrelevant to economics as a whole merely due to the focus on one event. On the other hand, the color balance and graphics on the blog are quite appealing. The blog is hard to navigate through because the recent posts link is far down the page and invisible at first glance. There is a bias towards the content due to the blogger's personal life. Thus, the blogger holds the Survival Summit of prime importance in terms of economics.
Cortney Corley
I have chosen Footnoted and I Will Teach You To Be Rich.
Footnoted is a bunch of news articles and different documents relating to different economic topics. The appearence contains different fonts and seems easy to follow. However, most of the pages you can access are for subscribers only, so it may get hard to navigate. There is a list of topics that you can click on to make it easier to navigate, however. there is no appareant bias because it just looks like news articles and documents from different sources that the authors thought the public should know about.
I will teach you to be rich looks like a clothing ad at first sight. There is not much to the website. It looks like a how to site with access to "finding a profitable idea" and videos to help. It looks like it would literally teach you how to be rich. There appears to be no bias because it is not someone's opinion, it is links to find what the person browsing wants. It is easy to navigate but there are not a lot of tabs and options. The content consists of free tools.
The Conscience of a Liberal and Cafe Hayek
The Conscience of a Liberal is an economist blog written by Paul Krugman. The blog focuses on the economy around the world including France and Great Britain. Also Krugman writes about global politics. The format is done by the New York Times online layout. The navigation is simple as one just has to scroll down to access older blog posts. There is an apparent liberal bias as the Blog name includes the word liberal.
Cafe Hayek is a blog composed of posts by Russ Roberts and Don Boudreaux. The blog focuses on the state of the global economy and mostly US politics. They feature many quotations and excerpts from famous speeches and political novels. The appearance is simple with a clear, simple font. One can easily navigate the webiste by scrolling down or clicking a side link to access more blogs. There is a liberal bias in that they agree with the views of Paul Krugman. But they also refer to the US government at times to Uncle Sam.
Kristal Pinto
4th period
I have chosen The Vox and The Hearing
The Vox is a blog that discusses about research-based policy and provides commentary from leading economists. It appears to be rather dull with colors mostly being blue and gray and because of this nothing really stands out. The navigation is really simple because there are various tabs on top that helps getting around the blog easier. This blogs doesn't seem to contain any bias.
The hearing is a blog that focuses on the economic policy and the debates that go along with it. The site seems to the very dull because its a basic blog with barley any color added to it. However, the blog is easy to navigate because it has several blogs with their full titles on them and there are no other tabs, its just one page with all the blogs. This blog does tend to seem a little biased because it seems to lean towards one political party more than the other
Sara Ali
4th Period
I chose the blogs Cato Unbound and Real Time Economics.
Cato Unbound is a website that debates about various economics topics. The latest debate posted is about whether or not the current US court system is to blame for Broken judicial Confirmation Process. The site seems unbiased due to the fact that an essay discussing both sides of any issue is presented. The layout out of the site is also very clan and easy to understand though the same can not be said about the navigation system. The only form of navigation is a search bar on the top right corner making browsing the site a bit difficult.
The other blog I chose is Real Time Economics. Real Time Economics was much easier to navigate than Cato Unbound it has various tabs on the top of the page that divide the site and help organization of the website. The layout of the site is vary clean as well, it has a clean black and white layout that reminds me a lot of the Washington Post website. It also is rarely unbiased because it shows the view points of many individuals with varying thoughts and Economic Insight. The website itself though is an off branch of the wall street journal which may cause it to have unsaid leanings like many media entities.
Eby Lukose
4th Period
I have chose Economic Logic for my first blog.
The content of this blog focuses primarily on how economics applies to real world situations and focuses on the inherent economic logic that should/should not be taken. This blog is rather boring to look at, but is rather straightforward with its presentation of information. Its simple appearance does not detract from its content to a great extent. This blog is somewhat easy to navigate through, since past posts are easily available on a sidebar. Additionally, the topic correlation list on the side improves ease of navigation. This blog seems to be rather informal, so there appears to be a somewhat liberal political bias.
My second blog is MV=PQ: A Resource for Economic Educators.
The content of this blog focuses on different economic situations, including those in the past, and their implications. It discusses economic and finical literacy issues. The blog's appearance is somewhat simple, but it is enhanced by creative hyperlinks. It is easy to navigate through due to the listing of past posts and the labels list on the side of the blog. This blog is from a teacher's point of view and does not have a very apparent bias, but it may have a slightly liberal bias.
Katie Snyder period 3
I chose Dr. Housing Bubble and American Association of Wine Economist
Dr. Housing Bubble is a rather easy site to navigate with lots of valuable content. Though it looks very disorganized, the blog contains lots of factual information and does not appear to have a a political bias, except that the author seems to stick up for the little guy.
The American Association of Wine Economists is a very aesthetically pleasing site. With easy navigation and lots of ways to access the group, it is easy to get involved. The Bloggers are based in Walla Walla, Washington and in New York City, New York and appears to be a moderately conservative group. The information in the blog seems fairly solid, taking needs and making it easy for all to understand and be apart of the nations economy.
Brookley Torres
4th Period
I chose Bronte Capital and the Health Economics Blog
Bronte Capital: The Bronte Capital focuses on investment ideas from the view of learning what is wrong. The appearance is somewhat of a boring layout but is orderly and includes modern picture which is nice. The ease of navigation is simple because it is just scrolling through the posts. Their seems to be no current bias that I can tell by looking at these posts.
Health Economics Blog: The content focuses on the trends,opinions, and politics, in the biotech and pharmacy industry. The appearance is somewhat also boring and lacks color but is somewhat orderly. The navigation is also the same and orderly because it is simply scrolling. The bias would be seen as people working in the health industry instead of looking at certain views as an overall picture.
John Gann
4th Period
I have chosen Freakonomics and Real Time Economics...
Freakonomics content is associated with the underpinnings of our society. This in depth look at the philosophy and psychology of peoples that contribute and run our economy shows the true meaning of economics. The look and appearance is very fun. It sounds crazy for a econ blog but it just has a fun stick figure feel, which is very appealing. The navigation of Freakanomics is simple and easy. There is no apparent bias on Freakanomics.
Real Time Economics has content which is mostly new related. The appearance is like a news paper. The navigation is a bit cumbersome compared to Freakanomics but by no means difficult. The bias is towards the Conservative side, since it is Sponsered by the Wall Street Journal
Ashley Stephen
Period 4
I have chosen Manarin on Money and Economics Unbound
Manarin on Money: The article overall is about the changes in the economy due to how much money id being put in and taken out. The appearance of the article seems to have a lot of graphs and pictures to depict what each story is about. It shows a lot of statistical evidence to prove their outcomes. The navigation of the article is fairly easy to due to its bold letters and big pictures/graphs. This article does not seem to have a lot of bias due to the fact that it is all statistics and numbers to prove something.
Economics Unbound: The content of this website is to show all of the latest updates regarding economics. The appearance is very colorful and it catches one’s attention when scrolling through. The navigation is very easy because everything is organized under specific tabs and folders. There seems to be a little bias within the website due to the different stories that are posted on it.
The conscience of a liberal The content of this this blog actually explores varieties of topics ranging from actually running of the economies to didisccusing how most recent movies tie into into our economy today. This site appears to be very well put together with a cascade of ofdiscussions that can suit anyone. With few ads fewon the side, the site keeps its focus on the discussions. Nevigating through this site is extremely easy and straightforward. ofcourse the site also shows liberal bias, if the name hasnt given it away away yet. 10Q Detective The content of this blog seems to focus on alot of matters that have to deal with our health care and many dangerous side effects of American medicine and the copmanies that produce them. The appappearance of this site is isclean cut, with many topics given on the side while many other links are right next to them. Also it is very easy to navigate through this site and get to desired content. The bias is towards the conservative side due to the emphasis on personal responcibility of citizens
I have chosen Bailout sleuth and Boom2Bust.
Boom2Bust offers a wide range of economic news from contaminated water supply to online games such as "DayZ". Although the website is easily navigable with basic tabs, the website provides difficulties to the user when scrolling through long pages. The website is extremely plain, and is not user friendly. The news is heavily biased towards the state of Virginia and west Virginia.
Bailout Sleuth provides content over government policies that influence the economy. The website is extremely plain, and the titles and subheadings being in lowercase shows lack of professionalism. The website is easily navigable with its many tabs, although it is still tedious for the user to scroll through history. The author seems to be biased against the govt as most articles are cons of the US govt.
Saira Sultan
3rd period
I have chosen The Economic Populist and Econospeak
The economic populist is easy to navigate and speaks mainly on the downfalls in the economy. The blog disapproves of recent economic decisions. As far as appearance it is simple.
For econospeak the setup is somewhat inconvenient however it is easy to understand and use. There does not appear to be any bias but the blog simply covers current stories. This blog is quit bland.
Businomics
The first blog I chose was businomics. The content seems to very valid, and there does seem to be some bias towards the more philosophical/normative reasons for economics policies. The appearance is standard and to the point, but there is problems navigating as well as seeing older blog posts.
The Everyday Economist
The second blog I critiqued was The Everyday Economist. The content is much to my liking in that it provides empirical facts, and it seems to be very unbiased in terms of its viewpoints especially on politics. The appearance is simple without much clutter. It is also possible to navigate easily in that it is easy to see older posts, but at the same time is not as easy to see things very far back.
I have chosen Marketbeat and Seeking Alphas.
Marketbeat is a website with many different people able to post different articles about the market and different economic events. There are a lot different articles and different point of views on this website. the organization of the articles represented by the newest order resemble a good atmosphere.
Seeking Alphas is also a very good website where you are able to see new articles. There are many different tabs which help to organize the platform of the website. there is a section to view the most viewed articles and breaking news. The website is easy to use and organized to ease the user.
Period 4
I did: Ecological Economics and Knowledge Problem
Ecological Economics discusses market issues associated with environmental and natural concerns, such as efficient and nature friendly cars and carbon taxes. The appearance is simple, but the recent topics are titled in bold, and the sub topics to the right. The blog is easy to navigate through since the layout makes it easy to find out what is desired from the blog. This blog is severely biased in only focusing on environmental issues.
Knowledge Problem
Knowledge Problem contains many issues focusing on technological advances and their impact on the economy. The layout is simple, but is easy to navigate through since the topics are in bold font, and the topics are separated into various categories. This blog shows a strong bias in focusing on the impact of technology to the economy, instead of other subjects.
Ife Bada
1st period
I chose Businomics and Capital gains and games.
Businomics blogs speaks of economics and its role in business.
His latest post speaks of the two of the main economic goals: economic freedom and equitable distribution of income as Bill Conerly writes on whether Economists should talk about redistribution. In his blog, he refers to Rebecca Blank's statement of the need for redistribution policies. Rather than state his own bias as to whether redistribution is necessary,Conerly generalizes
policy by stating that the foundation of any policy is philosophical that is it lies in the values of individuals rather than economical.Although the blog
content was comprehensible, Cornerly's blog was rather bland with only one picture to entertain me with. His blog's navigation
was acceptable, I appreciated his use of archives rather than a continuous
stream of his blog posts.
Capital gains and games is a blog by Stan Collender that attempts to logically explain political and economic aspects of daily activities of "Washington and Wall Street" and its effect on society.His latest post deals with the "federal budget hypocrisy
early in 2014." Amongst these hypocrisies was the idea that "its not excessive spending if a Republican wants it." This may be to deflect the blame from GOP if another government shutdown was to occur. Collender's sarcasm and conversational tone makes
this blog desirable. It's appearance is professional but again dull, yet it is easy to navigate to earlier posts and to articles pertaining to the topics.
There seems to be a little bias against Washington and Wall Street in regards to the hot topics like federal budget.
Grant Patterson
I have chosen Economics Roundtable and SEC Data Guy
The SEC Data Guy, talks about SEC data in the stock market. The websites appearance is rather bland and not eye grabbing at all. The navigation is extremely easy seeing as the website only has 4 tabs that can be chosen from. This website does contain much bias from the author, because he considers himself an expert in his subject area.
Economics Roundtable talks about everything that has to do with economics. For example they have main ideas from calculated risk to Adam Smith. The layout of the website is rather nice, at least nice enough to keep one interested. Navigation can be a little hectic because of the hundreds of tabs that the website contains, yet easier to find a specific subject. This website is not biased, because it is clear that many people have put into this website
Ife Bada
1st period
Megan McArdle's blog covers a variety of topics regarding business and economics and their role in society.One of her article topics regards the economic effects of autism another topic speaks on former presidential candidate Romney and his desire for "fewer cops...fewer teachers." Her blog is professional looking and is easy to navigate.As for bias, McArdle's blog cover a range of issues that could be considered liberal.
Jessica Dove
3rd Period
Welkers Wikinomics & Aplia Econ Blog
Welkers Wikinomics gives the reader a lesson in international trade. Planet Money makes a t-shirt and tracks its production throughout the world. It shows the different rate or production and efficiency of labor and technology. Although the blog does not have much color it is very easy to navigate and is very well organized. The blog does not seem to be biased.
Aplia Econ Blog is a look into behavioral economics. Every year people make new years resolutions and do not always follow through with them. This could be due to the reward of sticking to the resolution not being as great as one could have expected or the price of maintaining the resolution to be more than expected. The blog is very easy to navigate, appealing to the eye, and well organized. The blog is not biased.
I have chosen Greg Mankiw's and
Economist's view.
Greg Mankiw's content seems to be fairly accurate and has some impressive points on a variety of issues in today's society. Out of the numerous blogs I read from him, the most interesting was the one about minimum wage as an antipoverty tool. His appearance seems to be pretty well known as many have commented and criticized his blogs. the navigation is reasonably easy due to the subtitles and headings. There is not much bias as this Harvard professor uses a frequent number of statistics.
Economist's view blog is an organization which has many different blogs. I read one on teen employment. It shows a graph from 1954 to 2012 on teen employment and minimum wage. The trends seem to shock many people and many people also comment with a variety of opinions. The appearance of the site is very basic and easy to use due to the subtitles and headings. There is no bias in this blog as statistics are shown.
I chose Marginal Revolution and The Becker-Posner Blog
Marginal Revolution is kept up-to-date, with at least four posts today alone. It links to other economics blogs, such as Will Wilkinson’s. It is fairly accessible, with links to recent posts and a search bar. The color scheme is green and white, and the posts tend to include pictures or graphs. The content spans the whole range of economics, from minimum wage issues to traffic patterns to bitcoin, although it tends to be commentary on what other economists are doing and saying. There is a subtle liberal bias.
The Becker-Posner Blog has a gray and white color scheme. It is relatively easy to navigate, with a search bar and links to recent posts. The content is mostly about economic policy, both domestic and international. Becker and Posner each write an article about the same topic, so the reader can decide who to agree with. Becker tends to be more conservative, while Posner tends to be liberal.
Period 1
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
In this blog, Mike, also known as "Mish", discusses Abenomics and how it has gone from a productive way of economic growth to a less efficient way of growth. He talks about how many people are on board with Abenomics, but have now come to say otherwise. Mish also talks about global trade and how it is the consequence of economic growth. We are going through a "stimulus fatigue," and essentially, the only way for a country to stimulate its economy again would be through devaluation and increasing competition through structural reforms. The appearance of this blog is not bad, as the content is easy to read and divided appropriately, but the ads make the page too distracting; there is too much going on with it. This blog was also the first one that opened for me; the other blogs took forever to load. I don't think Mish has much bias because he acknowledges a disagreement he has with Xie, an Economist who Mish is basing his blog reply off of. By acknowledging his counterargument, I do not think he has serious bias.
Financial Armageddon
Michael Pazner, the blogger, talks about crisis analysis from his non-risk manager point of view. He first mentions the Great Depression and provides reasons for why people were caught off guard by the crisis. He lists things such as hubris and ill-founded and unquestioned assumptions. People assumed that the Federal Reserve would get things back on track and that Wall Street would be able to control everything that was going on. Many insiders placed great confidence (hubris) on the markets and trusted that they would guide them towards success, but that was not the case. Thus, disaster struck. Risk management did not do anything to prevent this crisis because strategy was flawed and, and models were not able to predict human actions. The over-reliance of technology and systems also contributed to this downfall. The appearance of this blog was appealing to me because it was simply and neatly laid out. There were hyperlinks to different blog posts, which made it easier to navigate and read the posts. There may have been some bias in his statements, but probably not much, since he claims to be educated in psychology and history.
John Moore
EconoPundit/Flybottle
Econopundit
The content of EconoPundit is resourceful and contains great knowledge about the economics of the world. The appearance is a little feminine and does not really have any eye catching material. It is relatively easy to navigate. The blog seems to have a bias against the US.
FlyBottle
Fly Bottle contains informative information on the economy and how to preserve it. It looks good. It appears to be easy to navigate allowing older generations to utilize it. The blog seems to revere the united states.
4th Period
I have chosen The Atlantic Business and Global Economics Watch.
The Atlantic Business seems to be very up to date on all its topics ranging from what Mr. Pye said today in class about ‘The World's 85 Richest People Are as Wealthy as the Poorest 3 Billion’ to the discussion between males and females food differences. The site does not seem to be boring, but appealing from the multiple articles popping out with the latest/breaking stories to the small and but quiet interesting articles on the side of the latest articles. Though, with its multiple articles, the web page seems to look like a mural and switches up articles within minutes of one being updated so one could easily become lost. This site doesn’t seem to contain any bias. Just brings the main news and nicely brings forth the details.
The Global Economics Watch blog seems to be quiet due to the fact that the website doesn’t post that many articles and prolongs a period of time to update another article. The blog look quite boring with the dull appearance, one thing I do like about the site is with the fact that I have to scroll down to obtain articles from the previous days which is helpful if I hadn’t returned to the site in a while to read some articles. The navigation in this is quite helpful, having tags seems like something everyone could easily find what their looking for without any problem. There are articles back in January 2009 in which I could easily obtain a depth of what the author criticizes.
1st
I have chosen Robert Reich and Winter Economic and Market Watch.
Robert Reich:
Known as an author, professor, and secretary of labor during Clintons office, Reich was named one of Time's Magazines ten most effective secretaries in the cabinet. His blog contains many videos discussing over the economy and what he believes is right and wrong as well as advertises many of the books/magazines he published and short clips of interviews he partook in. The blog is simple and has just about everything you can search for all in just the homepage, and pretty cool that a man like him has social media such as tumblr and twitter. Based on watching some videos and reading the summaries, he believes that immigration is not harming the economy; also, helping families with low income and raising the minimum wage is also another belief he has because it is not only right to do, but the action is also good for the economy.
Winter Economic and Market Watch:
This blog is not affiliated to anything Winter-related, but is held by a man named Russ Winter. Winter is an investor who writes whenever inspired to discuss about game theories, strategies, and how to take action, including economic trends and indicators. This mans blog is quite dull and none of his articles really catch my attention when reading them. The only object that caught my eye was when I saw Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons" beside a recent post, but even so reading that was plain. Like the previous blog, this one was simple to navigate through because all Winters' posts were on the home page, with the links needed when searching for something such as a biography, or help, at the top in boxes. Glimpsing through most of the posts, I noticed one word throughout a lot that stood out: GOLD. Judging by that, he appears to be infatuated with the market and how gold is being invested. Not only just gold though, but other nonrenewable resources as well such as silver, coal, etc.
Alexander Pappan
4th Period
I chose Economix and Money & Policy.
Economix contains several posts, each pertaining to a different subject. The site's appearance is normal and plain. Navigation through the site is VERY easy because all that is required is to scroll through the site to find new topics. Biased opinions are basically on every post and really can't be avoided.
Money & Policy presented the same format as Economix in the sense that it listed topics for you to click on and navigation was easy. However, the site looked a little more intriguing. The posts also stated more of both sides of the argument rather than just one.
I chose Eclecton and
Economics Do It With Models
Eclecton is not bias but is full of opinions. The appearence is very boring and has no personal interest.
Economists Do It With Models is bias because it talkes about one topic then starts a whole new subject that has nothing to do with the previous one. The appearence is very detailed and full of information.
Gabriel Camera
4th period
I chose Grasping Reality with Both Hands and Adam Smith's Lost Legacy.
Grasping Reality with Both Hands: This topic focuses on the 1% of the population that is smart enough to be patient and do a great job owning crucial stocks. This one percent of the population are a group of genius economists. This website is very organized and very easy to use for the college class. The students post what they believe is working for the 1% mentioned earlier.
Adam Smith's Lost Legacy: This is a website owned by Godaddy that organizes many topics, but the one used talks and studies Adam Smith's economy views and opinions.
Allen Jose
1st period
TRUTH OF THE MARKET
They teach and write in the business law area, broadly defined, and including especially antitrust, industrial organization and corporate law/corporate governance. It is very organized and fairly simple to navigate. This blog seems to have no bias.
CARPE DIEM
This is Professor Mark J. Perry’s blog for economics and finance. It has lots of graphs with great information but it is a bit unorganized and hard to find necessary data. here is no apparent bias since it is just reporting what is currently happening.
Saimol Edaparampil
4th Period
I have chosen Brad DeLong and Zero Hedge.
Brad DeLong's economic blog seems to present information about different economic trends in the government and different locations nowadays. The webpage looks nice and is easy to navigate as there are different sections with different blogs about different issues. The person who has created this blog, assuming it is Brad DeLong, does not have an bias as far as I can see. He puts in a lot of information affecting or can have an affect on our economy.
The Zero Hedge blog focuses on economic aspects such as GDP and growth rate. The details seem to be a bit more specific and focused in this blog compared to Brad DeLong's blog. In addition, the blog was easy to navigate as there were links on the side of the page for users to click according to what they wanted to read. The appearance of the blog was good and organized. Similar to Brad DeLong's blog, Zero Hedge does not seem to have bias against anything as the blog seems to provide much information of the economy today.
Aman Gupte
Period 1
Blogs: Argmax and The Cody Word (blogs not on the list)
Argmax, as noted under the blog name on the site, is about “Economics, Philanthropy, and Stuff”. The blog contains discussions about economic policies, is very plain and simple in appearance, and with only two main tabs and a search bar, not very difficult to navigate at all. The blog has no apparent biases present, but with a little reading, it can be said that the authors approach the topics from a bit left side of views.
The Cody Word is a very frequently updated blog mostly containing stock market news and advice. Since it is a Marketwatch.com blog, the layout and appearance are the same as all of the site, as well as the navigation, which can from be a bit confusing. There seems to be no apparent bias on The Cody Word.
I have chosen Mises Economic Blog and Mike Norman Economics
The Mises Economic Blog because of its substantial content, easy to use interface, and its features. Included are video and audio references which I found extremely informative, out of the box, and current in our daily lives.
Mike Norman Economics is a excellent blog due to its forum looking layout. I found it user friendly. Its blogs are like conversations on a online message board. Its main draw is its very short, concise posts that are profound and raise awareness.
http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/
http://bastiat.mises.org/
I chose a pages that were not on the list provided. I chose Naked Capitalism and Falkenblog.
Naked Capitalism has article-like blogs that provide key information about modern finance, economics, politics and power. The site is fairly plain, with only lists of the new posts, and really no pictures or anything particularly eye-catching for that matter. It is well laid out, and therefore easy to navigate around. It is a biased blog that does not tend to hold back on their opinions, but rather lays it out full-force.
Falkenburg is a site that offers a witty view on new economic news. This site is a bit more interesting because it has a neater layout as well as pictures and graphs along with a lot of the posts. The site is also fairly easy to navigate because it is set up so neatly with easy access to all previously written blogs. This blog is biased because it has a hint of sarcasm. However, it does provide a lot of factual information.
How much income inequality is explained by varying parental resources?
This blog questions rather income inequality is really explained by one's parents income and resources or not. This blog seems to be pretty organize and has a type of modern style to it. The blog is very bias in the fact the it only focus on one group and doesn't look at the big picture.
Steve Rattner’s Manufacturing Muddle
This talks about the state of US manufacturing and points out low incomes of employees. The blog is very clean of its ideas and easy to navigate. The blog does not seem to be bias. It talks more facts and gives there opinion.
Here are the links to my blogs:
1) http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com
2) http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/steve-rattners-manufacturing-muddle/
Harrison You
4th Period
I have chosen National Institute of Economic and Social Research and the CEPR Blog
National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)is a blog that contains articles and opinions from a variety of writers. The format of the site is very simple, just a continuous stream of articles. Navigation is very nice due to the simplicity of the site. There is definitely ongoing bias. It takes the opinions of certain posters.
CEPR contains discussions that primarily focus on economic policies and news. The appearance is bland and nothing jumps out. Navigation is simple as well: tabs on the sides and posts in the center. There is an apparent bias, lots of stuff that is pro-democrat.
harrison you
http://www.cepr.net/cepr-blog/
http://niesr.ac.uk/blog
I have chosen Ed Dolan's Econ Blog and Real Economics
Ed Dolan's Econ Blog focuses on the amount of money that the people are holding which includes their employment and ways of receiving money or income. The lay out of the blog is very basic, no unique colors. Navigation was very easy, all the posts are before us and excerpts are easy to understand. I found bias against people who are not employed.
dolanecon.blogspot.com/
Real economics engages subjects on all kinds of things that effect the economy. The most recent post focused on the microeconomics of the economy. The appearance seem basic and bland. Navigation is simple as well, there was no confusion anywhere. There seem to no bias, the author is more interested in educating then disregarding.
http://real-economics.blogspot.com/
The Pin Factory Blog
http://www.adamsmith.org/blog
The Pin Factory Blog is a blog run by the Adam Smith Institute that describes various issues and events from a variety of subjects ranging from education all the way to subjects such as the environment and energy. It offers commentary from a free market point of view, criticizing and offering suggestions to improve what is going on in big corporations and the government in order to help the people under them.The layout of the website is very user friendly, simple, and attractive, utilizing tabs at the top of the page to help the user find more information about the website and its authors. It also has home page headlines to display the most recent blog posts. The user can easily navigate the website as the blog posts are sorted by relevancy, title, type, author, issue addressed, and date on the side bar of the page. This blog has a biased view as a libertarian blog that promotes free market ideas.
Stone Garden Economics
http://stonegardeneconomics.com/blog/
This website is run by Mr. Brauer who is a professor at the Hull College of Business in a university in Georgia. It offers data and various viewpoints into topics ranging from ecology to psychology in the field of economics. It offers data and arguments from various sides of the playing field, such as morality and selfishness in economic gain. Stone Garden Economics has sorted its blog posts by both date posted and subject at the top of the webpage, allowing the user to find material he or she is searching for easily. As the homepage offers the user to scroll through snippets of the blog posts so that they can decide whether they would like to read any particular post without having to open a new window to read t. The blog posts themselves are not very eye-catching, but they are simple and get the message across. As for bias, the author actually tries to counter bias as he offers insight on subjects such as “the effects of war” through perspectives not usually analyzed, such as the “neighboring” countries of war afflicted nations.
Caleb Bledsoe - 3rd period
The blogs I have chosen are Growthology & The Grumpy Economist:
Growthology primarily deals with the reality of issues within corporations and it beckons for ways to resolve them. The appearance of the blog is definitely for those who enjoy visual representaions such as graphs and charts. The blog is very simple to navigate through, it's pretty straightfoward. Growthology isn't biased, it's primary goal is to devise new ways uplift the economy.
The Grumpy Economist is a blog dealing with views from the public on economic issues they feel should be focused on more heavily. The Grumpy Economist appeals the those who enjoy forms of visual representation such as graphs, videos, and photgraphs. The Grumpy Economikst is very easy to naviagate through. The blog is biased due to its politcal point of view and it's abundant amount of sarcastic commentary.
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