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
Once the best ones are taken click here for secondary list
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Milen Thomas Period 6
Interfludity: The content is thorough in this blog. The author provides the details of what he is speaking about and then makes comparisons and also gives his own opinion. The appearance of the blog is pretty simple with a repeating picture of a sunset in the ocean as the background ,a white text box with black letters, an archive bar on the left, and the word Interfludity in cursive on the top. It is easy to navigate because of the archive bar on the right and you can pull up blogs from any month since the creation of the blog. The author does not seem to be biased much but he does say that he is extremely fond of Kevin Drum so there is small possibility of bias on some topics
Freakonomics: The content of this blog is structured in a way that there are questions that are asked and then the answers are given with in-depth details to back up the answer. The appearance has a white orange and light green theme. It has a menu at the top to access other areas of the blog and then as you scroll down there are radio posts. This website is extremely easy to navigate with plenty of menu options to take you where you want to go on the website. There seems to be no bias in this blog.
My first Blog was Economist View (#2 on the list).
It's content contained stuff about the economy, of course, but just scattered different topics. The first topic on there was about the Brexit and how it will have backlash towards the world economy because globalization helps our economy and the Brexit can cause a, quote "anti-globalisation backlash" there was also stuff about Donald Trump. It appeared not eye friendly at first, and i was lost for a good 5 minutes but once i figured out its format it was pretty normally set up. nothing flashy. I attempted to navigate through the blog, but its only form is to either search for a specific topic or click any new links or recent posts or simply just scroll. To say it had a bias would be kinda wrong... the only "bias" really is that they hate anything that hurts the economy and they seemed to dislike trumps comments about the economy...
My second blog was the Big Picture (#11 on the list).
The first post i read was about this guy reading out his list for Top 12 helpful books for investors. I read the list, never really heard of the books but read the list full. There was also a youtube trailer for some show i watched the trailer. Would i watch it? no. Was it about the economy? no. There were also some post about the stock market and some predictions about the S&P next move. It looks really cool it has a fancy green background for the headlines so you know when i new blog is there as well as a really cool logo header? logo header or not it was a good eye candy for the blog. Might just move them to #10 if they keep working hard! It was super easy to navigate... just scroll down for later blogs, The first blog being the one on top.I couldn't catch any bias because most of the post were either about the stock market or a list for top 10 books! Maybe the list could be bias... but other than that i couldn't catch anything.
Both blogs Neighborhood Effects and Stan Collender's Capital Gains and Games seem very trustworthy on their content. While both blogs are obviously informing readers about economics, Neighborhood Effects writes in a form of a news article and SCCG&G seems to be writing in a way that draws readers in if they were some type of entertainment blog.
The appearance of both of these blogs is what drew me in. The way they were both set up were very professional and if I were to based of the information of the blogs based off the page design, I would give these blog my full trust that their information is correct.
Neighborhood Effects and Stan Collender's Capital Gains and Games are fairly simple to navigate through. As a first time visitor on both sites, I found it very easy to find my way around.
Noticeable bias on Neighborhood Effects is that the author seems to be targeting the federal government frequently and SCCG&G seem to be subtly defending government flaws. Both blogs prevents readers from forming their own opinions on the information they are given.
The Economic Collapse:
World War 3?
Content: This blog discusses what is going on in the Middle East, especially in the countries of Turkey, Syria, and Russia. It fills us in on how the Turkish tanks have begun to roll across the border into Syria, thus causing the leaders to come back with words regarding violence. It explains to us how NATO would be affected by these issues occurring. This blog also shares with us the issues at hand and ow if there is one false move it could cause for world war 3 to break in the Middle East, yet by certain things occurring it could cause for the countries who are apart of NATO to be involved in such predicament. All of these things could have a potential impact on the global economy.
Appearance: The author is very forth right in explaining the issues truly occurring within the Middle East verses what the media is willing to share.
Ease of Navigation: The article was very well written and flowed well. It provided us with a different opinion and view point which we would not normally hear.
Apparent Bias: The author was biased towards the fact that the US is more focused on what Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump are doing, that we do not gain enough information about what is truly going on in the word around us.
The Earth's Curst Will Be Shaken...
Content: This blog discusses 100,000 earthquakes which will occur in 2016 that will be stronger than 3.0. The author sites the issues in both Italy and Myanmar.
Appearance: The author provides a good study on this topic and he also uses statistical analysis to prove his points.
Ease of Navigation: The blog was well written with cited references to back up his ideas.
Apparent Bias: The author was biased to the fact that most Americans do not care about the events that are happening around the world.
Sabrina Tortolero Period 6
1)The Incidental Economist: The content of this blog is mostly about healthcare. Posts about emergency room treatment and Obama Care were what caught my eye the most. The appearance is a bit boring and Wikipedia-like but it offers quick links to the full posts. There is also a bunch of links on the left of the screen that can take you to many different areas of the website including information about who runs the site.The navigation is pretty simple everything is laid out in basic format and was a blue to look through the site with over all ease. Like any website it takes getting used to, but over all it was simple. I thought the posts from the author were overall factual and unbiased, but they do revolve mostly around Healthcare.
2)Uneasy Money : This blog's content was, as the title might hint, about money.I really enjoyed this particular style of writing, which i found bit witty. However i found a lot of the posts to have something to do with politics. , There was even one about Trump. The appearance of the blog i personally found basic but it has a fun back ground of (I'm gonna guess its an economist) a man, Repeating itself infinitely through the page. It was really easy to navigate because there are quick links by most recent but also i can find something that the author posted in months passed.Over all I felt it wasn't particularly bias towards anything or anyone.
Aneeka Khan from 4th period
Cheap Talk: There's much content and analysis of current issues and how it affects the economy, the first one I saw was an article about how Donald Trump is unfit to be president. Many of the articles are related to this Republican nominee. The blog has some sort of a museum or church architect at the top of the page and at first it was confusing how to navigate the page. I'm still a bit confused how it's all arranged, are they arranged in a way that the best articles are at the top or the newest? There is some sort of bias concerning Donald Trump, but it's evident that many people are that way these days.
Crossing Wallstreet: The blog has basic stock information and there are many graphs about spikes in stock. It has market reviews, what to invest in, and trading news etc. The appearance of the blog is blue with a picture of a man holding a briefcase and it also advertises itself as a blog for personal financial success. It's kind of confusing to follow along as the articles are kind of all over. There is no evident bias as far as I can tell.
Wara Maknojia Period 4
Economics for Teachers blog #3
This blog contained information about a teacher and how she struggled a little with teachers when she was young because they didn't know how to pronounce her name. After two years she became a teacher and then she realized how much she was struggling as well. She would tell the students before calling roll that she apologizes if she mispronounces someones name. She didn't know what to do until she went to a teacher's workshop and learned how to make the student feel welcome. The author had her own experience in the blog. The appearance of the blog was really nothing, it was just something simple that you can just read. It just had a story and few tabs that can guide you around. It is easy to navigate because it has the tabs in the blog that can tell you where to go. The author wasn't biased because she also went through the same thing that her teachers went through when she was young but she found a way to solve the issue.
Neighborhood Effects blog #2
This blog contained informations about trade offs that economists thinks about when they evaluate some proposed public policies. It was basically just describing the different types of trade offs that the economists would consider. The appearance of the blog is simple as well, it has a lot of words which means a lot of information, but there aren't many tabs that can help guide you through the blog. It isn't that easy to navigate but it isn't hard either. Since there are may ads on the blog you can always click on something accidentally and it can take you to another page. The author isn't biased because all they are doing is just giving out information that they have found.
Farrah Au-Yeung, 4th period
The second blog review I posted was on #21 Angry Bear, not Economist's View.
Minnu Augustine
Per. 2
My first blog review is Calculated Risk (#13)
The content of this blog is very straightforward and quite easy for anyone to understand. The blog contains current events, schedules, and outcomes of reports along with graphs which help to interpret changes within the past few years. As for the blog’s name, Calculated Risk sure fits the theme of the blog showing consensus from categories like employment to home sales. The appearance and layout of the blog is a bit crowded by several ads, but once you find the current events list, it is to navigate. Since the sections are broken up by weekend or dates, it is especially handy to read up of what happened on a specific day. There is no apparent bias present because most of the current events are straight facts about what happened that day.
My second blog review is Economic Principal (#27)
The content of this blog provides a different approach to economic principles associated with weekly current events. The style of writing contains a formal conversational tone by presenting questions followed by the author’s answer. While expressing their thoughts, the authors link similar articles that support their views. The first thing I noticed about the blog was its clean layout compared to Calculated Risk. There are sections for blogs, journalists, and letters. The weekly blog posts are on the homepage and easy to navigate. There is some apparent bias since the authors do express their opinions and statements about Brexit.
Think Progress:
1) Content: The content of this blog contains; Climate, Election 2016, Racism, and Rights. It has videos and blogs from many different people. It has current news and topics. There are some news that relates on Economics but not necessarily an Economics Blog.
2) Appearance: Looks nice, better than Mr. Pye's blog, just kidding. All the articles has pictures related to the topic and all the posts are color coded and fall under a broad topic.
3) Ease of Navigation: Easy to navigate you can find whatever you want it has a search bar. Navigation is very simple with broad topics to choose from at the top and when you do read an article, there are related topics on the side of the article for you to continue reading.
4) Apparent bias: This blog is mostly for Democrats, this blog is biased against Trump. Supports Obama's actions and it's not an informative blog it takes a stand and debates.
Why Nations Fail
1) Content: It talk about why nations has crises and problems that lead them to failure. It's mainly about the book "Why Nations Fail" by TURKISH-American economist Daron Acemoglu and British political scientist James A. Robinson from Harvard University.
2) Appearance: It has a bright color but not many pictures as the "Think Progress" blog. The title's graphics are great. Appearance wise it's cool.
3) Ease of Navigation: Really simple, you don't have many options either you can read the articles at the blogs sections, or look at the book or learn about the authors.
4) Apparent bias: It's from a economics perspective, and its informative and not really debatable probably because it doesn't mainly concentrate on current topics.
Mustafa Islamoglu
Period 6
David Brennan 4th Period
A Fistful of Euros
This blog focuses on European economics for the most part, but also has sections for politics, government, and "Not Europe". The layout of the blog is nice with most recent articles in the forefront, along with links for comments, resources, culture, etc all laid out on the side. Additionally, all categories have a tab at the top of the webpage for convenience sake. Overall, the website looks really nice and is well organized, making it easy to navigate. Seems biased towards European affairs obviously, but tries to act as a source for articles on many topics that focus on economics and how they affect the common man.
Why Nations Fail
This blog focuses on the economy of nations, how individuals attain wealth and power, and makes observations/predictions on the effect of governments on their economies. The blog is easy to navigate, however the authors are obviously trying to sell their book and a new article has not been published in almost two years. The site looks good and reflects the idea that it focuses on economies from around the world rather than a single region. The articles are biased towards selling the points set forth in their book and seem to be bits and pieces from said book to entice the reader to make a purchase rather than an organic blog that a normal person would write.
Period :6th
Ashley Crumbaker
#94 The big Truth: The content of this article was about the BLS Truther Controvery and how the unemployment rates are "adjusted by the government".
it appears to me that the controversy had a big role in the lives of everyday people. the numbers for unemployment in comparison to the average salary of an individual didn't add up. the Adjusted household Survey was approximately 30,000 more than the Payroll survey which should generally balance each other out but instead did not which left few skeptical. And on the other hand the government announced that they added 600,000 jobs but there is no evidence which leads to the conspiracy theories on how the unemployment matches the numbers. Ease navigation wasn't an issue, The blog was straight to the point and didn't beat around the bush and got the idea through to the readers and or me.
#92 Collaborative Construction: The content of this article shows how the production of technology and other advancements have evolved our economy compared to the old 'ways' that our economy was flourishing. Despite that there were many many ads on the page the navigation was okay, I learned that the economy the way it is now is the best it has ever been due to the collaborative consumption. the appearance of the blog was rather too obvious and almost a bit unecisarry because it kept staring the same idea over and over again. The economy is thriving today compared to in the past.
Overall in both blogs I didn't feel like it was bias towards anyone.
#100 Economic Logic
#99 A Fine Theorem
#100
1) Content: Outdated information, with last post concerning economics to be early 2014. Content is easy to digest, essentially summarizing the author's findings from other economist's reports, in less than 2 paragraphs.
2) Appearance: Basic listing of articles, with most recent articles appearing first. Not aesthetically pleasing seems to have been built by a pragmatist.
3) Ease of Navigation: Easy to navigate. Articles are sorted by time posted, popularity,and labels. All research cited is made available to access.
4) Apparent Bias: Author is pro-capitalism and does not make an effort to hide this, ridiculing another economist for stating that capitalism will fail. Overall, the author has a pro-free trade theme in his blog.
#99
1) Content: Not for the layman, the posts I could understand were very interesting in their subject matter, but there were some posts with jargon I had not been exposed to.
2) Appearance: Listing of articles in reverse chronological order. Aesthetically pleasing, with minimalistic design.
3) Ease of Navigation: There is no organization system besides the listing of articles in reverse chronological order, which makes finding posts on specific topics difficult.
4) Apparent Bias: Author is content in reporting objective findings it seem and not inserting his own opinions into the mix.
Reem Abdelmajid 6th Period
Environmental Economics:
The content of this blog basically goes over various situations in which the change in environment effects the economy and the relation between the two.For instance, the blog mentions climate change in a small Alaskan village which resulted in the relocation of an entire community, known as Shishmaref. There are 699 residents, costing $300,000 for the relocation of each resident. As well as an island named Isle de Jean Charles, LA, in which it is sinking into the sea and required relocation. There are about 400 residents, costing approximately $120,000 for the relocation of each resident. It is believed that by 2050, the cost of relocation due to the enviornment will be about $42 trillion.
Multipler Effect:
The content of this blog goes over the cycle of economics. It's suggested that the economy becomes more fragile over a period of prosperity.This can lead to instability in the economy as well as certain investment decisions. The blog really focuses on financial fragility and what can lead to instabilty and crisis in an economy. This blog seems more directed to the more wealthy type of people because it focuses on how one can mess up their financial stability and how fragile their wealth really is if not handled properly.
Keith Hennessey Blog
This blog is ran by a economic policy professor at Stanford - Keith Hennessey. The content seems to be mostly responses to debates, announcements and decisions made around our nations economy. The most recent post happens to be about Trump, whose campaign has been getting large amounts of attention, and his views on the steel industry. Likewise, the post prior is a lengthy rant on why Mr. Trump is not a qualified or acceptable candidate for this country and how [Keith] opposes him. While Keith appears opinionated, he also acts professional with a little bit of wit. It makes his content more enjoyable to read. The appearance of the blog is simple, just plain white with an American flag background. I personally enjoy that it's basic and easy to read and not too busy. He also gives his readers an option to submit their email to get the posts by email and a chance to get to know him better with a biography on the side of the page. Navigation is simple - there is none. The blog is just one page with a timeline of posts. There is apparent bias in the sense that he is very open about his opposition to Donald Trump and his campaign.
Healthcare Economist
The content in this blog is obvious to its name, it's about healthcare. There are different headlines highlighting different issues and debatable topics, along with analysis and quotes from reliable sources about the current topic being discussed. Some of the various headlines on the page are "Will payers pay for new healthcare technologies," "The End of the Obamacare exchanges," and "AA and Selection Bias." The stories/reports shown are all short-and-sweet, and are more for updating you as a reader on hot topics and concerns in healthcare. The appearance of the blog looks good as they directed it to look like you were reading from a magazine. The enlarged and bold titles made it easy to see when you moved on to the next topic. Navigation is made simple with links to the Home page, About the Author, Accolades, Archives, Contact info and an Obamacare review. There's no apparent bias from what I see. He seems fairly neutral and informative on the topics of discussion.
The first blog I read was called Tim Worstall (#66) and it was full of political/economical issues with a twist and withhumor added to it. This article compared many issues with economics to somewhat everyday problems someone might go through. The appearance of this article is rather typical except for the big flashy green labels above each topic which made it easy to follow. This article was easy to navigate through thanks to the article dividers which were labeled in between questions. There is no apparent bias that was shown in this blof.
The second blog I read was called Mecpoc (#134) and it mainly focused on soft currency economics and content wise it heavily went over government choice on what they do or don't spend money on. The appearance of this article was rather basic in a sense that it was just like reading any other blog/article online so it was rather dull looking. It was also relatively hard to navigate through because there were several different links all containing different information. It seemed that this blog was rather bias in a sense that the writer(s) had many issues with what the government has decided to invest their money on/in.
The blog Triple Crisis is about the U.S financial system being unhealthy because of its highly speculative nature. The blog also discusses what problems the financial system has caused the economy. The visual appearance of the blog is poor and deters the reader from wanting to investigate the blog further, there is no color or intriguing font to grasp the readers attention. The blog was however easy to navigate because all the categories were listed in a column to the right of the page. The blog was biased towards finding a new financial system as opposed to leaving it as is.
Chris Blattmana's(#41) blog is about the poverty, violence and crime going on in places like Africa and Latin America and why it occurs in those places so frequently. The blog is kind of the plain but is not unappealing in a way that would make someone want to stop reviewing the site. The blog is easy to navigate due to its various tabs at the top and side of the page nut also a tad bit confusing because there are so many tabs. The writers are bias towards the thought that everything wrong in a country is the governments fault.
The blog "Supply and Demand (in that order)"(80) is about the drastic difference of growth between high-wage workers and low-wage workers and the difference of growing wages between men and women in median wage fields. The blog is easy to read but unattractive to read. The graph was not the easiest to to read since the dates were out of order. The blog is easy to navigate since there is only one page with a basic layout and short but detailed discussion. The blog seems to be bais to the republican party since it credits George Bush for helping grow wages equally and criticizes President Obama because he contributed to the slow economic recovery.
The blog "Infectious Greed"(96) is about how there is an unfair advantage of working on Wall Street as a stock analyst and making $400k a year in petroleum company stocks. The appearance of the blog is comical because it has an interesting comic on the top left of the artical and a short body of text that has a good amount of detail. The website is easy to navigate since the full artical fits in a small space on the screen with a decent font. The artical may be bias because the person writing the blog may not be making as much money and could have lost money in the stock market.
Smitthu Edaparampil 6th
#43
the value of life and the prices of medication. there are intense debates about National Health services and the amount of government funding should go into it. The blog is formatted in a indirect to direct influence on health care format. The blog is set up so that different sections of the health care are separate. They have a bias and support the average citizen and they look down upon governments that do not promote health care and fund health care.
#69
The blog contains average house costs for specific areas using averaging. The blog is one paragraph and it has a comment section under it. The blog is easy to navigate and is well organized. The blog doesn't have a bias because it isn't comparing anything just posting ideas and peoples opinions on the idea.
EconomistMom
This blog tries to talk about common economic problems in a way that sounds like common sense. This way the common "mom" can understand. This blog is very easy to read and is very informative. This blog has a "blogroll" so you can pick which economic topic you want to read about. The blog might be considered biased since a lot of the information is based off "mother's intuition."
Growthology
This blog provides information and analysis about entrepreneurship in today's society. This blog is easy to read and is appealing to the eye. However, it could be a little more organized so people can pick which specific topic they want to read about. This blog does not have a bias since it only posts facts. However, there could be some bias in the comments.
Vanessa Marcano 2nd
#15-Crooked Timber
The blog was made by different contributors on various topics, and was generally quite eye-catching because some of the posts were accompanied by pictures. The content varied and didn't necessarily only concern the USA, there were some posts on Brexit. There was definite bias by the different contributors though. One post about the University of Chicago's statement that they did not have "trigger warnings" or "safe spaces" was criticized as implying that "academic freedom and...safe space are opposed to each other." As the blog was popular, this opinion was refuted and debated by the readers as well.
#17-Zero Hedge
The blog focused mostly on the USA and the financial systems here, but the website's appearance was not so great, considering it was covered in advertisements. Ease of Access was okay, there was a useful stock market tracker and current news tracker, and a glossary at the top which could help you view all the articles of a particular topic. Generally the articles would be unbiased since they seemed to report the news, but I'm sure the comments contained bias especially in instances concerning the upcoming presidential election.
Sharanya Chander, 2nd period
Ryan Hunter 6th Period
MacroMan - The content of this blog revolves around analyzing graphs of different indexes and stocks, and what trends these graphs reflect. As a result, the blog is laid out in a fashion where it presents a topic of discussion, and then gives graphs and explanations to back up the assertion. This is a very simple layout, which makes the blog easy to navigate. The author appears to have a bullish approach to the stock market.
HistorySquared - This blog presents big headlines and then explains the economic causes or repercussions of the event, such as the consequences for cutting state budgets. In addition, the author utilizes graphs and interviews to validate his ideas. The blog is laid out in sequential order, where the newest post is first and the older ones are further down the page. All the posts are available from one page, making it easy to read multiple headlines very quickly. There is not any bias in the blog, as it has quotes from a wide variety of people
Shaban Momin Period 4
Liberty Street Economics #57
- This blog is up to date and was published in 2016. The content of this blog is about inflation. It addresses how people see inflation expectations, the changes in inflation, and even on expected price changes on specific items. The appearance of this blog is very neatly organized. It displays a title followed by a paragraph explaining it and it also shows many charts and graphs as well. This blog is also quite easy to navigate it has everything displayed in front of you. There is no apparent biased in this blog because it portrays a lot of visual content such as graphs and charts to back up what it addresses.
Donald Marron #59
- This blog is up to date as well and was published in 2016. The content of this blog is pretty much about tax and how if you increase tax on sugary products it can reduce consumption of sugary food items. This blog also focuses on the government and how the charge tax on item, etc. The appearance of this blog is neatly organized and in order with the heading and then the content. This blog is easy to navigate because it organizes its content with titles, pictures, and a few charts. There is no apparent bias for this blog because the author states solid reasons and facts about what he is trying to say. It also has charts and pictures depicting good sources to backup what he's trying to say.
Arianna Dunne Per.6
The Reality-Based Community
The content on this blog varies from arachnids to sport stories to trade deals. Though the posts are different and some intriguing, I am not too sure how economically informative they may be. The blog appears very simple and clean, with bold titles, simple colors, and few pictures. The way the site is set up make it very easy to navigate through and find different articles from different authors. Just as every post differs on the blog, so does every author. One author shares his insight on the University of Chicago's rules and regulations, having gone there and he certainly expressed his negative bias towards the school by creating a very distinct tone. Other articles on this blog certainly contain bias that range from having been raised in an American society to loving insects or favoring certain sports teams.
A Dash of Insight
The content included in this blog seems fairly informational by including charts and or articles on topics such as home sales, employment, chemical activity, etc; Most every topic is thoroughly explained and even has some form of visual. Though the graphs and charts are helpful and informative, the overall appearance of the blog could be improved. This site could use some sort of cohesive style to tie all of its information and topics together. The majority of the posts are all on the home page so navigation isn't too difficult but maybe some organization could make the site more easily accessible. I found that the overall blog lacked the amount of bias that most other blogs have. This site offers a range of facts and numbers rather than opinions.
James Ware Period 4
John Kay #37
Content-It is mostly over the banking and tax system within the United Kingdom and the effect of Brexit.
Appearance-Nothing eye appealing. Mostly black and white with a few pictures for the main articles.
Ease of Navigation-Simple to get through and they have a popular category for the articles and news.
Bias-It is British based and most of the articles deal with issues within the UK and Europe
The Oil Drum #46
Content-The last post was from September 2013, so the articles are really outdated. Much of the content is over oil and energy though it is not limited to want is just happening in the US and Middle East.
Appearance-Not much, though there is a quote of the day which is nice.
Ease of Navigation-Simple, you click on archives and click on the month of the article you want.
Bias-The site has not posted anything in three years, there is no information on current issues on the oil industry.
On the Economy #15
This blog focuses on political view and policy issues in the economy. This blog mainly talks about how the economy is doing and how policy affects it. this blog is pretty standard looking. It can use a little bit more color to make it more vibrant. This blog is pretty easy to navigate. This blog is pretty bias since the author works on Obama economic team, so he favors Obama view on the economy,
Newmark's Door #55
This blog has all kinds of articles. The articles are chosen to interest young economist. there are multiple authors on this blog. They post tidbits of articles and has links where you can find the whole article. The appearance is pretty standard and easy to navigate. There appears to be no bias.
#133- Flip Chart Fairy Tales
The content of this blog revolves around the jobs available to British citizens. The appearance of this blog consists of many graphs & tables. The use of these visuals helps the reader grasp the information easily so that it is not just all text. It is easy to navigate since there is a search box on the top right & as you scroll down there is options to view recent posts and comments. Underneath that, there are links to the different categories. The author does seem to be a bit biased towards British citizens.
#44- China Financial Markets
The content of this blog is about how China's debt levels are not as high as they used to be. The appearance of this blog is very simple and as you scroll down, it lets you read each article along with the date it was posted on the blog and also lets the readers comment. It is not too hard to navigate because on the left hand side it gives the reader an option to view the biography of the blogger as well as finding the different articles. The author seems to be bias of the Chinese economy.
Ashley Verghese
P4
The Simple Dollar #5
The content seems reliable as it has a lot of examples to support the point of views for the blog posts.Though the content seems reliable, the appearance is portrayed as clustered together. The ease of navigation is well organized as the blogs are posted according to the dates. However there is no search bar which making searching for a specific topic difficult. There is an apparent bias as there are many blog posts regarding the topic and each bloggers point of view on the topic.
Marginal Revolution #24
The content is not a lot to support the view points as there is not much of an explanation. However there are many examples but not much support for the content. The appearance does not seem reliable as it seems that random users give a comment on the topic. The ease of navigation is pretty confusing as there is no specific place to search and it is more self search. The apparent bias is more of peoples opinions of the topics of movies and book suggestions
Grace Swift, Period 4
Ideas (#181)
1) Content: The content consist of "ideas" by David Friedman who decides to write on his blog about whatever he feels like talking about which is mainly composed of economic stand points and economic scenarios or situations.
2) Appearance: The blog is bland to give off a serious tone.
3) Ease of Navigation: archive by month and year allow for a easy navigation as well as the previous post named by their title. His links allow for easy acess to other websites consisting of his book, free pdf, podcast, and WebPages.
4) Apparent bias: Against Donald Trump, supporter of technology, crime fighter, educated on foreign advances and cultures and believes they are better than U.S
The angry economist (#155)
1) Content: This blog consist of rants consisting of what seems to be whatever political issue is out and about at the time and the angry economist decides to share his opinion in an angry rant, usually consisting of conservative views.
2) Appearance: The site is overwhelming at first with the large text size but the penguin adds for a welcoming feeling.
3) Ease of Navigation: The archives by date allow for easy access as well as the sites content.
4) Apparent bias: Believes minimum wage should not be raised, feels like the united states needs to stay out of other countries affairs, oes not support immigration
Dennis Laison - 2nd Period
Chicago Boyz (#116)
1) Content: The blog mainly talks about issues with the academic system and debates about government and the upcoming election year.
2) Appearance: The blog is easily readable and is not completely bland due to the green color.
3) Ease of Navigation: The blog is very neatly organized and has an archive of all the posts alphabetized on the right side to easily find any topic.
4) Apparent Bias: It is not satisfied with either one of the political candidates.
Atanu Dey on India’s Development (#158)
1) Content: This blog talks about the development of India and other miscellaneous global issues.
2) Appearance: The blog has large, bold text and a professional look to it.
3) Ease of Navigation: Navigating through the blog is fairly simple and includes an archive section and a categories section.
4) Apparent Bias: The blogger is an obvious supporter of Indian culture and presence on the global stage.
Mya Torres 4th
NRP's Planet Money Blog
1-Content: The blog mainly consents of podcasts about how things might affect the economy such as brands changing or changing a source of water. There is also art and news of contempary things which is neat.
2- Appearance: The blog is amusing and cute in how it is set up and the colors and the images throughout.
3- Bias: From some of the podcasts I've heard, there seems to be no detectable bias towards any side of any story.
4- Ease of Navigation: Everything is neatly categorized and organized to where it is easy to find things if necessary.
A Dash of Insight
1-Content: The site mainly consists of articles and graphs having to do with personal financing and stocks and how to prepare personally for whatever the economy throws your way.
2- Appearance: Overall the sight looks boring and uninterestign considering there seems to be no personality or anything like that.
3- Bias: From what I can tell there is no bias as everything pertains to facts and leaves not much room for personal opinion.
5- Ease of Navigation: it isn't hard to navigate it's just a hassel because you have to scroll down a whole bunch just to find a specific article which isnt necessary.
Laura Cooper 2nd
Credit Writedowns Pro
The blog "Credit Writedowns Pro" is about news and an opinionated site that is dedicated to bringing information about views on finance, markets, economics, and foreign policies into mainstream news. The appearance of the blog is not very eye popping, but it does have a constantly changing front screen with new news things coming up every 10 seconds, making the reader want to read the new information. the blog was easy to navigate since all the top tabs were at the top and when scrolled over the sub-tabs would come up. The blog was biased against big bank writedowns and credit crisis's.
#26
Adam Smith Institute
The blog "Adam Smith Institute" is about a think tank that is dedicated to informing the public about different economic policies and free markets, as well as trying to bring the public into a debate about different things. it is used for emphasis on using free markets to bring poverty to an end. the appearance of the blog is quite entertaining with a constant changing background, making the reader want to click on every new news panel that comes across. the blog was very easy to navigate as it had all the tabs on the top of the screen with their sub-groups in those tabs when they are hovered over. The blog is biased towards big governments as they are trying to control everything.
#56
Palak Patel per. 6
1st blog: Why Do We Learn Math?
content: The blog explains the many things that use math in our daily lives. It also explains that math is a key aspect in economics.
appearance: The blog jumps straight in the importance and facts of math and economics and how it creates the world that we have today.
navigation: easy to find as it starts right away under the correct sequence.
bias: The author clearly has a passion in math and understands its value.
2nd blog: What does the rise of casinos say about the rest of our economy?
content: The blog defines the relationship between the money spent on casinos and our economy. It proves that our economy is obviously rich and stable to have that kind of money for casinos.
appearance: the blog is split into paragraphs, separating the information which makes it more clear.
navigation: easy to find and simple to go through. With the help of paragraphs, the sentences are much more organized and categorized.
bias: the author seems to want to have a justification amongst the two things that define the economy.
Mervin Cherian 2nd
Market Economy
This is a blog that shows new economic findings of many different countries. The blog provides us with an analysis of the development in the economy of multiple nations It talks about important facts and current numbers such as the unemployment rates of certain countries. It really does not have much appearance. It is not like other blogs rather it is all in bullets. There was no difficulty in navigation.There were multiple links that we showed the blogs of multiple months and links to reach other places. It has a simple background and usually the blogs are short. The blog is biased for those who are looking into market economy.
#28
The Simple Dollar
This blog is talking about different ways to save money. It talks about multiple financial issues of the day. This blog also accurately explains these financial problems. This blog talks about everyday financial problems and elaborates on it. The appearance of the blog is really cool as there are usually multiple blogs for each day and their is always a summary of each blog. This allows for easy navigation, as you only have to click on interesting topics. It is colorful and some blogs have pictures and graphs. I think this particular blog is supporting more the common man.
#5
Anu Thomas 2nd Period
#36 Stumbling and Bumbling
Content: The blog relates economic beleifs to current events. The blog talks about the benefits and drawbacks of scrapping bonuses from employees salaries. The author explains that it is smart of Woodford, who runs a company that employees only 35 people, to scrap bonuses since they do not actually incentivise, but that removing bonuses would not be beneficial to companies that larger and mroe liable to chang. Appearance: The blog is very simplistic but bland with links off to the right side and a long list of blogposts. Ease of Navigation: Although simplistic, the blog would be much easier to navigate if there were a search bar where you could look up the exact blogpost you watned intsead of having to scroll through.Bias: Although the author does give their opinion on economic policies in current events, they are not fully bias because at the end of each blogposts, they give some information or backing to the opposing viewpoint.
#20 Economic Policy Institute
Content: This blog covers a range of economic policies applicable to the current United States workplace and the effect that these policies or changes could have on the workforce.Subjects range from Presidental economic policies, to undemployment, to worker wages and more. Appearance: The blog is simple but attractive with neutral colors and extra large and bold titles of arcticles. Ease of Navigation: The blog is very easy to navigate because it is not inundated with information and I can just easily search up the specificl blogpost I need to scroll down to read the posts from newest to oldest. Bias: The author does hold bias becase in comparing the economic policies of the presidental candidates, he blatantly mocks and criticizes Trump's campaign while he praises Clinton's economic policy.
#115 Capital Chronicle
This blog talks about issues that emerge from government intervention, and how the government tries to make a profit off of everyone rather through taxes, raising prices, or even through bank interest. It appears to be a fairly standard blog, bland and doesn't have any fancy graphics besides the title. It navigates in such a way where the most recent blog is at the top and the older blogs are at the bottom of the page. This blog seems to have the bias that the government is always trying to make an extra profit off of normal citizens.
#128 Macro Business
This blog follows, for the most part, Australian business and how other factors of the world also influence the Australian economy and politics. It appears to be a relatively big blog, since it requires an official subscription in order to read any full article in the blog. Navigation is quite fluid, separating the more Australian focused articles in one taskbar, and the more Macro world articles in another. It seems to be biased in the sense that they think politicians don't understand the Australian people, and how the economy is not as good as politicians make it out to be.
Zain Chowdhry Period 4
#93 The Everyday Economist
This website breaks down articles written by others or other famous bloggers and analyzes each claim and point. The author is attempting to either prove or disprove the article through facts. The blog looks drab and has only one picture. The background is white and the navigating the website is simple to navigate and it's simply structured. The bias is the authors feelings towards the persons whose work they are critiquing.
#28 The Irish economy
This blog is all about the irish economy. The website appears to be basic in design and has no pictures or graphs. The blog is easy to navigate and all options are labeled and put to the side. The bias is that the authors are heavily pro Irish so anything against Ireland will be looked down upon on this blog.
Lloyd Videau 6th period
#63 taxprof blogs
This blog main topic is about taxes. Mostly involving big companies and the nations in the world's finical stability in many articles. It's for the most part just a regular blog with articles and pictures about different topics over the main focus. All articles were by Paul Caron the editor of the blog. It is quite simple in following and understanding of the information. Everything is in order from most recent to oldest. The blog is a bit bias to mostly American economic data and opinions.
#28 The Irish Economy
This blog has articles about only the major economic events that happen in Ireland, which is why the blogger only blogs about twice a month. For example he made one over the huge Apple sue for Ireland case. This blog like the last one was a standard blog in its format and design. It was simple so pretty easy to understand and navigate through. It was biased towards mostly positive events for Ireland.
Chrishan Hubert Period 2
#1 Economic Collapse
- a blog that contains different topics that could greatly affect our economy, it's content is understanding to everyone but it's appearance is very distracting and can greatly lose the readers attention. I say this because there our posts of ads that surround this blog making it hard for the reader to focus on the blog itself. Ease of navigation is clear and accessible to the viewer and the blog was biased against the government due to the "buy now pay later"
#71 Econometrics Beat
- content is not for all readers, it is more specific to people with an actual background in statistics or econometrics. Appearance has great quality but could be a little zoomed in so the words are easier to read and understand. Ease of navigation is good and organized the tabs located at the top is very helpful along with he tabs located at the side. The blog is biased against anyone who does not have the certified backgrounds because no one else would be able to understand the readings or have an actual interest towards the blog.
Ragiv Sethi
The blog, “Ragiv Sethi,” discusses the thoughts of economics, finance, and crime. It goes in depth about the aspects of economics such as fallacies, current events, stereotypes and much more. This blog is presented like a blog with dates and postings with thoughts on many different things. It is easy to navigate considering that it is a blog. It has his most popular postings on the right hand side to pick out of and has dates chronologically. It shows some bias in his postings about economic issues and events.
Karl Whelan
The blog, “Karl Whelan,” discusses current events and many aspects of economics from a college professor in economics. This blog is easy to navigate because it has his archives and most popular postings to the right hand side where you can easily click and view a posting. It is a regular blog presenting the ideas of this economist. There is apparent bias in economic conflicts and views towards the current events of the economy.
Merina Thomas
6th period
#9 The Money Illusion
This blog focuses on numerous financial problems around the world. The author writes a lot about foreign policies on their economy and compares it to the U.S. Economy, or old economic policies from the past. The author describes the drawbacks and benefits of each said policy. The appearance of the blog is pretty dull and not aesthetically pleasing at all. It kind of looks like a student with minimal technological skills from the 1990's designed it. It is not hard to navigate. All the comments appear on the right side, as well as the go-to sites the author visits to get write his blogs. There does not appear to be any author bias on this blog. He is very objective and focuses on the matter at hand without letting any personal bias interfere.
#47 The Undercover Economist
This blog is more personal than the other blog. The author writes about random day-to-day topics that would be helpful to people. The author also writes very subjective blogs which do not state facts, but instead shows how he/she feels about the topic. He takes unconventional topics and makes it relevant to everyday life. The appearance of this blog is much nicer than the previous blog. It has a white background, which is nice an simple, bu there are nice graphics displaying critics' reviews of the sit and the topics of the week. It is not hard to navigate at all. There is a list of topics on the side that allow you to find exactly what you are looking for without having to scroll down too much. This author, Tim Hartford, does not seem to be biased, but sometimes is not as objective as the previous author. He tries to make light of a situation and reminds me of the co-authors of the book Freakonomics.
Meryl Zachariah
pd 2
#95 = Peter Gordon's Blog
1) The content is very straight forward and carries a gentle sense of humor. The person blogs new things to be aware of that day every day. It keeps the readers fully updated.
2) The simple black and white text provides a mildly serious tone. But once you start reading, it's more blunt.
3) Navigation is a piece of cake. By labeling each blog using the dates and having the daily news directly follow provides a simple and comfortable read. There are variations in font size and color to emphasize the beginning of each new blog.
4) The author, Peter Gordon, seems to express some opinion through rhetorical questions and extensive vocabulary.There are lots of implications of personal opinion.
#161 = DW, I'm an Economist!
1) The author did not hold back on his blog, the blogs are all numerous paragraphs. The content is basically updates on the volumes hes been reading. He reviews the volume and provides his opinion throughout the blog on the author's work. He basically breaks down everything he read.
2) Well, to start off, the name of the blog itself is very eye-catching! There's a superman theme going on throughout the blog. There's also a color scheme. Lots or words going on...
3) Despite the fact that there's a lot going on on the screen, it's not too hard to navigate. Important highlights are in bold and this blog had variations in color and font too. It looks like it would take some time to read through each blog in comparison to some other ones.
4) The author, Vuk Vukovic, expresses a lot of opinion about the authors that hes been reading work from.
One of mine was used while I was typing my original post so I am doing a new post on Historinhas instead of Why Nations Fail
Historinhas
This blog seems to post constantly, with numerous posts on most days. Some articles are short while others are longer with more detail and include graphs or charts. Although there are numerous posts, they do not seem to lack quality. The look of the blog is nice, although a bit boring as you scroll further down from the top of the web page. There are tabs and categories for the posts, but scrolling through the feed on the homepage becomes a bit difficult as it is hard to distinguish where new posts begin at times. There are multiple authors that post on this site, so it is not too biased due to the number of opinions and perspectives available.
Sheryl Shajie, Period 4
Economists Do It With Models #36
Content: This blog explores the use of models in economics. The author explains that he does not prefer linear regressions as it is harder to study a scatterplot and to guess the direction of the scatterplot. He explains that while regressions do identify associations that exist when controlling for other variables, these associations aren’t always of the causal variety. The author also claims that any two conclusions aren’t always in conflict with one another- it’s entirely possible for a relationship to both be statistically significant and for it to explain only a small fraction of what is going on.
Appearance: Although the header of the blog is a bit graphic, it is humorous and catches the eye of the viewer.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is easy to navigate and provides many pictures so the viewer will not be overwhelmed by too many words at once.
Bias: The author seems to be a bit bias because his blog is based on his opinion. Although it is his opinion, he backs it up with good explanations and examples.
Captain Capitalism #39
Content: This blog explores the concept of boycotting markets. The author speaks about the consequences and the advantages of boycotting. He uses the present day example of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who made headlines recently by not standing for the national anthem because "racial equality." The author’s solution to this it to boycott the 49ers. The author uses this present day example to connect to the republicans and our economy today.
Appearance: There is nothing special about the appearance of the blog. The appearance was very basic and boring.
Ease of Navigation: The blog was very easy to navigate as it was very humorous and satirical and the posts were in chronological order so it was easy to look through.
Bias: The author seems to dislike white people, especially white republicans. Based on this, the article is very biased.
Allen Johnson 6th Pd
Macro Mania (#7 on the second list)
Content: This blog seems to focus primarily upon macroeconomics and the policy of the feds. This is because the author works for the US Federal Reserve. All of the articles appear to be extremely lengthy and thorough, with lots of detail. Any new or rarely-used terms are all linked with their definitions for ease of use.
Appearance: The appearance of the blog is extremely neat and organized. Everything is available in chronological order, and older posts are archived so they do not take as much space on the screen.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is fairly simple to navigate. The most recent blog posts are available in a scroll-able list, and there is an archive to view older blog posts.
Apparent Bias: There is not very much bias that I can tell, but there still may be some present as the author works for the US Federal Reserve
Welker's Wikinomics (179 on the first list, 4 on the second list)
Content: This blog is focusing upon communicating basic economic principles while referencing current news events. It also contains a lot of information for preparing for ap tests and other such exams.
Appearance: The blog posts are mostly very concise and yet detailed and thorough with their information. When you hover over an economic term, the blog automatically defines the term for you.
Ease of Navigation:The front page's sidebar seems fairly cluttered and inundated with links, but the links all point towards notable and useful information.
Apparent Bias: There does not appear to be very much bias at all, as it seems to be geared directly towards students and teachers, and trying to teach the various topics of economics.
Vox:
Content- The content of this blog is structured in a very basic way. The front page only consists of the article titles with a brief description. However, when you click on the article titles, you find how thorough and informative they actually are. The articles are filled with charts, graphs, and pictures.
Appearance- The appearance is quite boring. The only colors on the blog are blue, grey, and white. There is even a video on the page, but the title screen looks a bit awkward.
Ease of Navigation- It was very east to navigate on this blog. There are many tabs on the top to select which page you want to view. There is even an archive button on the top that allows you to view old blog posts from prior years.
Apparent bias: there is an article titled "Precision versus bias in multiple choice exams" which focuses on how guessing on tests can undermine the effect of the exam itself.
EconMonitor
Content- Content is very detailed and the articles are very understandable.
Appearance- I really enjoy how this blog looks. There are many colors, pictures, and articles. It is structured in a very nice way and everything is organized extremely well; the left and right sides of the blog consists of minor articles while the center of the blog focuses on the major articles.
Ease of Navigation- This blog is very easy to navigate through. Important tabs and headers are on the top and sides of the page.
Apparent bias- the author seems to be bias about the current election.
Naked Capitalism:
Content- The bloggers on this website appear to discuss the daily news from an economist's point of view and I am actually quite surprised that money is not a major topic in the blog posts. These blogs seem to be the length of an average news article which is a couple pages. There are a multitude of bloggers on the site.
Appearance- The creator's favorite color appears to be orange because it is everywhere on the site. There are well labeled tabs on the top of the page to help with navigation. However, the style of the blog makes it seem very old. The front page is just a list of all the recent blogs posts.
Ease of Navigation - Again there are tabs to help get to different areas of the site. It does seem like there are too many links though.
Apparent Bias - There is no single level of bias on this site because there are multiple people who can post blogs. However, the authors seem to skew pretty liberal.
Carpe Diem:
Content- The author of this blog is a lover of graphs and seems to focus on big monetary issues and rarely talks about current events that don't involve money. He does seem to focus on macroeconomics.
Appearance- They website is actually very nice as long as you make sure to got to the new one. It probably looks nice because the author is not hosting the website himself but he rather is getting it hosted by a larger company. The blogs are on the front page in chronological order and seem very organized.
Ease of Access- There are tabs to help navigate around the website and the uncluttered nature of the website makes it easier to find what you want.
Apparent Bias- The author does not appear to be super bias on the surface and he also states numerous statistics to back up his claims. However, no one is completely without bias.
Shreyans Rana Period 4
Abnormal returns:
Content: The blog has different posts about how to be a successful business man. The blog is called abnormal returns because the people who post discover weird habits and traits of a business man. Some of the posts also talk about people reactions to finance.
Appearance: The blog is really plain. Just the abnormal returns header in red and then the back ground is an off white gray color.
Ease of navigation: There are quiet a few links. These are all posts. It is easy to post and do something.
Apparent Bias: This article does not have any bias. They mainly talk about people and how they can better themselves. Nothing Bias about that.
Knowledge Problem-
Content: The blog talks about modern day problems regarding finances and politics. It focuses on social factors and world finances equally. The blog titles are comedic.
Appearance: The header is made really nicely. It contrasts with the background of the blog itself.
Ease of Navigation: It is easy to navigate through the page. The articles are all in chronological order.
Apparent Bias: There is no bias in the articles. The author stays very neutral in the articles.
May Liew- Period 6
Cafe Hayek
1) Content: This blog has quotations of the day where the writer posts his opinions about exerpts from other works of economists. Along with that, he also posts other articles on various information about trade, profit, government interferance, and other thought provoking economic beliefs. He finds critisism for what he believes are mistaken viewpoints of other economists and points out the flaws behind their reasoning.
2) Appearance: It is appealing, simple, and neat. There is nothing that screams out too much or overpowers the true intent of the blog which is to inform the readers of economic matters. But at the same time, it has some subtle color and cartoons which appeals to the eye.
3) Ease of Navigation: The site organizes the blog posts with the most recent ones first and you also have the option to navigate the archives which is convinient if you were looking for a particularly dated reference. It is easy to use and nothing too complicated or new that might be unfamiliar to anyone.
4) Apparent bias: Although he seems to have very strong opinions and criticisms, he doesn't impose them on the readers. He doesn't seem to have any real bias since he's just an economist that has written books.
Mainly Macro
1) Content: The blog is filled with interesting posts about his insight on economic matters like Brexit and other more trivial problems in economics. It is nice to read and he seems to be very knowledgeable. He presents his viewpoint in a less hostile attitude than the previous blog and provides clear objective evidence for his opinions which is refreshing.
2) Appearance: It's not the most eye catching blog but it is neat and easy to read. It might look a little but dull but it doesn't try too hard to get attention which I appreciate.
3) Ease of Navigation: The same chronological order as the other one and also has an archive which is listed by year that is written for any old posts that you would want to refer back on.
4) Apparent bias: He is informative and doesn't take apparent sides, so he doesn't pose any real bias toward economic issues
Hannah Enyioma 6th period
Johan Furian's Blog- #167
Content- This blog talks about many problems facing South Africa mainly. The issues being discussed however vary from economic problems to cultural problems and political issues. It is a very inclusive, diverse blog that talks about modern issues that many people may not take the time to understand and applying the solutions to real life.
Appearance- Aesthetically, the blog is pretty plain but it is enhanced by the use of pictures that apply to each post.
Ease of Navigation- Because the blog is pretty plain, the site is very easy to navigate. By scrolling down the reader can see all posts from the most recent to older posts. Blogs posts categorized in the month it was posted are also on the right side of the page and categories discussed in the blog post are put in alphabetical order.
Apparent Bias- The bias seen is seen in the promotion of economic freedom for those who are oppressed or were oppressed in SOuth Africa. Some of his posts really emphasize cultural and economic reforms that need to be understood or take place in South Africa
Pannell Discussions- #168
Content- In pannell discussions, the blogger talks about many things like economy but also mainly about his travels and experiences around the world like his experience in Slovakia and the history of Slovakia.
Appearance- THe appearance of the blog is aesthetically pleasing. The blog is livened by the vibrant and large number of pictures included in the blog.
Ease of Navigation- The blog is pretty easy to navigate. Blogs are listed from most recent to oldest and also grouped in the months that they were originally posted.
Apparent Bias- There is some bias shown through support of environmental preserve and fondness of the environment, plants, and animals.
Mario Trevino 6th Period
The Intelligent Economist
Content- The blog focuses mainly on introducing many different subjects of economics such as Econometrics and Cost theory. In addition, the blog gives many visual representations of said subjects and attempts to simplify them by providing different examples.
Appearance- The blog is organized by topics that each have a background that is unrelated yet pleasing. The main theme for the blog's appearance is definitely simplicity.
Ease of Navigation- The way The Intelligent Economist is set up makes it hard to get lost when searching for a specific topic of economics. The most recent posts are scattered across the top of the page. However, a list is included below to make sure you fin what you are looking for. In addition, the most popular posts are conveniently placed on the right side of the page.
Apparent Bias- The blog lacks any bias whatsoever. The authors are straight to the point and remain as neutral as possible.
The Conscience of a Liberal
Content- The author analyzes many modern economic dilemmas with satire and normative statements. In addition, he provides entertainment for his viewers by posting songs every Friday and the occasional video.
Appearance- The page represents a standard blog with no fancy designs. It is simply the posts organized by date in a single list. The rest of the page is basically blank.
Ease of Navigation- Navigation on Paul Krugman's blog is fairly basic. You just scroll down to find the post that is organized by the time in which it was posted. If you want to learn more about the Nobel Prize winning author, you can find his biography on the right side of the page.
Apparent Bias- As stated in the title of the blog, Paul Krugman writes in the point of view of a liberal, which he is. Therefore, his blog is slightly biased against any conservative readers.
Brenda Benson-Okey
2nd Period
1. #73 Econ Tidbits
Content: Econ Tidbits is a blog created by an Australian professor of economics discusses and analyzes economic trends from a global perspective.
Appearance: The blog seems to be fairly simple at best. The blogs are organized in a single-file and it has a Twitter widget by the side.
Ease of Navigation: The site is very easy to navigate and it is organized by the release date of the post.
Apparent bias: There seems to be no bias as the author is straightforward.
2. #90 The Portuguese Economy
Content: As the title suggests, the blog discusses Portugal's role in the European economy as well as the global economy.
Appearance: The blog uses the same layout as the previous blog I mentioned, except this blog has more charts to support their reasons. However, the blog tends to glitch and most of the links no longer work.
Ease of Navigation: It's simple and also follows the layout of the previous blog, although the links can be scattered. The blog however has a slightly more classical look to it.
Apparent bias: The blog tends to put Portugal as the spotlight and the country that has the most economic development compared to the other European countries.
David Adeogba Period 3
The Conglomerate:
The Conglomerate, in terms of content, is not made for a person who simply has an interest in economics. It seems to be aimed more towards those people who have studied a fair bit of economics. Most of it's content consists of short concise reports on current events and certain offers for events. In terms of appearance the, the Conglomerate is quite basic with a gray and red color pallet. The basic design of the site makes it easy to navigate as all the articles are in chronological order and there is an adequate search engine which helps with finding specific topics. Overall the site has no major biases as it doesn't cover current events very often.
MoneyScience:
MoneyScience consists mainly of information on studies that could be considered useful by business owners and economists alike. The site is fairly easy to navigate despite looking quite overwhelming at first glance. In terms of look, MoneyScience keeps a theme of varying shades of blue to make the site look quite relaxed, yet informative. The spacing between information makes thing easy to locate and helps the site avoid clutter. Lastly, the site does not appear to have much bias due to the fact that most of its blogs are simply summarizations of studies
Zain Bhai Period 2
Inomics
Content: The content of this blog is good for students who are new to the subject of economics. The articles are all up to date, and the subjects are all current events. This blog has a lot of information and is explained well.
Appearance: The blog is simple, consisting of only the colors white and blue. The blog is organized by subjects and is not overwhelming the user with information.
Ease of Navigation: This blog is very easy to navigate, it is organized and therefore finding certain information is not at all difficult.
Apparent bias: The blog has very little apparent bias, some of the articles do seem to be taking a side, but evidence is included and the other side of the story is usally prsent within the articles.
The Scottish Economy Watch
Content: The content is not to difficult to understand, students of all economic experience can read the posts. The content is good, and the blog posts are simple and get to the point quickly yet thoroughly.
Appearance: The appearance of the blog is rather dull and boring. There is very little use of color, and there is a lot of information present as soon as you open the blog. The information can be a little overwhelming. The blog posts and articles are not well organized, they all compile together.
Ease of Navigation: This blog is not that easy to navigate due to the lack of organization. The blog posts are all on the same page, so you just have to scroll down for a long time to get to particular blog.
Apparent bias: The blog is favorable towards the Scottish, because that is what the blog is about. This blog does not talk about many other economies besides the Scottish economy.
Kendall Truong Period 2
#21 Angry Bear
Content- The content of this blog would probably not be suited for economic news. The authors of the blogs writes their opinionated statements to the political events that affects their daily way of life. The tones of the articles provided seem to be controversial, as they are mostly disagreeing at government laws and other political issues. Overall, the blog is mostly fueled by anger and frustration against politics.
Appearance- As mentioned earlier, the writers focusing on the bad parts of politics and writes in the tone of anger like a feminist.
Ease of Navigation- As long as each article is, it is very tiring just to scroll all the way down just to read a different topic of news.
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Apparent Bias- The site does show evidence of some bias, as the writers of the blog aim towards the government and other policies
#161 Don't worry, I'm an Economist!
Content- Mostly, the author writes his thoughts and summary about economic books and how it affects our world today. The blog can be considered as useful as readers can determine which economic book can be suited for them.
Appearance- As elaborate as the article is, it deems to be interesting to readers who wants to study the world of economics
Ease of Navigation- Nothing complex, but there is a lot of scrolling you have to do just to reach a certain volume.
Apparent Bias- There isn't really much bias, as the blog focuses mostly on summaries of books and their comparison to modern economy. The blogger isn't revealing any prejudice to any groups, just how to fight "economic ignorance".
Nima Jamshidi
Period 2
econblog101 (#199):
Content: This blog is good because it includes articles on several difference regions. The most recent article is about America, but there are also several articles focusing on different European regions. This makes the blog interesting because it's really eye opening to read about the financial situation of other countries.
Appearance: The appearance of the blog is really nice. It's lightly colored so you don't feel depressed when you are reading it. It's also very neatly laid out.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is very easy to navigate because of the way the different sections are arranged to the side. The most recent posts are at the top when you first enter the blog, so it's easy to quickly log on and see the newest posts, which is very convenient.
Apparent Bias: The author doesn't seem to be very bias, or at least doesn't let his bias come out in his posts. In his latest post regarding his prediction about another impending recession similar to the financial crisis of 2008, he mentions the presidential candidates and shows no bias towards either. This is surprising because the presidential race is something most people have really strong opinions about.
Ecological Headstand (#200):
Content: The last blog past was in 2015, which makes the content pretty bad since most people would rather read about the economy right now rather than a year ago. Also the the fact that the blog has been inactive for a year means that it is probably dead. The author cites past economists A LOT.
Appearance: The appearance is nice, the color of the word and background make the words easy to read. However, it is kind of weird that the left side of the screen is blank, but the right side features some kind of picture.
Ease of Navigation: The tabs at the top are weirdly placed and confusing to have to navigate. Not overly confusing, but relative to other blogs that manage to neatly organize tabs, it's very frustrating to have to navigate.
Bias: The author seems like a communists. He renews Karl Marx's call for the abolition of the wage system and believes that all income should be more equally distributed.
The volokh conspiracy is as straight forward as its title, simply descriptions talking about USSR and Nazi Germany conspiracies during the war....
Donald Marron is a basic blog about how Great Brittain plans on putting a tax on sugary drinks.
Newmarks door:
This blog is written from a seemingly urban and modern perspective which includes captivating quotes as its entries. The bias seems from a small business perspective which makes it stand out. It includes insight on small ideas.
Dollars and sense is a blog focused on tax and how many blame that Ronald Reagan started a new empire of tax. The blog writes about how modern day tax differed greatly from past taxes.
Kristina Iakounina
2 period
CommodiNews
1) Content-the overall content is ok, however the blog posts are a little long.
2) Appearance-the appearance is very clean and organized, but i didn't like the amount of pictures in between paragraphs
3) Ease of Navigation-the navigation of the website is very tough there is a clear tab to press if i wan to see specific blogs
4) Apparent bias-as far as i was able to tell there wasn't any bias
Emergent Economics
1) Content-i loved the content of this page because it was more fact based rather than opinion. they had charts with numbers which was a great visual
2) Appearance-the appearance was clean and straight forward. i do wish that the lettering was a little bigger but i was able to tolerate it.
3) Ease of Navigation-the website way much easier to navigate then the first one. i was able to find everything i wanted easily
4) Apparent bias-from what i was able to read there wasn't any apparent bias
Period 4
"Economic Thought: The Theory of Free Banking"
Content: The content, although great in length, shows how dedicated the theorist for this blog is. He goes into the meat and bones of Free Banking, even showing an example from a previous economist.
Appearance: The layout of the content is very spaceous and pleasing to the eye. It allows for the reader to feel comfortable while reading, without the trouble of squinting their eyes, or trying to find where they left at.
Ease of Navigation: Throughout the blog, the content was chunked into specific parts. This is very convinient for the reader, granted the blog is very lengthy.
Apparent Bias: In this blog, the author's bias showed that he favored the abolishment of the United States’s central bank. It is explained that the majority of the people's opinion has "begun to shift against the Fed due to its inability to properly accomplish any of its general objectives, including stabilizing prices and fighting unemployment." It can easily be said that this theorist will support the removal of the US central bank, feeling as though this will be for the better of America.
"EPI: Manufacturing Job Loss: The Consequences of Malign Neglect of the Dollar and Chinese Overcapacity"
Content: As the title implies, the blog talks about the situation of losing manufacturing jobs. Despite it being less than half of Economic Thought's blog, the concern the writer shows for the American economy is just as visible. The writer focuses less on theory and more on data to prove his point.
Appearance: The text size for the blog is about the avreage text you would find on any website. Because the site is very simplistic, the reader can read on without many distractions.
Ease of Navigation: Most blogs consist of 3 to 7 small paragraphs. There aren't specifics for each paragraph, but the details cover piece by piece the subject of the blog. You may get lost from time to time.
Apparent Bias: In this blog, the writer shows a bias against the "rising dollar" and the American government. For example, he accuses the government of "do[ing] nothing about destructive exchange rate movements," the cause of the loss in manufacturing jobs.
Think You Don’t Have Time to Focus on Your Money? Think Again by Holly Johnson, was a great article telling us about how much time we waste each day and what else we could be doing with that time , the article is easy to navigate, and the title and subtitles are really intresting but it doesnt take into account that we actually need to "waste" that time to revitalize our body and minds
International Corporate Governance-describes the challenges faced when companies blossom from privately owned to public shareholder companies, article was blotchy and diffiult to navigate, title was decent , i was attracted to this topic as im reall intrested in liberalism and globalization
Robey Lukose; Period 6
The first blog i read was (#34: The Pin Factory Blog). I read the first post called "There's a reason we invented farming you know".
Content: This blog talks about the issue that rises when a large demand is put onto a limited resource such as mushrooms in Central Europe. And also how some of the same amount resources in different places could have to be managed.
Appearance: The blog looked like an average blog and contained no pictures, just text. It was very plain and simple.
Ease of Navigation: The blog was easily readable and had many examples to help make the readers understand.
Apparent Bias: In the blog, the reader doesn't really show a bias just gibes information to the reader on how limited resources work.
The second blog i read was (#69: Ideas). I read the first post called "Two Maps I Would Like to See".
Content: This blog talks about an idea of a blogger to have two maps made: one where a customer could look up house prices around the city they want to move to and compare it to another city AND another map in which the user could find crime rates around the country or state.
Appearance: The blog was in blogspot.com much like this assignment thus, it was quite simple but appealing with the colors and style.
Ease of Navigation: The blog was easy to read and went straight to the point. The author also described the maps well which helped the user picture it.
Apparent Bias: In the blog, the reader believes having maps that show different things such as crime rates and house prices would be a great resource to the people.
STANLEY JOHNSON
6TH PERIOD
#65 ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL BLOG:How to get pregnant women to smoke, and smoke more: Put them on Medicaid
Content: This blog talks about the issue with Obamacare’s Medicaid and how it leads to an increase in prenatal smoking because of the extra money these people have when given this plan.
Appearance: The blog is very well organized. The Blog that I read contained images that were related to the topic. It contained very bright colors which is appealing to the user.
Ease of Navigation: The blog was very well organized and user input was very simple and easy.
Apparent Bias: In the blog which I read there was clearly a bias towards Obama and his Medicare plan. It only shared the negative affects of his plan and failed to show the positive affects his plan has over many people in the nation.
#64 Economic Populist:Low Income Households Have Expenses More Than Twice Their Income
Content: This blog talks about the how the people who fit in the category of low income are in dept or either have unreported income. These people have expenses which doubles there income by two.
Appearance: The blog is plain and simple and easy for a user to use. The Bright red color is eye capturing, but the simple style is very unique.
Ease of Navigation:The options to share thoughts are easily navigable. The user interface is up to date and had no issues/bugs while I was using it.
Apparent Bias: There is no bias in this blog it shares both sides of the story with facts and logistics which clears pretty much any form of bias.
Yash Bindal
6th period
#88: beyondbrics
Content: This blog focuses on how emerging markets are performing on a day to day basis. This blog contains a large amount of information for those who are interested in investing in foreign markets.
Appearance: The blog seems very well organised and easy to navigate. It does not suffer from the clutter than many other blogs do. The blog has a number of easy to see statistics on the side.
Ease of Navigation: This blog is very easy to navigate. The most popular articles and sections are easy to find on the side and less popular areas can be manually searched for. New content is set front and centre.
Apparent Bias: I could not detect any apparent bias. This site seems to simply report the news with some analysis, there is little personal commentary except for the opinion sections.
#78: Confessions of a Supply- Side Liberal
Content: This blog contains a wide variety of content and discusses a number of issues. One post I found particularly interesting was the post in which the author rebuts another economist's attacks on Econ 101.
Appearance: The blog is very simple. This makes it easy to read.
Ease of Navigation: This blog has both the standard blogging archive system in which users can find the posts made in each month. There is also a search bar. These combine to make the blog easy to navigate.
Apparent Bias: I could not find a huge amount of bias either way. The author seems to be somewhat conservative but not a Republican.
Abraham Mebarkia
2nd Period
#182: Labour and Capital
Content: This blog comments about new policies in companies and the effects of these policies that are implemented. This blog is especially helpful for those who are looking to invest in foreign businesses.
Appearance: This blog's appearance is too cluttered for my taste. The overall look is not appealing.
Ease of Navigation: This blog's appearance is not appealing but it is very easy to navigate. There is a statistics counter on the side and the blog divides its articles by months. The new content is on the top and all the blog posts are in chronological order.
Apparent Bias: This blog has a little bias because it is a little speculative and considers incentives and motives about current news in its analysis.
#154: All roads lead to China
Content: This blog describes how China's market affects the global market. It also talks about the companies in China and their future markets.
Appearance: The site's appearance is simple and plain which made it easy to read.
Ease of Navigation:The blog is easy to navigate; however, the blog has not made a new post since 2014.
Apparent Bias: The blog was slightly biased because it only mentioned the positive things about China and had a narrow perspective on the world economy.
Jasmine Patience
Period 2
#72 Randall Parker’s Completely Serious/Sometimes Funny/Bash-Free Macroeconomics Blog
Content: This blog is about the controversy in Mr. Kaepernick's decision to sit during the national anthem and how he seems to be uneducated in general.
Appearance: This blog is very well organized and easy to navigate. It doesn't take much thought to figure out what to do.
Ease of Navigation: This blog is relatively easy to navigate because everything is correctly labeled and in an obvious and clear way.
Apparent Bias: There seems to be an apparent bias against Mr. Kaepernick as it makes assumptions about him that cannot be really proven to be actual fact.
#35 Centre for the Study of African Economies
Content: This blog focuses on the issues in politics and economics in major African countries and how the trends change in the given societies.
Appearance: The blogs are listed one right after another and in very long paragraphs so the focus is lost on the content of the blogs.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is pretty much just one page that goes on and on so it's fairly easy to navigate however if you wanted to jump right to one specific blog it may be difficult.
Apparent Bias: There didn't really seem to be an apparent bias, most of the text was taken critically not favoring one side or the other.
Arnold Joseph
per.2
#65 the reformed broker: Uber Loses at Least $1.2 Billion in First Half of 2016.
content - this blog is all about how Uber managed to lose so much money in a short period of time and compares it to other technology companies.
Appearance - This blog is very attracting to a reader, it has a video and multiple pictures.
Ease of navigation - Each blog is listed one after the other and to access some blogs you have to click on a blog first, but it is a very easy and clean blog site.
Apparent Bias - this blog did not have any bias whatsoever it stuck to its topic and stayed neutral.
#194 Falkenblog : An Economist's Rational Road to Christianity.
content - this blog focuses on the rise and slight history of Christianity. also the arguments against Christianity.
Appearance - The blog is in small font and very long but is very neat.
Ease of navigation - the blog was very easy to find and easy to navigate through.
Apparent bias - There is a bias toward atheism because the author is an atheist.
Secondary list #24- Marginal Revolution
1. Content- The blog focus on reasons for why certain ideas work in the big idea context and includes analysis of influential people in current economics.
2. Appearance- The blog has a green heading with white background.
3. Ease of navigation- The blog is easily navigable with headings boldly displayed and a recent posts tab.
4. Apparent bias- There isn't any recognizable bias since the blog is co-owned by two professors.
Secondary list #35- The Centre for the Study of African Economies Blog
1. Content- This blog is basically a weekly link roundup of economic trends and analysis in Aficam countries. The owner occasionally uses humor to make his points and Taylor swift gifs as conclusions
2. Appearance- The blog has a green and white background with bold fonts.
3. Ease of navigation- Unlike many blogs, this one is very easy to navigate on mobile. Also, the weekly link round up is archived for easy access.
4. Apparent Bias- It's easy to see the owner posts links confirming his previous assertiona
Victor Varghese
Period: 2
Secondary list #7-MacroMania
1. Content- The blog is all about job vacancies and unemployment.
2. Apprance- The blog has orange heading with white background.
3. Ease of navigation- The blog is very easy to navigate and easy to find sections.
4. Apparent Bias- There is not any apparent Bias.
Secondary list #33- Lawrence University
1. Content- Increasing economic growth and creating attractive employment opportunities by Federal spending.
2. Appearance- The blog has white heading with blue background
3. Ease of navigation- The blog is very easy to navigate and easy to find sections.
4. Apparent Bias- I don't find any Apparent Bias.
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