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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The Beckner-Posner Blog has very detailed,easy to understand, and informative content.They talk about many popular events and how they believe they should be handled. The appearance of the site isn't every appealing, it's very simple and doesn't look like much effort was put into the presentation. It was very easy to navigate the site because most of the blogs content was on the home page so all you had to do was scroll. I think the authors do have apparent bias as they write their articles from one side of a debate or another.
The Club for Growth blog expressed their opinions on different policies that are passed by congress. They are very detailed in telling us how they feel about them and how they think they will be used or miss used. The appearance of the blog is very attractive and it makes you want to venture into the site more. It's really easy to navigate because all of the posts and information are well organized. The authors do have apparent bias as their entire blog is based on giving their opinions on policies.
Sarika Vura
1st Period
Jordan Jacobson
Blog: Economic Collapse
Category: General
1. The content has articles from all sorts of categories from current events to political articles it has it all.
2. The appearance is articles posted from newest to oldest.
3. The blog is easy to navigate if you know when the article you are looking for was posted, but if not it can be difficult.
4. There is no apparent bias to this blog.
Blog 1: The Conscience of a Liberal
1- The blog contains articles relating to the news of the specific day. For example, today's article is about the lack of commemoration for 9/11. The blog talks about the negative economic effects of national and local decisions taking place that day.
2- The blog has a very simple appearance with all the posts stacked upon one another. On average, each article contains a video, photo, or graph of some kind.
3- The site is fairly easy to navigate. If one wants to look for an earlier article, a simple search from the search bar will navigate them there.
4- The blog is biased to side with liberal view points.
Blog 2: The Money Illusion
1- The blog contains articles relating to economical and cultural problems of the day. It mentions highly argued topics (such as cultural appropriation), as well as the monetary effects of government decisions.
2- The blog is hard to look at simply because of its meek appearance. The dull color and over simplified layout makes it difficult to focus on the article.
3- The site is extremely easy to navigate. With easy access links on the right side of the site, a user can access an article of any month they desire.
4- The blog appears to be biased against Trump. He seems to think that he won't do much for the country, or repeal much of Obama's acts as he claims to want to do. He also believes that international relations will not be handled well by Trump.
7) Naked Capitalism
This site is setup as a traditional blog with the most recent articles on the front page. This helps it have a simple appearance. It has a simple navigation bar on top., making it easy to navigate. The content on the website seems well written and thought out. Looking at a title like "Thomas Frank: Corporate Democrats Have a Vested Interest in Not Listening to Workers", I can infer that this site has a conservative bias.
8) Think Progress
This site is set up as modern news website with more pictures and color. This makes it visually appealing. The site is split up with different headings and has a easy to use interface. A search bar is also given. These aspects make the site easy to navigate. The content in the articles written seems factual and well written. It is easy to read for someone unfamiliar with the topic. Many of the headlining articles are critical of Fox and the current Trump administration. This suggests that this site has a liberal bias.
- Sainath Krishnamurthy - 4th Period
Jordan Jacobson
Blog; Calculated Risk
Category: Business and Investment
1.This blog contains posts that contains information about how certain parts of the nations economy is doing, current events that could play a factor in investment decisions, mortgage values, and any other information that relates to businesses.
2. This blog shows the full article in one post and its arranged from newest to oldest.
3. The way this blog is set up makes it fairly easy to navigate and find what you are looking for.
4. There is not any apparent bias in this blog because it contains both positive and negative articles on everything.
Blog #1: “Healthcare Economist”
Content: The content of the blog covers the health care policies and economics that play a role in America’s healthcare as well as discussing the impact healthcare has on citizens. The content offers in-depth analyses towards issues and complicated topics that surround healthcare such as the if employees are required to receive health insurance from their employers or the reasons why some parents avoid giving vaccinations to their children and how politics play into that role. Most of the articles are titled in questions to give the viewer an idea on the topic that the author is going to introduce to further explain the concept and views about the questions from different sides.
Appearance: This blog seems to be structured in a stylish way, the homepage resembles a magazine or book with the some of the pages folded back to reveal the single page that the viewer is currently looking at. In addition, there is a banner with a picture that resembles workers in a hospital with the title “Healthcare Economist” in black, bold letters. Below the banner reveals links that viewers can look reveal further information about the blog.
Ease of Navigation: This blog is easy to navigate due to how organized and simple the layout is. On the top is where the links such as “About the Author” and “Obamacare Overview” are placed to catch the viewer’s attention to click and know more about the different sections on this blog. There are also links to the archives organized by month and year for easy access to find specific blogposts. Along with the archives is a blogroll where the viewer can find more health/economic related blogs to expand their reading.
Apparent Bias: There is no apparent bias in this blog due to the layout of each article simply presenting the issue/topic in mind and pointing out the various sides in response to the question. The author of the blog himself wrote that this blog is an “Unbiased Analysis of Today’s Healthcare Issues” in the banner of his blog.
Blog #2: “New Economic Perspectives”
Content: The content of this blog mostly focuses on economic issues concerning the global economy, the authors of this blog also provide in depth analyses of the various policies that impact society and offer a set of ideas/plans for the viewers to make their own decisions regarding the economy.
Appearance: The blog offers a clean and simple look, a white background with black text and a colorful banner that includes an illustration of blue fishes with an orange fish in the middle to display the title of the blog. There are links for easy access on top of the banner and additional links to the right. Overall, very organized, and easy to browse through.
Ease of Navigation: This blog is easy to navigate through, there are designated links on the top of the blog that provide useful information such as contact info, interviews, etc. The right side of the blog has more useful details for the interest of the viewer; such as podcast recordings and recommended readings. Overall, this blog is convenient and easy to find different sources of info.
Apparent Bias: Based on some of the published blogposts, this blog seems to have a bias towards the dislike and condemnation against Donald Trump and white supremacist/neo-Nazi groups. They further prove this bias by ridiculing and pointing out various faults in Trump’s policies and his supporters.
-Anne Dang 4th period
Waseem Khalil P4
Blog One
Dani Rodrik's Weblog
1 - The blog very rarely posts any article, with only one post in the last three months. It contains economic and political articles which many revolved around Turkey.
2 - The blog has a very basic appearance and shows a list of articles.
3 -The blog is easy to navigate because there is not much to navigate to.
4 - The blog is biased towards pro turkey as the author who is a professor at Harvard was born in Instanbul.
Blog 2
Chris Blattman
1 - The blog has articles about the events of that week. There is a large weekly post with many topics around economic events internationally.
2 - The blog has a modern layout and all the articles are on the front page.
3 - All the articles are found by scrolling down on the front page. There is a search bar with topics/tags listed beneath.
4 - The blog appears to slightly lean towards a democrat bias.
Global economics and structures
The content of the blog pertain to the topic which is a global perspective of economy and how it is inter-related, the appearance of the blog is however a bit drab despite staying true to the white and maroon color scheme, perhaps the author is trying to seem polished and professional but it comes off as a bit dull. The set up of the blog could be a bit more navigable if the author had done them by content rather than classifying by dates. There is an apparent bias as the author simply states his point of view without providing news links to back up claims.
Epstein Jacob
4th period
Blog analysis #1
Josephine Henry
4th Period
Blog #16 Why Nations Fall
The content of this blog focuses on major problems in a state, such as welfare, taxing, and titles of land. The appearance of the blog is nice with the title nice and big at the top and a blue background. It also had no other advertisements. It is very easy to navigate having the most recent posts at the top of the page. There is no apparent bias because when one side is stated in a post the next post may offer information on the other side of the situation.
Blog #37 John Kay
The content of this blog focuses on the relationship between economics and business. The appearance is very sophisticated having the economists name printed at the top and a short biography of himself on the home page. It is easily navigated with tabs to click where you want to go, whether it be articles or to shop for his books. There is no bias because John Kay shows both points of views.
Blog 1: Neighborhood Effect
This website talks about the negative impact of the risk of not having a enough money to maintain people's living standards in retirement due to young people not saving money between the ages of 32-61. In addition, the appearance of the blog is simple and plain with some graphs. It also shows the full article thus it is easy to navigate. There seems to be some bias in the blog as ithe author chooses to address the issue of only men and their employment.
Blog 2: Intelligent Economist
This website has content about Medicare advantage, demand and aggregate supply, financial intermediaries, and the glass steagall act. The appearance is very appealing and simple with organized sections about each topic. There is aslo a search bar which makes it easy to navigate. There is not any bias in the blog as it compares "Medicare advantages to the Traditional Medicare".
Jestin raju
4th period
Economists do it with Models
The content is random tidbits of economic related current events and the authors take on such events. The appearance of the site shows that its audience is targeted towards a bit younger crowd, as shown by the funny name. The site is a bit difficult to navigate at first and locate the blogs because it opens to a home page that moves as the cursor moves, it takes a bit of fiddling around to find the actual content. The author does seem to have an apparent bias as she states her point of view in different current events and their economic importance. The blog is however interesting due the authors humorous nature.
Epstein Jacob
4th Period
Blog analysis #2
Blog: China Financial Markets (#44)
The content within this blog is very informational and descriptive. There seems to be a constant flow of posts that help continually teach the reader and still include them with participation with the possibility of adding comments and thoughts. It includes many components of economics that are easy to read and to learn more from. Information includes things about the unemployment, taxes, and trade balancing. The appearance is very neat and easy to read. It also appears to be very modern and up to date. Navigation is also very easy, as it is easy to look for the menu and other categories. Apparent bias in this blog would be how some of the posts are only focused on one main point of view instead of getting other peoples’ opinion.
Blog: Half Sigma (#98)
The content within this blog focuses more on businesses and financial news. The blog within this website doesn’t really have that many posts and some of the business links don’t work. An example is when I clicked on one of the states to show me businesses, but it just went back up to the home page. The blog posts that are there though are not as informative, but he also includes videos as well. The appearance is nice and is modern as well. It looks like a professional did do it. Navigation is also nice as there are categories that are easy to click on and find. Apparent bias in this blog is also how he only presents his point of view on the topics and does not include others.
Cassie De Leon - 4th period
Blog 1: Coyote Blog (#69)
This blog includes posts about the environment's effect on the economy. The appearance is not very appealing, it is plain and includes all of the posts, from newest to oldest, on the home page. Therefore, the it is not easily accessible due to the unorganized feel. There is an apparent bias since the posts pertain to the author's experience with that specific company.
Blog 2: Knowledge Problem (#80)
This blog includes commentary on economics, information, and human action by Lynne Kiesling and Michael Giberson. The appearance of this blog is simple and organized, with the posts arranged from newest to oldest. This blog allows readers to easily navigate any of their articles, with a list of categories to choose from on the right hand side of the page. There is an apparent bias, due to the fact that the two authors discuss their viewpoints on economic plans.
Alexis Chan
5th Period
pamela gheriafi
period 4
The Volokh Conspiracy
1. Newest news and in-depth analyzation of recent topics and news.
2. All articles are organized one after another which when selected take you to a separate page to the article.
3. All articles are easy to navigate through and are all organized from newest to oldest.
4. Biased against Trump.
Stumbling and Mumbling
1. A wide range of information mostly surrounding international economic and immigrants.
2. Each topic is organized one after another with no seeming specific organization.
3. Scrolling down to each topic paragraph and on the side tab directs you to other news articles if more information is needed.
4. No apparent bias.
Blog 1- Angry Bear
1- The author mainly writes about the current events occurring politics/economics inside and outside of the U.S, such as the hurricanes and how President Trump is willing to help.
2- The appearance of this blog is very dull and boring. There isn't much color present to even catch the readers' eye.
3- It is fairly easy to go through this blog page because most of the titles are bolded, and the author provides a legend, indicating which post is about journalism, politics, or US/ Government
4- There seems to be an apparent bias because the author does not provide evidence or article links on many of his posts.
-Rithvik Bommareddy, 4th Period
The Foundre:
1. The blog contains articles relating to different topics and issues based on current events and dates. Today's article talks about the 9/11 attacks and commemorates the brave men and women who helped out during the attacks, as well as the fallen victims of the attacks.
2. The appearance is very simple and traditional with the newer blogs on top. The pictures and arrangement of the blog help attract readers to the articles.
3. The blog is easy to navigate through since the articles are divided into categories based on their overall topic. There is also a search bar which makes it easier for readers to look up specific posts.
4. The article has no apparent bias.
Next New Deal:
1. The politically based blog contains information concerning economic issues such as taxes, business dynamics, and much more. It contains articles which references the problems of today's society and economics.
2. The blog is easy to look at since it is organized well and has many pictures and headlines to attract readers towards the topic of discussion.
3. The site is easy to navigate through since the blogs are updated with the most recent on top. The article are on the homepage, so it was easy scrolling down the page to find all the posts.
4. The blog appears to have no apparent bias.
Raina Abraham
Fifth Period
Blog 1: Inside Futures
This blog is good resource for information regarding investments as well as analyses of the market. The appearance of this blog, in my opinion, is poor; the blog is crowded with a few advertisements and many links to different articles, but that doesn't necessarily make the blog difficult to navigate. The home page features recent articles along with other resources such as links to specific markets and market sections. The top of the blog is lined with tabs to make it easy to find specific material. There seems to be many different contributors to this blog with many different thoughts and ideas, so it is difficult to pinpoint an apparent bias.
Blog 2: This Young Economist
While it lacks recent posts, this blog is a good resource for learning about economics. It contains a set of links to educational YouTube videos focusing on microeconomics. Although some may find the appearance of this blog to be land or boring, I find its minimalistic appearance quite pleasing. The blog's simplicity makes it very easy to navigate. Similar to Inside Futures, the top of the blog is lined with a few tabs, making it easy to find what you are looking for. The one negative aspect of this blog is that there are no recent posts on events taking place today. This blog has liberal views.
Amber Montemayor, 2nd period
The Brad Delong blog has informative and up to date details which stay true to it's title about dealing with reality. The blog covers recent events taking place in the nation such as the memorial of the 9/11 attack as well as new issues that have arrived with certain economic policies. Though the blog is very informative the appearance seems a bit tacky due to its different fonts and scattered display of posts. Despite being a tad bit unorganized, the blog does have a pro of having a subsection titled "Archives" which allows the reader to go back and view posts from previous months within the year. Organizing the posts by dates allows easier access to the viewers. There is an apparent bias present in this blog as the author states his opinion only and leaves no room for discussion or controversial links which follow his opinion.
The Freakonomics blog does not contain the most relevant pieces of information. Though it does have some information pertaining to economics such as financial issues and how to fix them, it contains other posts that have nothing to do with the topic such as sports linking to brain damage and other medical issues. The appearance of the blog is excellent, it is well organized and lively. It contains headers at the top which allow for quicker and easier access to what you are looking for.There is no apparent bias in this blog because the author argues both sides of the argument.
Priya Thomas
2nd period
1st Blog: "The Oregon Economics Blog" by Patrick Emerson
1)This blog talks about the economic issues in parts of the US, such as an increase in price for renting a house, the tax issues, and etc.
2) The appearance of the website is simple with quick links on the left side, the recent blogs in the center, and the tweets by the author about current issues on the right side of the site.
3)It is very easy to navigate through the website as you scroll down to view past blogs.
4)There is an apparent bias in the blog because the author gives opinion on the issues.
2nd Blog: "Captain Capitalism"
1)The blog posts on a daily basis with a caption along with links and images shown per blog, so there isn't that much content by the author themselves. The topics seem pretty bland and random with very little to no context or credentials. The author simply links to some other websites to show what the author is saying without just summarizing that website.
2)The appearance looks like it was a rushed job with random economics books images on the side of the page as you scroll down, and it just doesn't look furnished enough to seem appealing to stay and keep reading the blog.
3)The Blog is easy to navigate as you simply scroll down to view the past posted blogs.
4) There is an apparent bias as the author just gives some opinion on the topics he's talking about, including the websites he's linking to.
Alvin Yolanda Ewaldo
1st Period
1st Blog: Cheap Talk
1. Personally I enjoy how the author writes out the blog as it discusses specific economic/political/social situations in a simple, conversational manner that helps me better understand both the issue and his stance in the matter. I also enjoy how in the recent posts he turns certain situations into "What Would You Do" questions.
2. The appearance of the blog is rather bland with only one background picture behind the title and posts/tags all packed into the middle, leaving a lot of white space.
3. In regards to navigation, you are limited to: top posts, tags, comments, and a bare bone navigation bar. Meaning if you want to look at a specific topic the only option is to scroll down until you find one that relates.
4. His bias can be seen sometimes due to the variety in specific topics hence why I don't see a clear bias
2nd Blog: On the Economy
1. This blog heavily focuses on economics, meaning that all posts are about current events such as the full effects of Hurricane Harvey and what it means regarding jobs and rebuilding while sometimes skimming over the basics of economic terms before going deep into them. Only rarely does he go into political territory.
2. Overall the appearance of the blog has a rather professional feeling to it with most posts having a picture of a graph to give a clearer view into the topic being discussed.
3. Navigation here is simple with the posts being from latest to oldest and in case you are looking for a specific topic there is a search bar that brings up any posts that relate to what you are looking for.
4. Since most of all the posts relate back economics, any bias is rather subjective since it depends on how one looks at the issue or what theory used. Though in regards to the few political posts he made there seems to a liberal bias due to how he opposes Trump action in alienating his party
Anna Mayzenberg
5th Period
Blog: Interfluidity
Interfluidity is a decently organized blog with archives from each month of every year posts was published available on the left-hand side for easy navigation. It is pleasant to look at, but has no complex design; the writer is definitely much more focused on the content of his posts than their appearance. The content overall includes analysis and opinions on current economics and politics, including topics that range from airline economics to gerrymandering. Hence, its organization on a monthly basis is helpful, because it comments on the current events of that time. Based on an article on the author's support for Bernie Sanders from February 2016, I believe it is fair to assume his bias is in a liberal direction.
Blog #2: HistorySquared
HistorySquared is a relatively plain in appearance but well-organized blog, with sections labeled with behavioral finance, hedge fund watch, macro themes, trading system ideas, and weekly post summary. It has many articles in each section, behavioral finance discussing how psychology and economics mingle, occasionally bringing marketing into the mix such as in an article discussing how more people buy coffees frequently when they are close to a free reward for their purchases. The macro themes section has the most posts by far, 662 total, each of them ranging from any time in history, whether it be comments on modern economics such as the surge of prices in 2013 or trade policy in the 1930s. In addition, the blog frequently discusses economics outside of America, articles on China, Canada, and Zimbabwe being just a few examples of its international focuses. The blog doesn't seem to be particularly biased in any direction, moreso there for the education of diligent readers on the historical trends of economics.
Jono Joseph
5th Period
Housna Kadrie, Period 2
Blog 1: Economics for Teacher
1. The blog contains articles relating to how students use information learned into their everyday lives. It gives teachers resources so that they can find information to give out to students to achieve the goal of deeper learning. Its main focus is for students to be able to understand financial literacy. The content is informational and straight to the point.
2. The blog has a basic and simple appearance, that includes eye catching colors. The blog does not have a professional appearance, but it is well organized.
3. It has tabs to be able to navigate the sight. It also has a blog archive. Well organized and easy to navigate.
4. The blogs biased seems to have a democratic bias, as seen by the tweets they have retweeted on the page.
Blog 2.The Pin Factory Blog
1. The blog contains articles relating to health care. It also includes information about local authority expenditure budgets. It also includes the impact that healthcare has on citizens. It also has information about how taxing the young citizens has effect on them. It also has articles about capitalism. The site also includes a part for videos, news, students, research and many more. The blog doesn't have a specific theme, rather it highlights on important current events.
2. The blog has a eye catching appearance that is professional and organized. The blog includes photos that are professionally taken. It also has videos.
3. The blog is easy to navigate. It has a menu bar that shows options. It also has a post archive and a Author archive.
4. It has a bias from younger American citizens. Its main focus is how different situation can effect the young in a positive or negative way.
The Oil Drum- This blog provides a daily forum for users to gather information on the worlds energy supplies and well being. The blog is poorly created, is very bland, and uses old software. The blog is hard to navigate and has a multitude of buttons and unnecessary pieces.The site has a bias to people affected by distastes that fear they are losing natural energy sources.
U.S Food Policy- The blog talks about the food policies of America and different aspects of the food industry. The blog is well made and visually appealing with pictures to aid the reader. The navigation is easy with simple links to different pages. The blog is biased to people that suffer a shortage of food or affected by food related diseases
Blog 1: Emergent Economics
The content is mainly explaining how there are different sorts of capitals Physical, Human, and Natural. The appearance of this blog is well organized as the chart explains how the 10 countries have different balances of wealth and how they are distributed. This blog is easy to navigate because there are tabs on the top of the page if you would like to learn more about the blogs and how they received their information. This article is partially
Malthusian as it describes how the population increase at a faster rate than what the economy can provide.
Blog 2: Abnormal Returns
The blog is mainly describing how investing is hard and how to find books that would help you on investing in better places. The appearance is fine as it shows in the beginning what he writes to help other people then shows different books that could help newcomers. The blog is easy to navigate around as it has different articles linked in with different peoples names for different point of views on investing. This article is a bit bias because it shows what he thinks is more important but he does show that he didn't include everything such as hedge funds and portfolio management.
Michael chan 4th
26. Credit Writedowns
The blog focuses on the federal policies that affect short and long term economic stability. It focuses on employment and the middle class's influence on the economy. The articles are organized with the newest at the top in a slideshow format. This allows for an easy way for the reader to navigate through the website because you can see the recent posts as well as popular posts. The website is strongly against Trump's policies and feels federal economic desicions leave out important issues like tax reform.
28. The Irish economy
The blog surrounds the Irish policies in a simpler way and the Irish influence in the European Union decisions. The appearance of the website is simple but requires a lot of scrolling to find different articles. It is difficult to find other articles as it is not organized for specific categories. The bias in the blog is influenced by the Irish role in the decisions, but the author supports his argument with analytical data.
Jenina Bianty - 5th period
Blog 1: Crooked Timber
1) The primary focus of the blog doesn't seem to include economics. It seems to be more of a HUB for the contributors to ask personal questions and share what they feel about any given event they're thinking about. The few articles that are centralized on economics discuss the nature of economics systems
2) The visual design of the blog is kind of grim because of its solid black background and use of a gray-scale picture of a tree trunk. Outside of the color scheme, the rest of the blog is very professional looking with minimal advertisements. There are a few posts with photos that seem out of place (because they're so colorful) but other than that the website appears very uniform.
3) The set up is organized in a reverse chronological column and has a small search bar which takes just a second longer than usual to find. The column shows the title and first few paragraphs of each post and has "continue reading" buttons at the bottom of each article.
4) I happen to know a major contributor of this blog and would say that the bias of the writers leans very slightly to the left, however in their articles/posts/etc they do an excellent job of taking a non-partisan stance and thoroughly describing both the positive and negative possibilities of the systems that they analyze.
Blog 2: Rortybomb
1) Several of the posts analyze the relationships between domestic political uneasiness and its impact on the economy as well as the state of the United States (i.e. prison reform, education reform). The author largely makes commentary on other people's criticisms or will explain the criticism and its application--typically these articles are about government policy or how the extremely wealthy finance their business/homes/etc.
2) The appearance of the blog is very informal. It seems to be run as more of a hobby and a way to keep track of all the author's publications than it is a professional economics advising website.
3) Navigating the website is particularly easy if you know what you're looking for, however the information about each article in the list is not helpful for someone trying to find information on a particular topic.
4) In general, the blog seems to present and argue for both sides of the political spectrum depending on the topic being discussed. Still, most of the information is a non-partisan analysis of how certain decisions or trends have impacted the United States economy (and particularly in New England).
-Matthew Whaley, 4th Period
Blog 2- Growthology
1- This blog mainly posts about how entrepreneurs are dominating the business world
2- The appearance of this blog seems very simple and it is very easy to read the information.
3- it is easy to navigate through this blog because all of the posts are spread apart from one another, making it easier to read the information in each post.
4- There is an apparent bias towards people who want to take on higher financial risks and run their own company.
-Rithvik Bommareddy, 4th Period
Ambareen Virani 4th period
Blog #1: The Simple Dollar
1.The content of this blog is heavily focused on finance.
2.The appearance of the blog is nice due to its arrangement and organization.
3. Navigation of this blog is not hard due to to the easy to use topic tabs of credit cards, investing, banking, education, and insurance. It also contains a search bar to help navigate.
4. There seems to be no bias in this blog.
Ambareen Virani
Blog #2: Eclectecon
1. The content of this blog has a range of topics starting from important news in Canada to opinions over worldwide happenings.
2. The appearance of this blog seems a little cluttered due to its large font and jumbled sidebars.
3.The blog can easily be navigated by scrolling down on the right side to see different catagories.
4. The blog has no consistent biases but is opinionated.
U.S. Food Policy
This blog talks about how the rate of family food unit drops during the Obama administration. It persuades Americans on how they should put an effort into decreasing food industries.The appearance of the website is neat and easy to look at, as it provides charts and graphs. It is easy to navigate because you can scroll through any post such as the most recent or late. The website is strongly against how Americans are putting an effort into helping the hunger in the nation.
Thomas Palley
This blog talks about how Donald Trump position towards foreign relations. The appearance of this website is pretty easy to read, however, if graphs or charts were provided it would be more easier. It is easy to navigate, because you can scroll through a list of recent blog posts. It is very also bias, because it is strictly against Trump's point of view toward outside countries.
Blog analysis #1
(161. Don’t worry, I’m an Economist!”)
Content:
This blog is fairly long, includes so much personal opinions and suggestions, and has specific explanations to studies, researches, economies both foreign and domestic, and international economic observations.
This blog focuses on economic research and how economy as a whole is changing.
On his most recent post, the author states particular things he has noticed from the conference of two world class economists (on things like network theory, political economy, and international relations). One main notice by the author is the increasing of using scientific method in social sciences, which makes the author happy to see the interference however also thinks that some areas of economic research will never be able to make precise claims as in physics or other science fields. In Fact he provides an addition to those scientific experiments along with data on the changing nature of economic research: Natural Experiments (Random Sampling). The author mostly critics the way economists are studying and interpreting their fields and adds opinions on ways to fix them.
The author continues to provide clarifications on studies and results with sufficient data, and of course his own opinions.
Appearance:
The backgrounds pale blue color indulges the audience to their screen, and the matching light blue wording on subtitles and important texts has the same flashing effect to the eye. The appearance of the texts is kind of small, but visual representations have high quality which include bright colors that can easily be observed by the viewer. Dates at the top, comments on the bottom, and social media links...looks pretty blog professional to me.
Ease of Navigation:
The excessive amount of highlights (of important phrases) provides the reader an easy navigation when scrolling to main points. There are tabs at the top which give perfect organization to the blog, and lastly the images are centered and high quality, which make it super easy to navigate.
Apparent bias:
The author mostly does not have too much bias with his words, although there is one post, “This Trumps neomercantilism is ridiculous!”, where he explains his opinions including several bias thoughts. The author is strongly against protectionism (president trumps economic plan in replace of globalization) but when explaining so he looks at all fields and provides different cases, which decreases the amount of bias. However the author strongly includes negative words like “ how ridiculous”.
Meryem Pecen
1st period
177: New Economist
1. This blog presents new economic research and data and then analyzes it. The author of the blog also does weekly job posts where the author talks about the job and the author's opinion on. The author of the blog mainly takes events and gives a brief analysis on them.
2. The uniform font and 2 shades of red make the blog a pain to look at. Also, the super small letters for links to original sources and categories makes it a hassle to do any further reading.
3. Navigation is a pain as all the links are in a very small letter size. There is no way to access a specific topic as there is no search bar. The only way to see past posts is to keep scrolling down.
4. There is no apparent bias to the blog, but most of the posts are concerning England and Europe.
178: The Power and the Money
1. The focus of the blog is the impact on the economy that occurs when some event occurs with the government. Mainly the aforementioned governments are Latin American and Caribbean governments.
2. The appearance is very nice as the author posts pictures for each post.
3. The blog is pretty easy to navigate, it has a categories column to the right where links are posted with larger font sizes for more popular categories.
4. The author has a negative view towards Trump as he uses economic evidence to talk about how Trump has negative impacts on Latin American economies and writes family stories where the theme is that Trump does not represent Americans.
Taryn Gheen, 5th period
Blog #1: The Big Picture
1) Content- The big picture blog contains content in a wide range of subjects. More seriously, it contains information about things such as the impact of natural disasters, and natural disasters themselves. However, this blog too contains subject matter in economics that even associates with pop culture. For example, today, September 11ths blog post discusses the fall of Nike in the sneaker market, and in an earlier post, on September 5th, Paul McCartney was frequently mentioned, and even in the headline. Overall, because this blogs content is not just limited to economics and markets, it makes this blog site enjoyable and educational, as it is able to provide information in an array of areas.
2) Appearance- This blog is colorful, organized, and simply appealing to the eye. The blog posts are organized by date with all the headlines large. This site successfully makes use of graphics using graphs, tables, and pictures to display information to the reader before even clicking on the post itself. Because of the graphics in which this site makes use of, it remains exciting and fun to read through.
3) Ease of Navigation- Providing a headline and graph or picture in which associates with the subject matter of the post makes this site and fun to navigate through, and easy to determine which post would be of interest to you. In addition, this site is organized by date of post, in which makes it easy to the reader to get through. It too contains a search bar, for ease when one may be looking for a post on a certain subject, or a post itself. It too was simply put together, and easy to understand how to navigate, and take full advantage of what the site has to offer.
4) Apparent bias- The author of the blog, Barry Ritholtz provides a view of macroeconomics with no apparent bias. Among research about him, he now runs a research firm, FusionIQ, in which he publishes research, so would have no reason to provide a bias opinion. Also because of his current career, posting bias articles could hurt his business, and threaten his dependability to readers, giving him further incentive to provide un- bias articles to the audience. Too, he has previous work experience, a market strategist at an investment bank, in which proves he knows his information.
Blog Analysis #2
(56. Adam Smith Institute)
Content:
The Adam Smith Institute is a libertarian think tank, nonprofit group, which is based in the UK. This website advocates for free marketing and liberal ideas, and from what can be read the authors of this blog (it's more of a business website) has sought to advance an approach toward public economy, taxation, education, and even healthcare. One main focus are free market ideas through literature, host speakers, and of course blogging.
If the viewer clicks the “blog” tab on the right side, they will see the implementations of what has been described above.
Appearance:
The designing of the blog is one of the best i’ve seen so far. It is very professional with everything, the images, tabs, titles, dates, and it all looks high quality. Including a logo (which is the side head view of Adam Smith) makes the site even more visually interesting. Dates cursive at the top, picture in the background of the entrance, symmetrical writing and visuals make the blog very successful as it seems.
Ease of Navigation:
This blog is very easy to navigate due to the big titled words, highlights on key points, tabs with numerical orders, and links to contacts including address and phone, social media accounts, and sign up tabs. Easy navigation, sufficient information, great quality...you can just tell how successful this organization/blog is.
Apparent Bias:
Tim Worstall, author of the blog, does not have much bias. Well yes there is always bias where opinion is, however Worstall does not explain his thoughts and observations in a bias way for the most part, he only presents his truthful thoughts. For example take his description of president Maduro (of Venezuela), the author simply says “ It's no use trying to fix prices. To do so, you must have a product that can't be replaced, and you must have complete agreement among all the people who control that product.” He does present negative thoughts like “they’re greedy”, so we cannot claim that there isn’t ANY bias.
Meryem Pecen
1st period
Nathanael Tan
1st Period
45. Organizations and Markets
1. Content is witty at times and very informative, although dated, as the blog itself is no longer maintained. They stopped updating it April 25, 2016.
2. The appearance is very simple and clearcut. There is a picture for every blog post, but the blog itself has no real background and is somewhat bland.
3. The blog is very easy to navigate, having tabs at the top organizing the information available by type. All information is easily accessible and the search bar makes it very easy to find whatever you are looking for.
4. The only real bias is the fact that the blog is no longer up to date and can't really be used for current issues.
48. Firedoglake
1. The content is very clear, albeit very focused on protesting against things. The blog's name has been changed to Shadowproof and is somewhat anarchic. Almost all of the blog posts are insulting or defaming somebody or something.
2. The appearance of the blog is very flashy, maintaining a color scheme of black and blue. Scrolling down, it looks very blocky with posts being three to a row all the way down.
3. The blog is pretty easy to navigate as tabs at the top split the blog into the different categories of "The Dissenter," "Prison Protest," "Sharp Edges," and so on. As you scroll down, the posts are all easily accessible, spread out as they are.
4. The blog seems to have view the world and the government in a negative way, as most of the posts are quite anarchic and call for change. There are posts protesting against Obama, Clinton, and Trump all next to each other. There are ones about protesting against slavery in prison right next to African Americans helping colored communities in Houston after Hurricane Harvey.
#10: Library of Economics and Liberty
1. The blog offers the perspectives of Bryan Caplan, David Henderson, Alberto Mingardi, and Scott Sumner, with guest blogger Emily Skarbek to discuss current issues and insights in economics. For instance, today's blog was from David Henderson who reposted his view on 9/11 of what could happen if U.S were to go into war. He delivers two possibilities of what would happen if a foreign government used terrorist attacks on America, one of changing our foreign policy to refrain from foreign affair, and the other to completely change societal life including raising plane travel prices and perhaps even restrict some freedoms. Other content on the blog includes immigration acts, business cycles, the labor market, and current issues such as DACA.
2. In my opinion, the website is professional and is easy on the reader because of the column of recent posts. However, there are a lack of pictures of graphs that could better attract the blog for common people.
3. The blog is easy to navigate due to the various tabs on the left side, and it includes specific sub-categories that would help find certain subjects or issues for the reader's preference. The user could easily find blogs based on author, category, or date.
4. Blogging from libertarians and professors of economics, there is a slight bias on how some of the issues can be approached. However, the bloggers usually offer more than one solution, thus the bias is not that apparent.
#93: The Everyday Economist
1. The blog offers the perspective of Josh Hendrickson who discusses multiple subjects of economics including but not limited to, "the gold standard", bullionist controversy, and consumption and expenditures. The content is very detailed and provides an in depth analysis of the situation. A great thing that the author does is that he defines economic terms for the common people to understand.
2. The website appears organized and easy to read with various quotes and indentions. There are also quick links on the right side for the reader to access more information. Using paragraph-style blogs with a separate indention for quotes really makes the appearance user friendly for reading.
3. The blog is easy to navigate because of the organization. However, it would be better if the reader could see all the blogs posted instead of having to scroll throughout the page looking for a specific blog.
4. From the opinion of a professor of economics, a few of the blogs do have some bias, but the author clearly states how he sees the situation from his perspective. For instance, he discusses both the "good" and "bad" of the gold standard, and then uses his own opinion to conclude the situation. However, Hendrickson does offer an objective truth when he analyzes basic economic principles.
Jun Hin Loi
4th Period
Blog #1: Economic Principle
1) the content of this blog consists of economic and politics. The blog states that it focuses mainly on university economics and shows how that affects the rest of the world. The Economic Principals blog allows readers to know about the articles that are not as popular and "under-noticed".
2)the appearance of this blog is very simple and does not draw any unwanted attention and does not distract the readers. the colors are very basic and pleasing to the eyes.the site is very organized as the newest articles are presented first. it does not use many graphics or pictures and the blogs are not very long or short, it is an appropriate length depending on the topic.
3)the blog is very easy to navigate, as mentioned earlier, this blog is very organized. All the articles are posted under archives and are in chronological order with the newest first and the oldest last. the blog is organized in a manner in which it is easy to find the authors, articles, and information about the history of the blog itself.
4)After reading a few articles from this blog,it seems as though there is some apparent bias in the blog since there are various authors.
Aileen Ramirez 1st Period
Blog 1) "Ideas" by David Friedman
Content- The first page appears to be a plug for his upcoming projects and books with links off the side that direct you to his novels. The blog also contains a list of archived posts that don't really have a title or any kind of category other than being separated by month and year. These archives then contain different posts on various topics, some which piggyback off of others, while I only read a few from a couple different months, I gathered that they don't follow a structure they're just his ideas in blog form. They're very well written and honestly interesting, but serve the purpose of expanding your point of view rather than assisting you with research.
Appearance- It's created by blogpost so it looks like this one, but much less clear as to what each post is about as they are just separated by month and year.
Ease of Navigation- Easy to navigate if you aren't trying to find anything specific, if you are you have to remember the date of the post.
Apparent biased- He does very blatantly state that it's a blog about "whatever [he] feels like talking about" so it is very opinion based but he does seem to back his arguments with other's ideas and openly corrects/expands on his ideas.
Aileen Ramirez 1st Period
Blog 2) Donald Marron Blog
Content- His blog seems to blend current events with economics as seen in the first post on his page where he discussed economic growth and what Trump stated it as versus the reality of the situation. He also brings up questions like external taxes on harmful products and so on. He answers rhetorical questions people may be wondering and breaks them down in order to get a better understanding on the issue.
Appearance- It does have that “homemade” feel to it, but is full of useful tools off to the side to help guide you through the webpage. It’s not the most interesting of blogs when talking about appearance since it’s mostly beige and white, but that helps to keep the reader from being distracted.
Ease of navigation- The blog includes those month/year archives that “ideas” does, but Marron also includes other sections like mostly requested topics and he tags his posts so that if you click on budget you will get all posts regarding budget, so that makes it easy to look up a specific topic.
Apparent Bias- The blogs may contain a certain biased when discussing a subject matter or event as it is a single writer who has his own views on the things he writes about, but the articles I read seemed to have a sufficient amount of data and evidence to defend his answer.
#193. Simoleon Sense
1. The blog contains links to advertisements and websites that relate to the specified topic about investments one is searching about, such as how to manage investments.
2. When you open up the blog a chalkboard-like background appears with ten different topics in a column in a box that leads to other links when clicked. There are usually only one or two links to choose between after choosing the topic of your choice.
3. Navigating through the blog is fairly easy as one link leads to another. The font is fairly large and usually has only a couple of links to choose from after clicking on your topic of choice at the home page.
4. The apparent bias of this blog is towards businesses and colleges that pay to become a third party so that their links to their websites about investments are placed inside the blog.
#195. Public Financial Management Blog
1. This blog focuses on the discussion of reforms to better improve the financial divisions within governments around the world to allow them to become more efficient.
2. The blog contains posts created by various people in which part of their article is readable as a beginning summary, then another link must be clicked to continue reading. The posts consist of financial plans and improvements countries are planning to execute.
3. Navigating through the blog is fairly simple as the posts are right in front of you with a few tabs relating to the website at the top and related links to the top right of the website.
4. There seem to be no apparent bias but mainly just summarized financial reports and plans posted by the heads of Public Financial Management committees of a state's or country's government.
-Matthew Yee Period 1
Blog #2: Zero Hedge
1) The content of this blog consists of finances, economics,and politics. the content of this blog is very various as it talks about hurricane irma evacuation, Hillary's Book, and saudi prince secret state visit. the information presented in this blog is diverse because of the many authors, many who are anonymous, presenting their views.there are many journals presented each minute.
2) In my opinion, the appearance of this blog is very professional and efficiently designed. The homepage has all the current events with the newest articles by time presented at the top.the blog uses pictures and various font sizes to aid the readers understanding of the topic presented.
3)The blog is fairly easy to navigate. the blog is organized in a way that the readers can have a snippet of the article they wish to read before the click on the article. the readers just have to scroll to find articles and there is a separate archives place to find older articles.
4)there is bias in this blog as it sees the worst aspects in the economy and attacks it. it sometimes also has pro-russian views
Rendon Reinarz
Period 5
Blog #1: Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal
1. The content of this blog appears to hold a wide variety of information. The blog not only takes a stance of economic issues, but also discusses political and social issues within the blog posts, such as a discussion about gay marriage. Although a majority of the blog posts focus on the United States economy, the blog also touched on the economy of foreign nations, such as China, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Overall, the blog focuses on the economy of the United States, but it is not limited to only this country.
2. The appearance of this blog is neat and orderly. It is simplistic and clean, and it does not appear to show any bold or wild colors. The blog appears as if it is made by a professional and shows a level of sophistication. Because of the way it is designed, the blog comes off as a formal website rather than a blog.
3. The blog is extremely easy to navigate. Because of its simple and easy design, it is not difficult to navigate the site whatsoever. The most helpful feature was by far a list of key posts on the website. It clearly displays all articles and makes the website extremely easy to navigate.
4. It is evident in the title that the blog is quite biased. As it is called "Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal," it is clear that the blogger is democratic. The author also posts an article agreeing with gay marriage, calling it a "freedom of religion" in it's own way, which is traditionally a liberal viewpoint.
Blog #2: Andrew Gelman
1. The content of the blog is different from the previous. Rather than posting articles discussing viewpoints, it appears as if the author mostly responds to questions asked of them far more than the actual posts themselves. The blog is also a bit confusing, as the posts seem to build off one another and discuss issues previously discussed in other articles. Like the previous blog, the author does not strictly focus on economics and also discusses politics involved in the United States. From the posts I viewed, I did not see anything involving international economics. The blog appears to be mostly American. The author does update everyday and is constantly in contact with their readers. There were also posts bout a StanCon that did not make sense to me. The content does seems to be odd, as I found a couple articles discussing the author's cat.
2. The appearance of this blog was much less formal than the previous blog I discovered. The post are somewhat informal and the author likes to include random posts, such as posts of a cat. Although there is some interesting graphs and visuals, all the posts are collectively shown on one page, making the posts merge together and the blog almost looks as if it is one big block of words. There is no separating between the blog posts so they blend together, making it more difficult to read.
3. This blog is far less easy to navigate. There is not way to view all the blog posts at once, and you must scroll past a full article to get to the next blog post. It is also frustrating because the author has answered questions others have asked about an article before the article itself appears, which means you must scroll past to find the article, then scroll back up to read comments and questions.
4. Overall, the blog does not seem to take a certain stance in any political situation. The information the author presents is non-partisan.
Taryn Gheen, 5th period
Blog #2: Zero Hedge
1) Content- Zero Hedge is a blog in which provides a pessimistic view in areas ranging from finance, natural disasters, government, and even social media, all related back to economics. The blogs posts from these array of subjects don’t seem to have any commonality, ranging from an article titled “Why nobody can trust Facebook,” to an article about the Saudi crown prince’s “secret” visit to Israel. Though the content doesn’t seem to come together in any fashion, they all in the end illustrate the idea of economic collapse. The posts themselves seem to be just thrown together, though had easily understandable words, and even the occasional curse word, keeping this blog quite casual, but entertaining to say the least.
2) Appearance- This site had articles in which weren’t very well organized, and looked quite confusing and overwhelming. Because of the mass amount of blog posts this site posts each day, the blog began to look crowded and I lost interest. Though the fact that they did include visuals, such as graphs and pictures along with each blog post along with an excerpt of the post itself was appreciated, but with so many, it began to lose value. The text was very small, and even though it may not have been a hard read, it appeared so, being another contributor of my loss of interest.
3) Ease of Navigation- Zero Hedge contains many blog posts in which I began to get lost in. With its wide range of subjects, it began to get confusing and look as if were just thrown together. Though they did have a bar on the left side of their page in which assists with quick navigation in some topics, this didn’t really help considering how many articles and subjects they cover, all which couldn’t nearly be linked in the left bar. This site was missing a search bar in which one could search for a certain topic or article itself, which would have been beneficial. Overall, this blog was overwhelming and navigating amongst its chaotic site was nearly impossible.
4) Apparent bias- Zero Hedge provides a clear conservative bias. It publishes what seems to be un-credible information, based on these very biases. Through reading a few of their posts, and simply scrolling through their website itself, their economically pessimistic conspiracies make themselves evident and dominate the reading. They present extreme economic views that can not always be supported. Zero Hedge’s publishing group goes under the name Tyler Durden, a character from a movie, proving they may have no experience or education in economics and could very simply be posting based on their opinions. The bias present in this blog makes it hard to even take seriously, though I think this goes without saying.
Sanyoni Desai, 5th period
Blog 1: Macnomics
1) Content: It is a blog for another high school economics class, with resources, like videos and current event links at the bottom of the page, as well as assignments that other students can use for simple practice, like journals and starting a business simulation. It does not focus on a singular issue in economics but rather has an intent of teaching the general information about the subject.
2) Appearance: Organized and clean. Bright colors. The home page shows the class's assignments like a typical blog page and there are different pages with different information. There is a handout section with different handouts for each section that provides definitions of words, economic fallacies, scarcity, opportunity cost, efficency vs. equity and other information in that section. There is a simulation page where the students start a business and each round they are given a variety of options to grow their company. There area also a few personalized assignment pages for that class.
3) Ease of Navigation:Easy to use- everything is sorted into sections and there is a brief description of the assignments and projects.
4) Apparent Bias: There is no apparent bias as it does not focus on a issue but rather teaches students about economics
Blog 2:Freakonomics Blog (#14)
1) Content: contains podcasts about different issues about everyday life and human nature- from crime to parenting.
2) Appearance: Bright and fun. Each podcast has a quick description of its content and there are different sections with information about their radio show and books as well as information and details about lectures by the authors.
3) Ease of Navigation: Easy to use with descriptions on the podcasts and details on how to get more information from books and the radio show.
4) Apparent Bias: No apparent bias as it doesnt seem to focus on a singular issue, rather its talks about details on different topics. Reminds me of NPR.
The John Quiggin blog includes economic, social, and political information. Quiggin's posts are very thorough, supportive and easy to read. The content is all relevant concerning issues around the world today such as same sex marriage issues, nuclear threats, and even the hurricanes. The appearance of this blog is very neat and organized, though it seems quite plain as though the blogger did not put in much time or effort to make it look presentable. Since the blog is very organized, it makes finding things very easy. All the posts are located on the home page which make finding things less confusing. There is some apparent bias present in this article, it seems as though the blogger is Democratic and argues only from that point of view.
The Reality Based Community blog offers information on a wide range. This blog offers a different more unique kind of information, things that are are not commonly discussed upon such as the end of fossil fuel cars and its effect on the economy. The appearance of this blog is professional and engaging, provides pictures and supports a nice blue colored theme in its background. This blog is easy to navigate, having current events on the home page and headers at the top dividing the events by subject category such as science, economics, and politics. This blog does not have any apparent bias as it offers many different ideas, providing two sides of an argument.
Roshan Mathew
1st period
Jeff Kue
Period 2
blog #137 Mostly economics
Pertaining to the content, the author focuses on economics from India specifically,but it talks of international affairs as well.
visuals- it is very plain, which is a good and a bad thing as it is not cluttered, yet it does not look very exciting either.
navigability- it doesn't seem to be as well organized as other pages, as there is not a menu bar for easy navigation or a search bar; nevertheless, it still functions well as all the information is there, you just have to scroll for it.
bias- there does not seem to be too much bias, as there are more discussion threads rather than critical ones.
blog #138
Ambrosini Jr.
Content- this blog has a variety of subjects ranging from entire countries' economics to labor articles. it even incorporates global warming into one of its sub-categories, which is very important in my opinion.
visuals- very plain black and white. i think it is aesthetically pleasing; it is not cluttered either.
navigability- it contains a search bar as well as a a category sub-menu, which makes it much easier to find different subjects.
bias- the blog seems to lean very slightly to the right, however it is well balanced as it draws on a variety of topics, which does balance out much of the discussions which he proposes
Erik Shoga - Period 2
Blog 1: The Incidental Economist (23)
1. Content: The blog seems to focus on the U.S. healthcare system's issues and possible solutions to many problems that it faces. Most of its articles are related to health care, including topics regarding health insurance, the aftermaths of Hurricane Harvey, etc. It seems to be a rather well known blog as it has appeared in various publications such as The Huffington Post, The Economist, etc.
2. Appearance: The blog's website has a very simple color scheme of black and white, though it does have many ads that makes it distracting and makes it appear less professional.
3. Ease of Navigation: The website is quite easy to navigate as it has a search bar where you can search keywords to find related articles. There is also an archives box where you can sort the articles by date.
4. Apparent Bias: The authors appear to have a lot of knowledge of the healthcare system as some are professors and researchers in health services, economics, and law. However, the articles and the cause of the blog as a whole seems bias as the focus of the blog is everything wrong with the healthcare system rather than focusing on both the positive and negative aspects of the system.
Blog 2: Cautious Bull (151)
1. Content: The blog seems to focus on the analysis of trends in the stock market of various companies. The author even includes records of his own investments and analyzes various trends that appear in these records.
2. Appearance: The blog is very simple and clean. There are little to no ads and it is very professional.
3. Ease of Navigation: The blog is fairly easy to navigate if you are not searching for anything in particular. There are various topics and dates that take you to related articles. However, there is no search bar like the previous blog so it is a little more difficult to navigate.
4. Apparent Bias: There does not seem to be any apparent bias in the posts as most of them are simply analyses of various trends in the stock market. However, there is a section that includes the author's thoughts, which obviously provides his/her own opinion on various topics.
Radhika Daru
Period 5
Blog 1- Aguanomics (#104)
This blog by a Dutch professor is about various political policies regarding water, though it seems to discuss anything related to water and its workings in regards to human life. It acts as a way to bring opinions of various issues to readers in a way that is humorous and interesting. The appearance, while colorful and inviting, does have an amateur vibe to it as it lacks any real structure. However, this blog is very easy to navigate as everything from posts to reader comments to author information is all on one page rather than various tabs. There is a lot of bias as a large part of the blog is satire in regards to how the media views various water issues or how policies are determined for said issues.
Blog 2- Chicago Boyz (#116)
This blog discusses various historical controversies and acts as an informational platform for readers, though it does include opinionated commentary on certain events and controversies. The appearance of the blog is moderate as it is seemingly endless small-font paragraphs with very small margins and little color to captivate the audience with. That said, navigation of the site is pretty straight forward as there are helpful links on the side to direct readers to posts about certain topics or from a certain date. While mostly a blog of pure facts, the commentary on events and sometimes of people shows some author bias as it discusses opinions and views on the topics.
Kyuri Baag, 4th Period
Blog #1: All Roads Lead to China (#154)
1) This blog discusses a range of topics related to China and its economy, environment, and society. The blogger writes largely with hopes of seeing reform in China in areas such as work, growth in economy, and development in labor. The writer also writes about how China holds many opportunities in which people should seek working with China economically.
2) The appearance of the blog is neat and simple. The blogger keeps his professional experience and his blog posts on separate pages, so readers can easily view his posts or look over his professional experience (list of speeches and presentations) on China’s economy, society, and environment.
3) The website is very user-friendly because blog posts are kept together on one page. The right side of the webpage has a box to find recent posts, comments, tags, and a search bar. All are useful regarding navigating the blog.
4) The blogger strongly advocates international business and encourages companies to take part in China’s economy. However, he does acknowledge the opinions of other sides in which he shows that opposing sides are taken into consideration. He provides examples and facts to build sophisticated arguments, but as an employee of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), there is likely some unintentional bias in his arguments.
Blog #2: Uneasy Money (#39)
1) This blog is focused on the relationship our economy activity has with money and how monetary policy can help strengthen our economic environment. Inspired and dedicated to Ralph G. Hawtrey’s work, the blogger hopes to encourage people to continue researching Hawtrey's studies. Many of the blogger's stances economic ideas and theories discussed other's opinions or money on topics such as rate of interest and currency manipulation.
2) The website appears simple and organized. With only two pages, the website is more focused on its content rather than appearance. The background photo of Ralph G. Hawtrey emphasizes the bloggers respect for the famous economist.
3) The website is very easy to navigate because of the simple appearance and lack of many tabs. Getting to older posts may be a bit of a hassle if scrolling down because the posts are long; however, the side column with links to past posts is very useful.
4) The blogger strongly believes that monetary policy should be handled more loosely, so there may be some bias when providing information and data. However, he counters arguments with quotes from other sources as well as history and facts. Thus, he attempts to reduce a bias voice.
#103: Open Economics
1. Open Economics engages and debates the economic phenomena of our everyday life. The blog contains excerpts and quotes from economists and the author's opinion regarding various economic principles and how they affect our society.The contents range from analysis of current economic policies to financial theory in general.
2. The blog presents itself in a conventional manner with titles of articles followed by the author. However, the blog does lack a visual stimulus aside from its titles and quotes. The text size and styles are very suitable.
3. The blogs are organized chronologically and one can search through different posts using dates or tags quite efficiently. The blog does have a search panel, different tags and an archived based on dates that make navigation easier.
4. Due to the wide range of topic and the different opinions presented by several authors, the entire blog itself does not seem to have an apparent bias. However, the blog does seem to aim for the well being of the general society and takes a stand against manipulative capitalist policies.
#100 Economic logic
1. The blog discusses various economic phenomena around the globe and analyzes them using economic theories. The author cites research from various economists and provides his own commentary regarding the issue at hand.
2. The blog fails to use screen space efficiently. The background of the articles and the font style appears to be a bit draining and strenuous. A single color is used throughout the blog which also makes it less visually appealing. However, the page does have a rather diversified outlook compared to other blogs.
3. The articles are arranged chronologically. The search bar, "most popular blogs" and labels provided on the side of the screen makes navigation fairly comfortable.
4. As the name suggests, the author apply's logic and economic principles to discuss and debate issues. The opinions presented are accompanied with proper reasoning based on economic theory and are hardly biased or partisan at all.
Rakesh Johny
Period 1
Crossing Wall Street Blog-
Content:The blog depicts the stock markets total return since 9/11. Also the impact the economy has had in other tragedies such as Hurricane Harvey. With the economy constantly changing it also has an impact on creating jabs. For example the U.S created more than 150,000 jobs. The blog also contains how the U.S economy is gaining back it's strength. in doing this, the blog shows multiple graphs for the economy.
Appearance: The blog has a plain look. It is not very eye catching. each topic in the blog contains a written description with a picture or graph.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is easy to navigate as all the topics are under different sections with their own graphs. The blog contains tabs at the top including top posts, and FAQ's.
Apparent bias: Eddy Elfenbein was not very biased due to the fact that he was explaining facts in the economy and using graphs to prove his statements. Elfenbein was partially biased when stating his opinion on who he believed would take the place of Fed Poobah's position. Stating that John Taylor is a front runner for the spot because he is a "highly qualified choice."
Charli Escobedo
Period 4
Blog #1: Economic Thought
This blog discusses topics mainly on heterodox economics from an Austrian perspective but also on topics that include politics, political theory, and history. The appearance of this blog is very simple and organized. The blog is very easy to navigate because there is a search bar which helps the reader find the article that they're looking for and all the articles are updated with the newest on top. There is no apparent bias on this blog.
Blog #2: All Roads Lead to China
This blog focuses on addressing the economic, environmental, and social problems that China faces as their economy grows. The appearance is very simple and organized. All the posts are updated with the newest on top which makes it easier for the reader to find the article that they are looking for. Although the blog is in favor for the Chinese economy, the author wants to solve all the challenges that are faced in Asia.
Jibin Philip
2nd Period
Alwyn Joseph, 5th period
Blog 1) Marginal Revolution
Content:Marginal Revolution is a blog not only about economics, but also philosophy, social issues, technology, and other similar topics in current events.
Appearance: It sports a simple cool appearance, with a plain white background with a turquoise header. There are many books by the creator of the blog listed on the left side of the blog, and lists of recent posts on the right side of the blog.
Ease if navigation: The blog is very convenient in the way it organizes itself, making it easy to navigate. There are several categories of content to read about to choose from on the left side of the blog, and all the new topics are reachable by either clicking links on the right side or just scrolling down the site.
Apparent Bias- Tyler Cowell, the main writer of the blogs, seems to have little to none bias in his articles. He remains neutral in most the scenarios, except in the one of his articles about animals, he seems to be biased toward animal rights.
Cafe Hayak Blog-
Content: The blog contains quotes from multiple people explaining their ideas and thoughts on different topics. Under the quotes are written descriptions explaining what they are trying to say. Such as, individualism, the increase of cost of production, constitutional committees, the laws of economics, and more.
Appearance: The blog is very formal and simple. It contains many links and quotes. the blog contains a "Blogroll" containing other blog pages to click on. Under each quote contains a description.
Ease of navigation: The blog is pretty simple to navigate as the different ideas are separated. The blog does contain many quotes but the description is underneath to help better comprehend.
Apparent bias: There are quotes from many different men throughout the blog that give their opinion and their outlook. The creator of the blog, Cafe Hayek, is not particularly biased as they are publishing other people's outlooks. Cafe Hayek itself only provides the description of the topic the person is talking about.
Charli Escobedo
Period 4
Michelle Phan
Period 4
Blog 1 - Clear and Present Danger (82)
1. Content - The author focuses mainly in the United States focusing on problems with the economy and government (including the members of the government), addressing controversial topics and expressing his own opinion, whether he chooses a side or show options to fix a problem. Even expressing his opinions on social problems and the recent presidential election concerning white nationalist and ANTIFA.
2. Appearance - It has the appearance of a blog with a few colors, but it's still very plain and simple, but doesn't make anything interesting. It only has one big picture at the top of the page, rather than throughout the page.
3. Ease of Navigation - It a relatively simple website that shows his daily blogs arranged into years, then weeks, so it makes it easy to navigate.
4. Apparent Bias - Especially from his most recent blogs, you can tell he leads more towards the left side, especially when talking about Trump and his policies and white nationalist groups vs ANTIFA. As he tends to insult Trump's policies and how they have created this separation. Also, defending ANTIFA with their violence to shut down white nationalist groups like the Alt Right.
Blog 2 - Cato Unbound (53)
1. Content - It talks about a variety of topics dealing with the government from its economics and its policies to deal with daily problems. It gives an overview of the topics itself and then attaches its own response to the topic and shows what they think a government could do to fix its issues towards the end.
2. Appearance - It's a very professional blog, that still is very simple. It has pictures on each page, to allow for color and overall makes it more interesting to look at.
3. Ease of Navigation - It has its blog post arranged by latest issues according to the month, that allows you to see an overview of the blogs about a certain topic and can click on a specific article, if it interest you. As well as a search bar to research certain topics, that allows for easy navigation.
4. Apparent Bias - There are multiple people that respond the original essay, so that each person has their own say and you can view everyone's' opinion from a different perspective, which evens out one others' bias, as a reader is able to see both sides to a story.
Centre for the studies of African economies- is about how the one dollar a day policy is not helping anyone out in Africa and sometimes not even a dollar is given to them a day.the evidence in this article shows that there is not enough hand to mouth survival for spending money or borrowing. The appearance of this article really shows the struggles of how Africa's economy is. The navigation of this page was really weird because it had so many links to go to different pages which threw off the focus of Africa. The apparent bias of this is that the are really focused on Africa and how they are doing but other than that no other bias.
Newmarks Door- is about how when hurricane Harvey hit lots of people wanted to help out just like when the last hurricane hit us. It also talks about the peoples different experience dealing with the the volunteering. The appearance is very basic and just looks like any other online blog. The ease of this blog is very simple and once you get there the title is right in your face so you know what you're reading and getting into. There is really no apparent bias on this blog
Blog #1: Kantoos Economics (#77)
Content: The blog focuses on the relationship between modern economics and economic policy. The blog focuses on this content inside primarily Germany and the host largely focuses on political economics.
Appearance: The blog is very simply decorated with plain backgrounds. Parts of it are in German while an occasional post will be in English. This blog appears small scale with a few involved economists based on the simplicity of the blog.
Navigation: The blog is very easy to navigate. The only issue is when some of the posts/pages are in German. Otherwise, it is very simplistic and user friendly.
Apparent Bias: The only bias is that since the blog is focused on Germany, they will be more critical or appraising toward economics involving Germany since it will directly affect the people involved in the blog.
Blog #2: Think Markets (#75)
Content: This blog focuses on the New York University colloquium on market institutions and economic processes. The blog contains posts regarding all aspects of economics in the region from the demise of the use of cash to international economics.
Appearance: The appearance is very simple with posts in order by date. Titles of posts have short descriptions to grab the reader. There are not many colors and the blog is very professional with no seem grammatical errors.
Navigation: It is very simple to navigate as there are not many pages or places to go inside the blog. All blogs can be read in order by date which is easy for the reader to be updated on information.
Apparent Bias: There seems to be no bias in the blog as most of the posts involve basic facts and figures without any outside opinion.
Julianna Hastreiter
5th period
Greg Mankiw's Blog
Although most of the posts are economy related, a few of them are completely random topics which are quite irrelevant. It includes posts about taxes, tariffs, and the economy of the society. Economic related posts provides informative responses that pertain to the title. The blog seems to be very organized to where anyone can easily find what they are looking for. Each post includes a legible title with no advertisements given which is quite an advantage. The appearance of Mr. Mankiw's blog is neat and well ordered. On a few posts, Mr. Mankiw addresses his opinions on what he thinks should be important in the documents he posts. He tends to be a little bias when stating that there should be more center left moderates in one article.
The Capital Spectator
The content of this blog primarily focuses on the growth and decline of the US economy. Most of the posts relate to the effects of our recent catastrophic hurricane which include many graphs and statistics. The appearance of this blog seems to be very neat and organized. The posts are in chronological order which makes it 100 times easier for a reader to find a certain post. Towards the left side of the blog, there are several topics that the owner has made to organize each discussion according to its primary focus. There is no apparent bias towards a topic because each post contains neutral and informative facts.
Aleena Mathew, 1st period
Janice Wilson- 5th period
Blog #1 : The Baseline Scenario
1) This blog focuses on the current global economy and policy proposals. The authors strive to explain issues that occur within the economy. The last post is one of the authors, James Kwak, saying that he wrote an essay about the Democratic Party's vision for the economy, he also includes that Stephen Metcalfe praised him on his work. In this essay, the author say that everyone need these basic this to survive: an education, a job, shelter, health care, and a good retirement.
2)The latest posts page is a little cluttered with the authors' recent tweets lined on each side on the page with promotions for their book and Facebook above the tweets, along with links to the recents posts below the tweets.
3)This blog is slightly confusing, clicking the title/header takes you straight to the latest posts, but I could not figure that out, thinking it would be one of the links below the header,also searching for recents posts brings up a post from 2013. There are links at the top of the blog to the authors' books and social media pages and a search bar, which helped with navigation.
4) The authors explain a current issue in the economy then give their opinion on that topic in nearly all the posts. In one post, the author states that he is a Democrat and in a post before that claims that President Trump does certain things for his own benefit.
Blog #2 : Overcoming Bias
1) This blog focuses on current topics and the author's thoughts and beliefs regarding that topic. The latest post focuses on the author's last tweet on global warming, in which he asks his Twitter followers if we are doing enough against global warming. While most people thought we were doing to little, Hanson questions why people would even think we could do too little.
2) The blog is very pretty with a beautiful header and is very organized, with not much cluttered onto each page
3)The blog is easy to navigate with posts following each other, so all you have to do is scroll. Recents posts and comments are beside the posts, with popular tags and the blogroll beside that. Below the header are links to the bio, archives, and contact information for the author
4) The bias in the blog is very apparent as the author attempts to help readers overcome their bias, which he says is continued on from our ancestors, by encouraging his point of view instead.
Sarah Sultan 5th period.
Blog 1: Beyondbrics (88)
Content: This blog is for those who contribute money to third world countries and educates those who seek to invest in other countries with financial struggles.
Appearance: Blogs are uploaded on the site regularly with headline relating to the date, time, and location. They have a picture to go with each blog and relates to the description under each headline.
Navigation: It's easy to use, but in order to save and read the article you must subscribe or sign in to the blog. People are able to learn about specific countries economies or the world economy.
Apparent bias: I can't read the article specifically but the description under every article is vague, however no apparent bias can be seen.
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Blog 2: 10q Detective
Content: This blog is for information on public businesses and focusses on the increase and decrease of money of specific business published through SEC filings. The blog has not been updated since November of 2016. Mostly focusses on the downfall of certain companies.
Appearance: The site is a bit more colorful with the nice background and interesting article titles and pictures. Some words in the article are a bit more eye-catching with the bolded numbers and words.
Navigation: The blog is on the simpler side with no tool bar displayed, however when you scroll down the page you see a table of contents with blogs ranging from the years 2005-2015.
Apparent Bias: The articles "eye-catching" titles can be somewhat misleading to readers unless they read the full article. Other than the titles, the commentary of some articles can argue with some statements given in the blog.
Elizabeth Stech, 4th Period
Blog #1: "Flip Chart Fairytales" (133)
Content: The first thing that I noticed about this blog was its sarcastic tone in every entry. The blog focuses on economic troubles in primarily the United Kingdom and doesn't sugarcoat the problems in today's "world of work." The writer uses various graphs and charts in order to gain credibility in his arguments. The name of the blog makes its content sound very lighthearted but in reality it is very serious and contains harsh humor and sarcasm.
Appearance: The website's appearance is very bland and only contains one image when you first arrive to the blog. The writer remains anonymous which makes the blog appear as a place for an individual to rant about his views on economic downfalls without receiving direct backlash for his opinions.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is very put together and the writer does a good job of organizing his posts by date and subject. He also allows his readers direct access to his Twitter where he is able to express his views to a greater extent.
Apparent Bias: The writer doesn't agree with many current economic and business related policies. He is able to back up his arguments with his first-hand knowledge of the business world. He also posses a liberal point of view in many of his posts.
Blog #2: "All Roads Lead to China" (154)
Content: The content of this blog focuses on the social, economic, and environmental troubles that China faces due to their rapidly growing economy. The posts consist of problems that China is facing and in a way attempts to convince the readers to assist in improving the current situation in China.
Appearance: The blog sports a simple layout, a basic, non-distracting color scheme, and the links to the organization's various social media accounts. It also contains first-hand accounts of individuals that went to China in an effort to relieve some of the country's problems which I found very interesting.
Ease of Navigation: The website is very easy to navigate through. It allows the reader to see when the organization has speaking events and also allows the reader to see what they can do to get involved in the organization. The articles were also very interesting to read because they gave detailed descriptions of some of the struggles in China.
Apparent Bias: The blog has an obvious passion in solving the challenges that China faces due to it's booming economy. It does not seem to take a significant political stance.
Blog #1: The Economic Populist (#76)
1) Content- This blog showcases different posts that are updated with current events within America. Topics such as America's imports and exports, Trump's effect on America's economy and also the increase and decrease of the nation's GDP are shown on the homepage. This blog also has a page where the audience can post their opinions and interact with one another based on the controversial topic posted.
2) Appearance- The appearance is very simple and easy to read. The posts are in order by date with the most current ones located at the top of the page. The blog appears very professional but unfortunately has a lot of ads scattered throughout the blog.
3)Ease of navigation- It's a little tough to navigate throughout the blog because if you want to find a certain post you would have to scroll all the way through the page and look through each post one by one.The posts within the blog are hard to locate if you're looking for a specific one.
4) Apparent bias- It's very apparent the blog is leaning towards supporting Trump. A lot of the posts are circled around how Trump decreased the unemployment rates and increased the GDP of the nation and that inflation rates dropped.
Blog #2: Carpe Diem (#160)
1)Content- This blog uses graphs and statistics to show the growth of grocery stores, restaurants and bars in America. This blog uses the Census Bureau report from 1992 to 2012 to show the rise of grocery store sales and the increasing pattern of food spending in America. This blog focuses mostly on statistics of the economy in America to show readers the rise and fall of different aspects such as food sales, home sales or housing affordability.
2)Appearance- This blog has only one page and extends down till its first post. It also has a couple of ads but the layout of the blog is very simple and clean and is straight to the point. It looks very professional.
3)Ease of navigation- This blog has only one page so the only thing that it contains are the posts. This blog is very simple to navigate because it's lacking all the clutter that is seen in other blogs. The only problem is that you would have to scroll for miles if you wanted to read a post from an earlier date.
4)Apparent Bias- There is no bias in the blog and it only involve facts and statistics of the U.S economy without an outside opinion.
Ashel Jaimon- Period 4
Blog #1: Dynamist.com (#83)
The blog tries to focus on the current events of economics tied into politics, but incorporates the author's book and relates topics to other writers and their books. The appearance is not very eye catching as it is not colorful but is easy for the reader as posts are chronological and dated starting from the most recent post. The cite is easily navigable and runs smoothly as all the blogs are kept on one page. The links on the right hand side of the page help the readers navigate through earlier posts. The only bias found was the use of excerpts from books that only readers who have read the book will be able to better understand, but no other bias exists.
Blog #2: Miraj Patel (#165)
This blog talks about the author's interest in an individual, who passed away, and was involved in biotechnology and his research about him. The appearance is very simple and it is not cluttered. The navigation is smooth but it is as there is only one post but the links work when clicked on. The apparent bias is his feelings toward the individual as the author considers him to be a legend. No other bias exists.
Elwin Mathew- Period 1
Blog #1: Scottish Economy Watch
Content: The blog did provide a lot of information regarding Brexit and the current economic situation in Scotland and Britain. It included discussions of consumer spending, the growth of the economy, and the labor market. The blog also attemped to predict the future of the nation's economy, from unemployment to capital. The addition of several charts, graphs, and numerical values helped support their cases, along with logical evidence to explain each issue.
Appearance: Overall, the site is long, treating the blog as if it belonged in a book. The use of bullet points, bolding, and italics helped specify and seperate different ideas, but there were too many to keep track of at once.
Navigation: It was simple enough to scroll down the blog and read the main article, and they were able to organize some of the hyperlinks so that the reader could determine if they wanted to read further, share the information, or learn about the credibility of the author.
Bias: Since the article was about the internal situation of the country due to Brexit, there was no need for the blog to hide any potential economic fears, as it wanted the public to be aware of the economic problems that may arise in the future.
Blog #2: MacroMania
Content: In this blog, the author spends time discussing inflation, and how it relates to several other parts of the economy, including labor/unemployment, GDP, fiscal policy, and occupational classes. He explains how an economics theory(the Phillips Curve) may not work the way it should, and makes sure to explain each chart/graph before moving on to his next topic.
Appearance: The website does look visually appealing, and the simpler vocabulary allows any reader to understand the more complex ideas he is trying to convey, all the while providing multiple perspectives on the issue at hand. The links for more articles are easy to find and the quotes are interesting to read.
Navigation: There are no complications when it comes to this blog, as everything is organized with sufficient space between topics and links, allowing everyone to move about with ease.
Bias: There really is no bias from David Andolfatto, the author of the blog, as he mostly provides information, examples, and explanations in order to describe economics to the public. As such, his use of various anecdotes and multiple viewpoints prevent him from expressing bias in his writing.
Robert Slaybaugh, 4th period
Blog #1: "The Radical Subjectivist" (40)
Content: The content on this blog varies but is mostly tied to economics in one way or another. It proves the point that economics is not cut and dry and that it is affected by many things. however, many posts seem to be related to government and politics which does have an effect on politics.
Appearance: It is a very basic layout and is very similar to that of most of the other economic blogs. A key difference is the darker colors used, therefore it appears more serious.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is easy to use especially if the audience is even a little familiar with other blogs as they have similar layouts. There is a chance that someone might find it difficult to read with the different shades of grey.
Apparent Bias: There is a bias in the sense that it is Izzy is posting his own opinions and often posts his opinions along with quotes that he critiques or has an opinion on.
Blog #2: Econ Tidbits (73)
Content: The content is geared towards information from other sources and expanding on it in a different or even similar direction. Some are generic and apply to any part of the world while other posts are focused on Austria and what is going on in that country.
Appearance: The blog uses lighter colors that are more appealing to the majority of the public and give a more pleasant feeling.
Ease of Navigation: The layout is very basic and similar to that of other blogs. This one has a small portion which has tweets from Rene Boheim.
Apparent Bias: There is no apparent bias since the posts are geared towards facts. However this can also be biased but is hard to tell since there is a chance that only facts are shown that prove his point.
Ali Noorani Period 1
Blog 1 Welker's Wikinomics Economics In Plain English
1) This blog is about the emotions of parents and students in regards to their future success in life.
2) This blogs visual appearance is noticeably boring, given that there are not very many pictures, figures, or examples.
3) This blog is easy to navigate through because the links are in bold red font.
4) This blog is biased towards human nature and emotions.
Blog 2 Institutional Economics
1) This blog is about how the Australian economy functions.
2) This blogs visual appearance is dull, due to the lack of figures, examples, and pictures.
3) This blog is easy to navigate given that the links are in the big blue bolded font.
4) This blog is biased towards Australian government.
Ali Noorani Period 1
Tanmay Shah, 2nd Period
Blog 1: “The Angry Economist”
Content: This blog talks about several contested topics. The main topic is regarding minimum wages and how it is uncertain whether it is created to help the common man or take advantage of him through the perspective of an economist.
Appearance: The overall appearance of the main page of the blog is appealing based upon the numerous topics it discusses and brings forth current ideas regarding disputed topics. However, it lacks images and other such elements which would help the blog convey its messages effectively.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is not very navigable. Its home page covers most of the content the blog must offer. Other topics are divided through the dates individual topics were discussed.
Apparent Bias: The blog supports a libertarian bias since it has a, in the top left corner of the blog, small image which states “Enough is enough, vote libertarian.”
Blog 2: “Ecological Headstand”
Content: This blog has a very rich content regarding its topics. Its topics range from the ideas and values of Karl Marx to Phantom Mechanics and other such issues with a vast historical background. Due to the supporting points made in all arguments, the content can be viewed as intellectual and appealing to readers.
Appearance: The appearance of the blog is attracting due to its background which indicates the historical arguments being made by numerous authors. It also points out other influential blogs which supply such intellectual discussions. Lastly, it has images and rich vocabulary to grab the attention of a knowledgeable audience.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is very navigable since it can be surfed back and forth from one page to another easily. Additionally, it provides other blogs and path to websites regarding key terminology.
Apparent Bias: There seems to a bias revolving around the idea of socialism since the topics discuss the needlessness of government involvement in the economy while using ideas of Karl Marx to support such argumentation.
Isabel Zhou - 5th period
Blog #1: Fight Entropy
Content: This blog is focused on the relationship between natural environment and human economic development and how they impact each other. The posts are varied, discussing large range of topics relating to natural climate change, sustainable development, economics, and policies.
Appearance: The blog is overall simple and neat without anything unnecessary. The color scheme compliments each other very well and allows the text to stand out. It is obvious that the author wishes for the viewers to focus more on the content than the appearance of the website.
Ease of Navigation: This blog is very easy to navigate with the multiple tabs at the top and side of the website. The blog divides its articles by month, making it easy to find older blogs. There is also a search engine in the blog to help the reader find a specific article.
Apparent Bias: There is no apparent bias since the posts are purely based off of data. The creators of this blog are trying to understand the relationship between society and the environment through statistical analyses from the real world.
Blog #2: Labour and Capital
Content: This blog comments about new policies in companies and the effects of these policies that are implemented. This blog is focused on the labour in the capital markets, responsible investment and corporate governance.
Appearance: This blog's appearance is very basic and simple. The background somewhat draws the attention away from the content of the blog. The content appearance is dull as it is a monochromatic color scheme and does not stand out against the colorful background.
Ease of Navigation: This blog is relatively easy to navigate. The new content is on the top and all the blog posts are in chronological order.
Apparent Bias: This blog strongly believe that the Conservative Corporate Government are not doing a great job and there is very little positive outcome for this government. The author provides examples and facts to build arguments against the government.
Blog #1: Liberty Street Economics
1) Content: This blog mainly focuses on US economy, targets issues that affect all classes.
2) Appearance: The overall appearance of the main page of the blog is very neatly organized.
3) Ease of Navigation: Navigation bar at top, provides preview for each article with button to continue reading article if interested
4) Apparent bias: There is no apparent biased in this blog.
Blog #2: Capital Chronicle
1) Content: This blog mainly focuses on problems around the world.
2) Appearance: It appears to be a standard blog, has pictures and graphs that go along with the article.
3) Ease of Navigation: Navigation bar at the top, also the newer articles on top and it gets older as you go down.
4) Apparent bias: I didn't find this blog to be biased since most of the articles were facts
Johnpaul Kizhakkedan
period 1
Kevin Yu - 2nd Period
Blog 1- "IMF Direct"
Content- A forum consisting of views by the IMF (International Monetary Fund) staff. Covers a variety of topics such as gender issues, education, and politics in other countries.
Appearance- A simple, clean website with only the necessary tabs that every blog should have.
Ease of Navigation- This blog is very confusing as their blog posts are categorized in certain topics, and there would be two different topics labeled "China" and "ä¸æ–‡" (which means Chinese) respectively. These two "different" topics would have different posts about China, making it rather confusing for the first time viewer.
Apparent Bias- There are alot of baised blog posts, however these opinions may contradict each other as there are 356 different bloggers that post on IMF Direct.
Blog 2 "TripleCrisis"
Content- A compendium of blog posts of the "three crises" (Finance, development, and the environment) that the world is experiencing in this present day. With questions relating to these problems being presented by numerous economists.
Appearance- Simple with very dull colors and professional font. Pictures that relate to the main topics of the blogs.
Ease of Navigation- Very easy to navigate, with very straightforward links. Includes links to sources and data that was utilized in the blog posts.
Apparent Bias- Because many posts are transcripts of interviews, the blog posts are considerably biased due to them giving their own opinion the the topic at hand.
blog 1- mainly macro
-content: general comments on macroeconomics issues for noneconomists and economists
-appearance: clean and plain with blue, grey and white color scheme.
-ease of navigation: easy; the blog archive in the right margin organizes the posts.
-apparent bias: no apparent bias, many facts and definitions are given in posts.
blog 2- the multiplier effect (Immigration category
-content:facts and data,in explanatory posts relating to the economy
-appearance: very clean, organized, and professional
-ease of navigation: extremely easy and convenient, with categories and archived dates organized in the right margin.
-apparent bias: no apparent bias. These posts consist of data with graphs and explain process with no personal opinion.
-Elaine Thong - 2nd period
Shiv Patel- Period 2
Blog 1: Qfinance
Content- This blog describes an overview of the stock market. Furthermore, it informs people on how to "play the game" of the stock market. For instance, it explains how to buy stock, and what stock to invest in.
Appearance- The appearance is very simple with a gray background which contrasts with the white letters and the bright tabs.
Ease of Navigation- THe blog has the labeled tabs that take you to links about exactly what the tab says. Thus, the website is very easy to navigate.
Apparent Bias- There is not much of a bias in this blog because it is simply teaching and informing others about the stock market.
Blog 2- NYU Development Research Institute
Content: This blog displays the economic status of the countries of the world over the course of many years. It analyzes many factors including child mortality rate, migration, and access to drinking water that can help explain the economic state of a country.
Appearance- The blog has a very simple yet professional appearance. It has a gray background which contrasts with the white letters and pictures associated with each tab.
Ease of Navigation- The website is very easy to navigate, as the tabs lead to exactly what they are labeled as.
Apparent Bias- There is no apparent bias, as the graphs and data are based on factual evidence gathered over the course of decades.
Taryn Gheen, 4th Period
Blog 2 "TaxProf blog"
Content: This blog mainly focuses on business, law, tax, and also contains posts about law schools. Though this is the main focus, it too has content involving the recent natural disasters. This blog is a good resource for information in the latest news in taxation, for students, teachers, and the public to follow, with recent posts and updates. Its articles are short and too the point but contain enough information for the reader to still learn something. For the fact that they leave out all the unimportant, and instead put a greater focus on the most important, making their articles shorter, this is good for students to learn quick, with this accessible website that makes it easy to obtain information.
Appearance: This website has a simple, basic layout. It has the blog posts laid out by date, in which keeps them organized. It has the blog posts, in which most of the time too contain a graph or picture, which is appreciated to keep it fun, and less boring and stressful with just simply text. These photos and graphs too add color to the website in which it would be lacking without. The titles are in larger bold font, in order to easily scroll through and determine which are of interest to you, or even easily find a topic or specific post.
Ease of navigation: This blog was very easily navigable. The posts were laid out by date, and organized in that fashion. Too, there was a search bar on the top in which one could easily search for a topic or specific article. Also, because it was so simply laid out, their was no confusion. On the top there was also a bar in which read "About, recourses, shop amazon, and subscribe". This made it very simple to find what you need on the website and get there. Too, their was a categories drop down bar on the right side of the site, for ease of navigation when one needs information in a certain topic. Overall, this website made it very simple for the user to obtain the information needed and didn't add anything unnecessary.
Apparent bias: There was no apparent bias in this blog. It is edited by a man named Paul Caron, who, being a tax professor, knows what he is talking about, and would have no reason to have any bias opinion, for his sole purpose and job, is to educate. Carton too has been named as one of the 100 most influential people in tax and accounting for years in a row, nominated by Accounting today. Therefore, it is clear that he posts un bias, strictly educational posts, proven by his recognition, and experience. Too, when simply reading his posts, they are very fact heavy and leave little room for his own opinions.
Tom Joseph - 4th Period
Blog 1 - "Economic Policy Institute"
Content- A think tank which includes the needs of low and middle income people. Has multiple articles which include statistics and analysis of the working class. They also propose different policies to help improve economic conditions.
Appearance - It is very simple and clean with various pictures, bold text, and detailed graphs. Clutter free in general
Ease of Navigation - The site is fairly easy to navigate since the articles are in order of latest to oldest, and there is a search bar for those who want to look for specific articles.
Apparent Bias - There is a bias since the articles are presented with liberal viewpoints on the public policy issues
Blog 2 - "Economic Intelligence"
Content - A blog written my multiple professors who provide commentary on the law, business, and economics, and other topics.
Appearance - Very simple and a little dull in appearance, it has a white background, with black text, and the layout is also a little oversimplified.
Ease of Navigation - The site is easy to navigate, it has a list of authors, posts, and categories all on the right-hand side, and it also has a search bar as well.
Apparent Bias - The blog appears to have no apparent bias.
Environmental Economics (45)
1) Content: The topics in the blog all relate to environmental economics. It is up to date on current events as well. Topics regarding Hurricane Irma and Exxon downplaying its own scientist researching climate change are on the blog. It is updated almost daily with current events and topics.
2) Appearance: The appearance of the blog is not very appealing. It is full of different font sizes, colors, and images that make the blog look messy.
3) Ease of Navigation: The navigation within this blog is poor. There are too many hyperlinks, advertisements, and other distractions present on the blog. It's hard to find specific information on topics regarding environmental economics because of all the different distractions within the blog.
4) Apparent bias: The blog appears to have no apparent bias because only hard facts are present with little to no opinions present. It is strictly about events regarding environmental economics.
CommodiNews (98)
1) Content: The post is about the author and their bonsai tree. The passage later goes in depth for more valid excuses or reasons of when a person needs to miss work and how employers react to these excuses in American society.
2) Appearance: The appearance of the blog is decent. The photos are not symmetrical and the font changes a lot throughout the blog. The advertisements on the side are very distracting and take attention away from the contents of the blog.
3) Ease of Navigation: The navigation is fairly easy. Hyperlinks are implemented within the blog smoothly which makes finding additional information easy.
4) Apparent bias: The blog is biased because it is about the author’s personal feelings and experiences and how things in their opinion should be changed regarding work.
Cameron Walker
4th Period
Sophie Wedgeworth, 4th Period
Blog #1 "Money Science" (102)
Content: Money Science is a blog in which their posts are derived from many differnt topics, but essenially all relating to finance in todays ecomony. The tone of the blog varies between the writer in which the blog is coming from. For example, a main source is "The Reformed Broker" integrates sarcasm and satire into his blogs to make the blogs more amusing.
Apperance: The site had an overall very overwhelming feel to it, considering it appeared to be very disorganized. I personally lost intrested due to the website looking very bland and clustered.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is poorly put together and is a struggle to try to navigate through. The use of many tabs and sub tabs caused me to ,in a sense, get lost within the site.
Apparent Bias: I would not classify Money Science as bias, but if thy do not agree with something / someone they will voice their opinion. However, it is apparent tha fact is always present.
Daniel Martin -Period 5
Blog 1: Captain Capitaism
This blog talks about the diversity of not just race, but of gender that the country needs in order to succeed.Also, supports self employed private businesses. The appearance is more of a laid back artsy background. It has pictures and designs, promoting capitalism. Ease of Navigation are just a normal website, with tabs that will lead you to their label. The bias is to be self employed, because the author is and explains how life is full of bliss when you are
Blog 2: Cafe Hayek
This blog promotes the free market with a opinion on bureaucracy.
The appearance is very professional with a classy black and white background. Ease of Navigation is very convenient because of its assortment of links
No bias
Jubin Joseph - 5th
Blog 1: WTF Finance
Content- It provides a variety of data and current events happening throughout the world. It also provides tips and tricks in dealing with the stock market and personal finance.
Appearance- Although the name is not very professional, the blog is structured in a professional way with vibrant colors and eye-catching images.
Ease of Navigation- Everything in the blog is well organized and easy to navigate. The different tabs make it easy to search for particular information within seconds.
Apparent Bias- One of the blog's motto is that they work hard to provide unbiased information and it seems to hold up.
Blog 2: John Fourie's Blog
Content- The blog is focused on investigating the benefits of changes in society over a long period span and what factors cause growth. The research is mostly focused on the growth of different African nations, such as Nigeria, South Africa, etc.
Appearance- The blog's appearance is relatively bland with a white background and not much interesting art to appeal the reader. However, it shows simplicity and more professionalism than most blogs with appropriate pictures to go with his research and other articles.
Ease of Navigation: It is not the best when it comes to thorough navigation throughout the website, but has tabs that make it easy to track down different articles based on the year and topic it is on.
Apparent Bias: Since it is a blog written by one person, there is not much bias surrounding the topics presented.
Sophie Wedgeworth, 4th Period
Blog #2 "Ecological Headstand" (200)
Content: The Ecological Headstand blog contains material that mainly relates to social concerns such as jobs and liberty. The posts consists of many problems involving these social concerns that are put forth to attract the middle class in order to improve these concerns.
Apperance: The homepage of the site is a simple layout with tabs of articles in the top section of the page. However, the posts on the home page are outdated as they are from the year 2015.
Ease of Navigation: Although the site has a bit off overflow of words on each page making it a bit overwhelming, it can easily be navigated through as it clearly states "Popular Posts" on the right hand side as well as multiple tabs referring to other articles.
Apparent Bias: The blogger strongly believes that these social concerns should be handled. Therefore, there may happen to be bias concerning the information in the posts.
162. Undergraduate Economist
1)The blog contains a wide amount of topics and has relevant blogs that impact today's society. However, he does have an interest in the Indian economy and Classical Political economy.
2)The blog looks a little cluttered with all the topics on one side so users can navigate to a particular topic they want and with other economic blogs on the other side. Aside from the many links, the blog has a pleasant forum look to it.
3)The blog has many links that can lead to confusion about where to click to find where you want to go.
4)This blog has a bias because the author gives his opinions on topics and facts.
186. Conversable Economist
1)The blog gives Taylor's opinions on what he thinks are entertaining topics in society. He talks about many different topics, from food to the media bias. All of his posts tie into how the topic relates to the economy.
2)The blog has a very simplistic appearance. It has a few colors, none of which are bold and outstanding, and maintains a clean look.
3)The blog categorizes its information by month so it may be difficult to find a specific topic without scrolling through the titles to look for it.
4)Becuase the authors gives his opinions on the topics, the blog does have a bias to agree with what he thinks
Bryan Ta
4th Period
Zoheb Khawaja
5th period
First Blog: Dollars and Sense
1. Content- Many of the articles on this site go over a few modern day contemporary economic problems and situations. This blog is informative about some important currents events that are taking place in our society.
2. The appearance of the website itself looks a bit outdated in my opinion. As well as there being way too many pictures across the home page makes it look a little bit confusing to me.
3. Ease of Navigation- The website is pretty straightforward but the search engine was difficult to locate at first glance because it was across the whole left to right of the page. To me, overall the tabs the blog has added to the left side of the page make it seem like they really want the readers to be involved with their site.
4.Apparent Bias- This blog website does not have much of a bias toward a side. Most of the articles present factual information about a topic and many thorough explanations toward their propositions.
Second Blog: Economist's View
1. Content- This blog is mainly about political and economical problems of today and from the past that have affected the present. There are a lot of different ideas and statements that make the viewer have more information about certain problems and situations that are taking place.
2. Appearance- The website does not seem like a lot of effort was put into it in my opinion. The home page itself is never ending to be honest, there are way too many articles posted onto the side and could be narrowed into more organized sections. There are not too many pictures in the articles. There are a few graphs here and there nothing too much. The articles themselves aren't 72 pages long each so that's a good thing.
3. Ease of Navigation- As said earlier the home page is way too long and is extended a lot. There are just too many articles on the side to get past so the use of the search engine to find something would be way much more efficient. Way too many extra links to different websites posted everywhere.
4. Apparent Bias- Apparently the articles on this website are written by some professor of economics at the university of Oregon. The articles are biased to his point of view but are backed with explanations and reasoning.
147 Bronte Capital
1) Content - The blog features a wide variety of content that ranges from objective data reports to subjective arguments on company ethics. Considering the fact that sentiment analysis is a crucial variable in any economic subject, both types of posts are informative and useful. While the grammar is hit-and-miss at times, the blog does a nice job of including links to relevant information that is discussed in the posts. The thought progression of the posts can be easily followed without an extensive background in economics.
2) Appearance - The appearance is very sleek and neutral. Not flashy enough to be a distraction to the reader, but also presentable enough to make the blog appear to be well organized. However, one could argue that the site is almost to basic and doesn't have advanced features such as quick links to other portions of the blog on the side bar, which would ultimately improve the viewing experience.
3) Ease of Navigation - The navigation is barely satisfactory. At the right side of the blog, there are links to the months of publishing of various articles he wrote, however, that is it. Furthermore, these months do not indicate the year. He doesn't separate his blogs my subject, topic or any type of category, which greatly hinders navigation.
4) Apparent bias - There may be a slight bias to the liberal side of the political spectrum. While discussing Google's firing of accused sexist software designer James Damore, he states that, "many delicate petals on the right are hurt," and that Damore himself was a, "phony elitists."
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170 Macro Man
1) Content - This blog has highly technical economic jargon that makes reading the article difficult for new students. However, the content itself is amazing, the blog includes various data charts that are well defined and organized, as well as insightful quotes from the "who's who" of the economic world. At the bottom of every post there is a lively comments section where people from around the internet comment on their take on the events of the economic world. The blog goes very deep into depth within the content and posts new content daily which implies an extreme commitment to the development of this highly informative blog.
2) Appearance - The blog has a sleek, modern appearance that is easy on the eyes. The various elements of the blog are organized in a natural and well thought-out manner that makes viewing this blog very enjoyable.
3) Ease of Navigation - The blog is extremely navigable. Across the top, there are various tabs that link the reader to various other services the blog writer provides as well as a dictionary and a "contact us" page. On the side, there is a neatly chronologically organized section that includes links to posts from over the past 11 years. Overall, the blog is extremely navigable and is perfect for economic fanatics that are not tech savvy.
4) Apparent bias - There appears to be no bias within any posts of the blog. The writer includes data, sources, and quotes from all sides of a situation. The writer's analysis of the data seems highly objective and informative, and does not seem to indicate an underlying political agenda.
Adrian R-Martinez-2th Period
Blog#1:Econbrowser(6)
1)Content: In the "Econbrowser" blog one can find information mainly focused on the US economy and also lots of info on US economic relations with other countries.
2)Appearance:The blog is a has an easy simple layout and appearance with not too many colors to distract one from reading.
3)Ease of Navigation: "Econbrowser" is very easy to navigate through it has a search bar making it relatively easy to search for a specific blog post.
4)Apparent Bias: Overall it the blog site does not seem too much of a bias although, there are a few posts that seem to have a bias against Trump.
Blog#2: Development Theory(180)
1)Content:This blog has lots of content regarding economic research and topics in Gambia. The posts on this blog site almost all have something to do with the economics within Gambia.
2)Appearance:The appearance of the blog is very simple and easy on the eyes with the choice of color on the page.
3)Ease of Navigation: The navigation on the page seems easy to use. The blog site has a search bar and also archive to show posts from a certain year. Most posts have hyperlinks as well to allow the reader to find the original source.
4)Apparent Bias: There is no bias that is seen from the posts.
Sena Pecen
1st period
149. The Slack Wire
1)The blogger is interested in the topic of Greece in particular, but the last blog entry entered was 2 years ago, however the content is still very recent, and the author has listed recent information as of 2015. The blogs do include many quotes and evidence to support the claims given, and rather than simply listing his own opinion, the author includes many graphs that do entail facts. Although the owner left the blog in 2015, the content is very rich and has lots of information on the struggles of U.S. economy and provides potential solutions to these struggles.
2)The appearance of the blog strongly lacks color and variety. The page looks more dull than a wikipedia page, and rarely entails photos. The text is also very dull and is not often highlighted or underlined to help organize the content for the reader.
3)The navigation is actually very easy since all the listings are on the right, which makes it less complicating for someone searching a topic. However, the subtitiles are mostly years, rather than a subject, which makes it hard for the reader to find what they are looking for. Also one page has too much information and should be divided into sub-categories.
4) While reading some of the blog posts, I did not recognize any bias. The author does include his side and his assumptions, however only in a persuading manner through formal evidence. The author does not attack something in particular. Also the author has taught in more than a few colleges, which makes him less biased towards particular schools or areas.
194. Falkenblog
1) The author seems very passionate about any topic he posts on the blog, which makes the content very rich and interesting to read. The content does lack evidence, but there is a huge amount of reasoning in his blog posts. Also many of his information is backed with videos and quotes that provide detail into the topic he is discussing.
2) This blog has more color in the background, but it is very dark and this can be bothersome when reading his posts. The blog is designed very simply, and as if not much thought was put into the design of the website.
3)Navigating this blog is very easy and simple because each month and date is also subdivided into topics before reaching to a broad page about many topics. There is also a google search button, which is also very helpful.
4)The blogger worked both as a professor and at a bank, which could entail biased due to his profession as an employee at a bank. However his experience at a Bank probably entails insight into economics. In his writing, he does include many "favorites" about quotes or economists.
Raoof Ali
5th period
First Blog : International Economic Law and Policy Blog
1. Content - This blog basically covers the economic and political current events . It particularly focuses on the aspect of laws regarding the economy and politics.
2. Appearance - The website is pretty well constructed and easy to navigate. However the website could use more pop to attract more bloggers as the color scheme is bland.
3. Ease of Navigation - As stated previously the blog is easy to navigate, it is organized into little sections distinct by authors, topics and etc.
4. Apparent Bias -The blog is published by WorldTradeLaw.net with contributions from various trade law experts allowing for a more diverse response
Second Blog : The Big Picture
1. Content - This blog's content is quite choppy as it focuses on multiple things that sometimes are not economic importance. However the content about the economy is well versed and supported with displays.
2. Appearance- The appearance of the website is quite simple and looks like rarely any effort was put in. However the colors and titles help the website stand out a bit.
3. Ease of Navigation - The website is pretty simple the current events are the first things at the top. The website is also split into small sections which you can navigate easily.
4. Apparent Bias - The blog is written by Barry L. Ritholtz who is the co-founder and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management. His bias may be present in the works but at the same time his insight is very informative biased or not.
Kale Wicks
4th Period
International Political Economy Zone
1 - The blog does well to cover international topics as advertised in it's name. Each article does well to concisely cover the topic as well as the author's opinions. Each article is also equipped with highlighted sections to point out important information or details.
2 - The blog appears appealing with no clashing colors/background. Each article is given a preview on the home page, which comes with additional economic resources at the foot of the page.
3 - The blog navigates decently. Only a few links/buttons that lead back to the same page/don't work, but not enough to take too much away from the worth of the blog.
4 - There is no apparent bias. Only slight lack of knowledge here and there due to the nature of the author's background against the country/state he's writing about.
The Bonddad Blog
1 - The content of the blog is decent. However certain articles aren't on the actual blog and are hyperlinked to another website where the author has posted.
2 - The appearance of the blog is a little poor. Nothing too harsh on the eyes, but nothing to attention catching either. Graphics and images on the blog cut into other parts which I can only assume are meant to be parted
3 - The blog's navigation is quite basic. The only con would be the articles which can only be read on a different site.
4 - The author himself admits to being a "New Deal Democrat" which allows us to infer he sides more with opportunities for the unemployed.
Kriti Bansal
5th Period
Blog 1: Supply and Demand (in that order)
1) Content: This blog is about topics from the 21st century that most people can identify with, and some are in relation to demand and supply. The blog shines light on many different topics, which are supported by various forms of evidences such as graphs & statistics, in order to come up with an overall result. The most recent blog focuses on the inequality amongst men and women in terms of the wages they earn, another speaks of the benefits of the various insurances provided to those who are disabled or perhaps unemployed, and so forth. The blog answers questions surrounding issues we see and face in the world today extremely clearly.
2) Appearance: The display is extremely simple and to the point, this allows the reader to get straight to the point without any distractions. Dull colors have been used, with the important headings and URL's in pink so they may stand out. However, the overall design could have been made more appealing.
3) Ease of Navigation: It is extremely easy to navigate as it does not have to many tabs or sub-tabs. All the blogs are in the center, therefore easy to find. The various topics surrounding the blogs can be found on the left for quick access and blogs can also be searched for via the date they were published on.
4) Apparent bias: The blogger is certainly highly opinionated in what he says. However, it cannot be inferred that he is bias as he does provide arguments and counter-arguments both. He has also seen to be rather supportive of women equality, even after being a male.
Blog 2: International Corporate Governance
1) Content: The blogs central theme revolves highly around corporate governance in various corporations around the world. The blogger speaks about how companies are currently run, the problems they are facing and even proposes ideas as to how to improve management in these corporations. The blog is concise, and to the point.
2) Appearance: The blog is not the most eye-catching in terms of its graphics, however the information is well arranged. The blog also has the main headings in blue making the topics the blog is dealing with rather clear. Use of some graphics and a sleeker look would however really add to the topic of the corporate world.
3) Ease of Navigation: The website is extremely user- friendly as there is a search bar and it even offers other blogs surrounding the same topic for comparison and further information. The one problem though is that the blogs within this website are harder to find as there is no apparent list.
4) Apparent bias: The blogger isn't bias in his blogs. He is also highly opinionated like many bloggers, but speaks from an overall perspective. He has also worked in many different places (professional and informal environments) as VP, giving him a well-rounded view and lots of experience.
Stephen Kelly
Period 4
1st Blog:Patrick Chovanee Blog
Content- In His blog he explores recent topics and situations in US and global economic and finance, While also giving a peek into his personal and his background in finance.
Appearance- The design of the blog is fairly simple with most of his blog entries in chronological order and all of his past blog archived o the side of the page. There is a picture of a old Chinese drawing to the top of the page and some of the site is accented in red.
Ease of Navigation- Fairly simple; you reach every every part of his blog from the home page and everything is mapped out clearly.
Apparent bias- it seems his blogs seems to lean toward foreign economic policy over the US's.
2nd Blog:Turing's Invisible Hand
Content- The blog focus is on Computation, Economics, And Game theory; exploring many recent situations in those areas
Appearance- The blog construction is very simple in design, with most recent blog entries in chronological order and there most popular entries on the side of the page along with the archive of there blog. The site is accented by a green banner to the top and throughout the site.
Ease of Navigation- Its seems like everything is available and can be reached from the home page.
Apparent bias- The site doesn't really lean into regular economics more of a specialized focus.
Dominic Kochen 1st Period
Blog #1 Newmark's Door
1. Content- The content in this blog is very hit or miss. Some of the blog postings aren't exactly economics based and contain various explicit words. In addition to this it seem that most of the entries are highly opinionated and not exactly scholarly.
2. Appearance- This blog is incredibly bland and there isn't a whole lot going on. The colors are a very basic white and blue and the entire page seems to follow an incredibly simplistic format.
3. Navigation- The page is fairly easy to navigate with only a few different options on each of the postings. Each includes an article and a response to said article making it easy to look through.
4. Bias- Although the blog seems to cover almost completely economics there is very clearly a number of highly opinionated posts. The author does not seem to care more for informative argument on a number of the postings but does provide some very detailed and helpful entries.
Blog #2 Chris Blattman
1. Content- The content on this blog seems very reliable in comparison to many of the others. The author identifies other blogs and interesting posting that he has found and also responds to the stuff that he finds interesting. Although this doesn't always highlight the most important things it does give good content and reliable perspective.
2. Appearance- The appearance on this blog is also fairly moderate. It includes some photos and are far more open format than some others. The colors are easy to look at and do not require any kind of intense focus to keep attention.
3. Navigation- This page is very easy to navigate. Before all of the opinions there are links to reliable sources that the entry is based off of. Also the tabs are very exposed and easy to find. The wide text layout makes searching through easy as well.
4. Bias- This blog being of a single person does include alot of opinionated entries. Although these entries arent completely neutral Blattman makes sure to say primarily positive things as well as keep the nonsense to a minimum as far as his opinion goes.
Blog 1: Duncan's Economic Blog
1) Content: The blog is about current economic statistics, and how the policies impact us.
2) Appearance: Every blog entry is separated into a different space, with a black line dividing, so it is easy to see.
3) Ease of Navigation: There is a search bar, which is convenient, and everything is on one page, so users do not have to click on a bunch of different links.
4) Apparent bias: Not much bias. He does claim he is leftist, but he reports on facts.
Blog 2: econblog101
1) Content: This blog is about large economic theories. The blogger talks about each topic he creates and how it impacts economics.
2) Appearance: The font is comfortable to read, and so is the color. In general, it appears well done.
3) Ease of Navigation: This blog has a search bar. Also, the menu bar at the top provides good organization.
4) Apparent bias: Has their own opinion, but is founded on facts.
Keith Hennessey(33)
This blog details the various legislative procedures in congress with a focus on the relationship of economics with the legislative & executive branches. Written by a former Assistant of the President. Very standard RSS look; basic look of a blog. American flag motifs on the logo and in the background. Flat, basic fonts. The only thing you have to do is scroll down the page to see each blog post. Some posts have videos. The sole author was a former assistant to President Bush(R). Posts made during the Obama Administration(D) mostly attacked their policies and reprimanded the government. Posts made on this current Trump Administration(R) don't. Despite Hennessey's relative use of EV(videos and quotations from other blogs), his opinion seems to lean Republican.
The Policy Center (34)
Tax Policy Center functions as an advocate for economic analyses in the US. Flat white and blue theme. Fonts are simple. The blogs are easy to distinguish from each other, come with pictures, and you can even filter by topic or author. It's pretty easy to use. No clear bias. There is a general disdain for the Trump Administration's actions regarding economic policy, but, overall, most posts advocate for changes in tax policies made by both Dem and Rep.
Blog #1: Decision Science News
1.The content of this blog is very diverse and includes many topics that relate to economics and things that could effect the decisions consumers, such as statistics, psychology, and weather.
2.This blog is appealing to the eye and avoids being overwhelming. One con to its appearance is that it is not very easy to tell where one blog entry ends and another begins. If you are scrolling quickly, it would be easy to miss one.
3.The ease of navigation is not very good as on the home screen, without any scrolling, the only buttons that are in sight lead to more information about the blog. Only by scrolling down you can find additional buttons that allow to search the blog.
4.This blog does not appear to have a lot of bias and is mainly informative, allowing the facts to speak for them selves.
Blog #2: Richard H. Serlin
1.The content of this blog includes economics and finance, both personal and general. It also includes topics related to politics.
2.The appearance of this website is cluttered and not very appealing. The text is small and not easy to read. Blogs should not be so cumbersome to read but these posts are.
3.This blog is not easy at all to navigate. There are no tabs and the first few links are related to the author. After scrolling for a while, one can find buttons that allow searching by year and month. There is also a search bar.
4.The author claims to be mainly informative and for the most part he is. When he speaks about and event/an idea, he explains the information around it. Most posts he seems to try to question the reader in order to make them think about a certain topic.
Natalie Romero
period 2
Jeremiah John P.2
blog#1: Everything Finance #190
1) Content: This blog is filled with information about different companies and their financial situation. Much of the content is from 2012 and it seems as if the page has not been used in quite a while. the blogs also pertain to not only the US but also different countries around the US.
2) Appearance: The blog page is quite bland with only one picture present on the homepage. There are also many different menus and the blogs are separated by different fonts and text sizes.
3) Ease of Navigation: the blog was very easy to use because there were hyperlinks and menus that allowed you to see different posts.
4) Apparent Bias: Many of the blogs are different and are more about telling facts rather than being biased in any way.
blog #2: New Monetarist Economics #79
1) Content: This page is about what is happening in monetary policies and also macroeconomics. It is filled with text about the subject and also graphs.
2) Appearance: The blog page is very welcoming with a nice background and graphs that help depict the information being talked about.
3) Ease of Navigation: The page is very easy to navigate because there are options to see what date and what year you want to go to on the sidebar of the page.
4) Apparent Bias: There seems to be no bias on the site as they are just speaking about the facts.
Ayana Mathew - 4th period
Blog #1 James Kwak
1) Content - This blog talks about whether Financial innovation is good or bad for the economy.The writer quoted several speakers such as Bernake to prove his point that financial innovation should be watched. the blog provided a very good content about the financial innovation risk for the economy.
2) Appearance - The appearance of the blog was well organized into several broad categories. It contains tweets by the blogger and several links connected to the topic. since the blog is very neat and clear, it will attract one to read the blog.
3) Ease of navigation - The navigation of the website seems pretty easy since it contains the dates and the topic. The topics are easy to navigate due to the fact that they are written in large and bolded words.
4) Apparent Bias - The blog does not seem biased since the writer uses facts and quotes.
Blog #2 UConn Econ Blog
1) content - this blog is dedicated to the college of liberals and science alumni of the University of Connecticut. it provides news from the department of economics.
2)Appearance - the blog contains few pictures of the college of liberal arts and science. It also has a logo of the University of Connecticut. It can look unattractive to some people since it's a lot of information rather than pictures and colorful text.
3) Ease of navigation - since its very informational and chunk together, some people might find it difficult to navigate things such as the search bar. however, it has helpful links, recent posts, categories that are organized into alphabetical order.
4) Apparent bias - It does not have any bias since it provides a lot of facts and explanations to address the topic.
Naomi Samuel
Period 5
Blog 1: The Past Speaks
1) Content: This blog talks about how this group of people uses history to persuade others. This particular blog talks about Trump's decision to reverse his stance and to authorize a surge in US troop levels in Afghanistan.
2) Appearance: It is very easy to read. There is not too much going on in the background either, which also helps.
3) Ease of Navigation: There is a search bar at the top, which is very useful. In addition to that each entry is clearly differentiated.
4) Apparent Bias: There is no clear bias in this blog
Blog 2: The Prudent Investor
1) Content: This blog talks about the protesters that went on the streets in France. It basically talks about uproar in the EU.
2) Appearance: There are ads everywhere in this blog, which makes it not as pleasing to the eye.
3) Ease of Navigation: With the abundance of ads, I feel like it is a lot harder to figure out which entry is which.
4) Apparent Bias: There seems to be no apparent bias in the entries.
#99
1. A diverse set of information on about the states of economics and its investments.
2. The link goes to a webpage with more tabs or links that takes you into the one you want to know about and is easy to find things.
3.The navigation is really easy with many links to other pages.
4. The author just tell is thoughts and a quote that goes along with the topic at hand.
#100
1. It tell you how the market will be in the future.
2. the appearance isn't good it practically spam as much info in one page as much as possible.
3. The navigation is easy it gives you a plenty of tabs and links.
4. It helps you for the future of the market and how to get ready if it goes bad.
Period 1 Kevin Sani
Jackson Stanley | 4th Period
Blog 1: EclectEcon Economics Studies
1) Content: The content of this blog seems somewhat random and scattered. The two most recent posts were about sports, with the post from yesterday outlining the blogger's declining interest in watching the NFL. Though lengthy and definitely thought about, John Palmer's blog is overall random not very scholarly in content.
2) Appearance: The website looks very dated; mainstream website makers could likely create a more modern interface. In addition, some of the text is very big.
3) Ease of Navigation: Text is very big, so one will find themselves scrolling down a lot to finish reading one post. Other than amazon links, the only way to check out the author's blog posts is to scroll down.
4) Apparent bias: Though there are some facts found scattered throughout different posts, the blog is mostly opinionated.
Blog 2: REneweconomy
1) Content: As the headline reads “Tracking the next industrial revolution” under the website’s title, and the posts almost all focus on one thing in common (nonrenewable and renewable resources/energy), the content of the website deals with energy use in today’s industries, proving to be factual and up to date.
2) Appearance: The website has a nice, broad look, and demands the user to explore more as multiple headlines scroll automatically. In addition, the website contains a “Main Menu” which is easily visible, next to a search bar.
3) Ease of Navigation: Placement of the menu and search bar in combination with organization of posts into different categories provides an easy, efficient way to browse the website.
4) Apparent bias: Little to no bias, as information is primarily factual.
Wesley Cherry Period 4
Blog 1: Au Courant
1. the content of the articles in this blog range from economics and public policy to baseball and libraries.
2. the appearance of the website is clean and well spaced but a bit boring. It is all black text on a solely white background and lacks other colors, pictures, or shapes to give it a nice appeal.
3. the blog is very easy to navigate with its tabs on the right side. The tabs allow you to search for articles based on date or subject. There are also very few posts on this blog, so finding a specific one would not be difficult.
4. It is hard to find bias in so few economics related posts. However, Pual Courant is the Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan and, therefore, tends to promote library-beneficial economic subjects, plans, etc. in his post.
Blog 2: Npr's Planet Money blog
1. The blog seems to focus on current events and the economic analysis of those events.
2. The blog has a very nice appearance and well-defined links, tabs, headlines, etc.
3. the blog is very easy to navigate if you stay within the economic section. once you exit the economic section it is difficult to find "planet money" on NPR's website amongst the multitudes of links and topics on their home page.
4. the blog often sides against Congress or large organizations such as Google in their posts. They have many articles which disagree with their decisions and/or economic policies.
Alan John/ 5th Period
Blog 1: The Circle Bastiat
Content: The content of the blog is clear and concise in its effort to explain how the U.S. Federal Government's Monetary Policy disagrees with typical Austrian economics.
Appearance:The blog is very well organized and laid out. The distribution of the author's personal opinions and evidence and quotes from others is very well presented.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is easy to navigate, somewhat professional and not too overboard on information or links.
Apparent Bias: There seems to be a bias that supports Austrian economics. Other than that the blog is relatively objective.
Blog 2: Truth on the Market
Content: The content of this blog centers around government involvement in national economies, but also has some pieces strictly on American economics.
Appearance: The blog is not too pleasing to the eye (as the colors are bleak), however the vertical transition from post to post helps with flowing.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is very easy to navigate as it only requires the user to scroll down to view previous blogs.
Apparent Bias: There is some bias as the authors are primarily university professors (most biases have some criticism of government intervention within economics).
Shane Samuel
1st Period
9/12/17
Blog#1 "The Economic Collapse"
Content: The article "Hillary Almost Proposed ‘A Universal Basic Income’ In 2016, And The Idea Is Catching Fire Among Grassroots Democrats" exploits as to how there is drawbacks on the idea of the propostion of universally handing out money, because all in all, the money that we receive from the government will be reinforced with the increase in taxes.
Appearance: The appearance of the blog was well organized and contains a variety of information from reliable resources and how they relate the state of economics to politics and their motivation.
Ease of Navigation: It is very easy to navigate through the site, especially when the underlined words direct you to another page and expands on the information that it has stated before, to better amplify its reasoning.
Apparent Bias: The blogs seems to be biased towards capitalism in the fact that it states that more people prefer socialism and their ideals.
Shane Samuel
Continuation.....
Blog#2 "HEALTH ECONOMICS BLOG - Trends, Politics, Opinions etc. in biotech & pharma industry"
Content: In the article, "Drug prices: Tweaking the formula" expresses the need for a form of new deal between drug makers and the government on the net pricing of drugs and cancer treatment medication that can be made both affordable to the patient and profitable to the pharmaceutical companies. The Pharma company also attested to the idea of aiding the budget and assisting, while the government of the UK puts there foot down and proclaim that "there is no more money."
Appearance: In my personal opinion, i website was quite difficult to maneuver and the text was very small, so it did slow down the reading and attaining process.
Ease of Navigation: Many of the information was hid behind a large amount of "fluff", yet it was somewhat understandable and is a growing cause in the current century.
Apparent Bias: There is some Bias in that the government is not fully cooperative with the net cost of these specific drugs and how they are supposed to be attainable to the cancer patient and should be in access to assist the families.
Alwyn Joseph
5th Period
Blog #2 "Global Economic Intersection"
-Content: This blog is very useful, as it give many short summaries of items and events of interest made the author and his editors in the blog. Inside the blog are various topics of discussion, from the recent hurricanes that have hit, to disease, all the way to innovations in technology.
-Appearance: The appearance is a little dull, with a plain white background and many links added to the page, which would direct the reader to various areas and topics of the blog.
-Ease of Navigation: The navigation was a little hard for my comfort. The large amount of articles for each topic made it tough for me to find any one specific thing. But as for the categories to choose from if you want a broad topic, ease of navigation is quite simple.
-Apparent Bias: Most of the editors don't seem to have any bias, even when talking about the incident with Equifax, in which cyber attackers had gotten access to millions of peoples social securities.One editor, Rick Ackerman was very biased, calling corporate businesses nasty words and talking down on them when he had the chance.
Abin Manuel
5th period
Blog One: The Economist – Democracy in America #11
Category: General
1) Content: This blog is filled with different articles that are explaining the current events going on in the U.S. The only problem with this blog page is that you have to pay to use it as I only got to read only one article to read for free. To read all the articles on the page, you have to pay a dollar per week. The article that I did read was up to date as it was written on the same day I’m writing this review.
2) Appearance: This blog page is very appealing because it uses colors that stand out. All the articles are well organized and neat. Each article has a picture that corresponds with the article and helps the reader see if they want to read this article as they can only read one free article.
3) Ease of Navigation: This blog was very easy to navigate through as there are hyperlinks for each article that once its clicked, it opens a new tab to that article. There is also a search bar on the top right if you are trying to find a certain article and a place where you can login/register to the blog.
4) Apparent Bias: The one free article I was able to read had no apparent bias as the articles used facts. I’m not sure about the other articles on the blog as I wasn’t able to read them.
Blog Two: Environmental and Urban Economics #56
Category: Economists
1) Content: This blog is filled with different responses that Matthew E. Kahn, a Professor of Economics at USC, has to different topics. This blog is up to date as the last question Professor Kahn responded to was from September 10. He organizes each response as he puts the question/topic he is asked at the top, facts about the topic in the middle of his response, and his final thoughts at the bottom.
2) Appearance: This blog is very bland as the background is black and white. There is a search bar on the top left and also a popular post tab on the right side of the blog.
3) Ease of Navigation: This blog is easy to navigate to as everything he writes is on one page. Every post is categorized by the date so the most resent post in the top post.
4) Apparent Bias: There is an apparent bias as professor Kahn is expressing his own opinions about the topic he is talking about.
Harshada Kulkarni
Period 1
Blog 1: Economonitor
1) Content: This blog publishes large quantity of economic and financial news and thinking from around the world. This site is required reading for a wide view of macroeconomics and policy because of the accurate sharp analysis and content.
2) Appearance: The blog offers a very simple look,with interesting titles and pictures, which makes it easy to read.
3) Ease of Navigation: The search bar at the top makes it very easy to navigate.
4) Apparent Bias: There is no apparent bias in this blog as the authors states their opinion about the issue.
Blog 2: Vox
1) Content: This blog focuses on an array of economic issues around the world.The blog promotes "research-based policy analysis and commentary by leading economists".
2) Appearance: The appearance is very simple and it is very easy to read.The articles are arranged from the newest to the oldest.
3) Ease of Navigation: The search bar at the top makes it very easy to navigate.
4) Apparent Bias: There seems to be no apparent bias in the entries as the authors are offering different ideas.
Blog #1
Content- The content of the blog mostly relates to the problems of modern society such as retirement, career potential, and etc. This blog covers many different subjects such as the future of America’s economy. It especially surrounds the future of America’s workforce, such as the disappearance of working age males.
Appearance- The blog itself has a very simple design with no pictures and only a few graphs. This leaves the page sort of boring and with few graphics that attract the reader’s attention.
Ease of Navigation - This site is not as easy to navigate and the flow of entries is a little bit hard to understand and the words on the right side seem unesscary.
Apparent Bias - There is a bias in the information that the author uses including his own opinion.
Blog #2- The simple Dollar
Content- This blog mostly covers topics for consumers. This blog advises consumers on how to more effectively spend their money and saving tips. This not much of an economics blog, as much of the content is is is created for consumers.
Appearance- This blog is very simple to use and the graphics are very attractive. This site utilizes pictures and a very appealing design that had great graphics.
Ease of Navigation- The site is very easy to navigate and everything is categorized and is very east to find. Each of these articles are very helpful and shows the date of each post
Apparent Bias- The articles seem to have no apparent bias and are simply informative to the reader and seem to take no specific side.
Mia Harris 2nd pd.
Kevine Jaimon- 5th
Blog #1: A Fine Theorem
1. Content- This blog consists of summaries of recent economics research written by Kevin Bryan, an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the University of Toronto
Rotman School of Management.
2. Appearance- The appearance of the blog does not catch the readers attention primarily due to the blog containing only words, which consist of the summaries and research found on the page.
3. Ease of navigation- Navigating this blog is easy in that there is only two hyperlinks to choose from.
4. Apparent Bias- The blog is a little biased towards the fields of innovation, micro theory, and philosophy/methodology.
Blog #2: The Intelligent Economist
1. Content- This blog explains the many concepts and theories of economics.
2. Appearance- The appearance of the blog has a poor layout in that it looks fairly basic, making the blog less interesting.
3. Ease of navigation- Along with only 3 links is a search engine bar, which makes this blog easy to navigate.
4. Apparent Bias- This blog is not biased towards any regards with economics, but shows little bias towards education and how it should be easily accessible and freely available.
Rayoamnd Hormuzdi
9/13/2017
Period:1st
Category: General
Blog 1:Secondary list #37-Cfed
1. Content- The website's content includes “the latest news and features from Prosperity Now and [their] community” while enforcing their main goal of providing equal rights and also information on where to buy resource books and magazines on economics.
2. Appearance- The website looks very formal and well thought out but when using the website the information presented all at once to the viewer felt overwhelming and cramped.
3. Ease of navigation- The navigation was superb and the viewer will have no trouble searching for specific information.
4. Apparent Bias- The bias of the website was for the prosperity and equal opportunity for all black households.
Category: Economists
Blog 2:Secondary list #55- Newmark’s Door
1. Content- The website’s content is made by an experienced economist who shares interesting quotes to appeal to other economists. It’s like a inside joke.
2. Appearance- The website isn’t anything fancy but it gets it job done. Looks very simplistic and straight to the point.
3. Ease of navigation- There is not anything other than quotes and some little commentary on his website the navigation is easy because the main navigation is to scroll down.
4. Apparent Bias- There seems to be no bias on this website since he is not stating his opinion instead he shares important quotes and says some jokes that he shares on his blog.
Ronald Hood (Reuploaded)
2nd Period
147 Bronte Capital
1) Content - The blog features a wide variety of content that ranges from objective data reports to subjective arguments on company ethics. Considering the fact that sentiment analysis is a crucial variable in any economic subject, both types of posts are informative and useful. While the grammar is hit-and-miss at times, the blog does a nice job of including links to relevant information that is discussed in the posts. The thought progression of the posts can be easily followed without an extensive background in economics.
2) Appearance - The appearance is very sleek and neutral. Not flashy enough to be a distraction to the reader, but also presentable enough to make the blog appear to be well organized. However, one could argue that the site is almost to basic and doesn't have advanced features such as quick links to other portions of the blog on the side bar, which would ultimately improve the viewing experience.
3) Ease of Navigation - The navigation is barely satisfactory. At the right side of the blog, there are links to the months of publishing of various articles he wrote, however, that is it. Furthermore, these months do not indicate the year. He doesn't separate his blogs my subject, topic or any type of category, which greatly hinders navigation.
4) Apparent bias - There may be a slight bias to the liberal side of the political spectrum. While discussing Google's firing of accused sexist software designer James Damore, he states that, "many delicate petals on the right are hurt," and that Damore himself was a, "phony elitists."
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170 Macro Man
1) Content - This blog has highly technical economic jargon that makes reading the article difficult for new students. However, the content itself is amazing, the blog includes various data charts that are well defined and organized, as well as insightful quotes from the "who's who" of the economic world. At the bottom of every post there is a lively comments section where people from around the internet comment on their take on the events of the economic world. The blog goes very deep into depth within the content and posts new content daily which implies an extreme commitment to the development of this highly informative blog.
2) Appearance - The blog has a sleek, modern appearance that is easy on the eyes. The various elements of the blog are organized in a natural and well thought-out manner that makes viewing this blog very enjoyable.
3) Ease of Navigation - The blog is extremely navigable. Across the top, there are various tabs that link the reader to various other services the blog writer provides as well as a dictionary and a "contact us" page. On the side, there is a neatly chronologically organized section that includes links to posts from over the past 11 years. Overall, the blog is extremely navigable and is perfect for economic fanatics that are not tech savvy.
4) Apparent bias - There appears to be no bias within any posts of the blog. The writer includes data, sources, and quotes from all sides of a situation. The writer's analysis of the data seems highly objective and informative, and does not seem to indicate an underlying political agenda.
Blog #1
-The Oregon Economics
-Content: The content of this blog seems to be about the economy of Oregon and the economic (sometimes political) events that happen in that state.
-Appearance: The appearance was different and stood out because of the black background with the picture of Earth. It's not as simple, but it's not too busy with different things on the page.
-Ease of Navigation: The website was very easy to navigate. It's mainly scrolling
-Apparent Bias: There was no opinions being stated in the different articles that was written.
Blog #2
-Economics for Teachers
-Content:The content of this blogs contains information about different teachers maybe student meetings for economics and such. It also contains the opinions and thoughts about certain economic processes, ideologies, and events concerning the economy from an economist.
-Appearance:The appearance was very simple and it seems like a nice blog that's there for many just local reasons or like a high school teacher created this blog for other teachers to access.
-Ease of Navigation: It's extremely simple to navigate through. It's something you scroll through mainly.
-Apparent Bias: There's no real bias because its the thoughts of an economist who wants to spread information.
Camille Trusclair 1st Period
Aylin Sanchez
2nd Period
The Economist - Democracy in America
1. The blogs content basically obtains and shows many different articles. Most articles seem to be about politics.
2. The blog obtains many articles that seem useful for people doing research about politics or democracy.
3. This blog is actually easy to navigate. All you really have to do is scroll up and down to look for the article that is needed.
4. The blog is biased towards many political stuff and democracy.
Center for Economics and Policy Research
1. The blog obtains many articles dealing with politics and also some articles dealing with healthcare.
2. The articles seem ro be the latest news that has been going on lately.
3. The blog is easy to navigate. To look for an article, all you have to do is scroll up and down.
4. The blog doesn't seem biased.
Lauryn Weller 4th period
Blog #1 - Clear and Present Danger
Content - The blogs presented on this website are posted by Mike P. Makeover Institute of Economy Policy Analysis. They mainly follow current events and today's economy by voicing own opinions especially on restoring the middle class of America.
Appearance - The appearance is very straight forward and simple. Nothing fancy or out of the ordinary.
Ease of Navigation - First seeing the website it was a little confusing as to where everything was placed. It could be better organized.
Apparent bias - Although the author tends to use graphs in a few posts his opinion is very strong and wants the viewers to see through their eyes or point of view.
Blog #2 - The Circle Bastiat
Content - This blog has various authors to their postings as well as a broad topics when it comes to the worlds economy covering many subjects. This blog is in purpose to teach and research students in the schooling of economics.
Appearance - The blog is very well organized and by making it easy to navigate around the website without having to search around. The layout is very formal and professional as well as pleasing to the eyes.
Ease of Navigation - At the top of the blog there are many tabs that help organize the blog and make it easy for the reader. On the side it provides an easy place to find their most popular and new posts.
Apparent bias - There appears to be no bias with any of the blogs as they use other resources as well as images and graph models. This blog seems strictly informative.
Jerry George, 2nd period
Blog #1 - Alpha.Sources
Content- This blog is controlled by a sole author by the name of Claus Vistesen. It consists of numerous articles on broad topics over economics, financial markets and the views of the author towards those topics.
Appearance- The appearance of the blog is very professional and sharp. Its black and white background theme all throughout gives it a very new and fresh look.
Ease of navigation- The navigation is very basic and takes care of the basic needs a reader would have. It has a regular search bar right at the top of the home screen and tabs of things like "about the author" and "how to contact."
Apparent bias- There is no apparent bias with this blog, as the author strictly talks facts about economics and the financial markets.
Jerry George, 2nd Period
Blog #2- A Dash of Insight
Content- This blog not only provides detailed information on the financial markets, it also includes tips for financial investors and helps readers find market inefficiency. It also relates the topic of politics to economics in some of its articles.
Appearance- The blog isn't very well organized, as it is crowded with information on every little white space available on the page. It can be a little too much for the reader, but pros are that the reader gets plenty of resources and helpful information from it.
Ease of navigation- The blog is filled with redirecting links taking you to multiple categories included in the blog such as advise for investors, info on the market, and numerous economic articles. Although it is a bit crowded, its easy to navigate around the blog with the use of the multiple links and search bars provided.
Apparent Bias- This blog contains no bias for the most part, mainly because its a blog to help its readers out. It just gives facts and information that can be helpful to the readers.
Lauren Chamberlin
5th Period
Thomas Palley Blog (1/2)
Content: This blog goes over many different ideas, policies, and current events going on in the Economic world today. It tends to talk about Trump economics a great deal mostly in a negative tone. The content is also greatly opinion based, so a person has to tread carefully and keep an open eye to other beliefs.
Appearence: The most recent blogs are the first a person sees in a vertical manner. It is very plain, and it has a lot of white space with only the top being blue around the blogs name. The posts are not even that long either.
Ease of Navigation: They're tabs on the side that help the reader go to certain dates when posts were published, so a person can navigate by date but nothing else. If you want to see titles, a person has to scroll down the long vertical list, which is not easy and takes a lot of time.
Apparent Bias: The blog is greatly centered around Thomas Palley's views on the Economics occurring recently. The blog also states it is a blog for "Democrats and Open Societies," so already his views have become biased to people in the Democrat party basically. It shows his discontent with Trump greatly and the Republican side because he is constantly posting negatively about those current events. It is very one sided.
Blog#1: Roubini
Roubini focuses on global economics, mainly on topics such as inflation, budget plans, and bank growth and decline around the world. The website's appearance is very simple and white. It is functional but does not have any pictures to make if more visually stimulating. The website is easy to navigate but lacks an area for people to search for specific topics. The blog also seems to have no bias, it is more focused on imparting important information.
Blog#2: Winterspeak
Winterspeak focuses on "thoughts of human interaction". The blog has many tiopics ranging from devaluation to basic income. There are also many posts about Apple products. The website is very stark and boring. There is nothing on the website but black and blue text and arrows. The website is easy to navigate because it is simply a list of posts that are in chronological order, the most recent appear first. The writer seems to be biased against Apple because there are many posts about the writers dislike for Apple products.
Jessica Merhav
2nd period
Lauren Chamberlin
5th Period
The Street Light Blog (2/2)
Content: The blog centers on the topic Transfer Pricing Economics, and how it affects our country as well as others. The blog basically connects this topic with economics as a whole and on a broader understanding.
Appearance: While the blog is slightly "plain," it is very organized with dates of posts and titles of past posts to the sides. It emphasizes titles with different colors, which helps the reader to explore the page and understand better. Also the blog has images that not only support their information, but they serve as a break from all the words.
Ease of Navigation: The navigation of this website is great and easy because not only can you search by date but also title. The blog blatantly shows the titles of new prompts with different colors, and it even highlights information with links to past posts if you do not understand a topic.
Apparent Bias: The blog does not appear to have a certain bias. It connects topics/ facts with regular economic information to help readers better understand the topics, which is perfect because it wants a person to understand rather than be biased by their opinions.
Natalie Dye, 5th period
Blog 1: "A Fistful of Euros"
Content: This blog talks about European opinion on economics and demography, and other political issues in the European Union like Brexit. A lot of the content is outdated, as the latest publication I could find was in May of 2017, and no economic posts and demography since 2015.
Appearance; The website is well organized and not harsh on the eye, but not generally inviting either. They include images at the top of each page of posts and all posts have a date and an author.
Ease of Navigation: If there are any recent updates, they are not readily available and easy to access. The page is organized well into subsections with different kinds of information, so it is easy to navigate around and find specific information, but the information is not updated.
Apparent Bias: The blog is mostly about Europe, with one section talking about Europe and the world, but the bias is apparent and not hidden. When reading this blog, it is meant to update on European opinions, as it says at the top of the page by its title. It is meant to be an opinion, one insight, but it is still not invalid.
Natalie Dye, 5th period
Blog 2:"With Certain Unalienable Rights"
Content: This blog is written by an economist and the first two things you see on his page are his about paragraph and an ad. There are comments about the economy, but there are no dates and mostly about theories. You have no way of knowing if the information is updated, and no other sources besides comments with titles.
Appearance: The website is poorly organized, with the table of contents and other locators of information located at the bottom of the page, and holds mostly his opinions on theories and his own papers. The only picture located on the front page is of himself, and he uses a bland color scheme.
Ease of Navigation: All locators of specific information are located on the bottom right of the page, and there are multiple places to locate the same thing towards the top. Overall, the page just needs dates and some reorganization of location on the front page to make it more straight forward.
Apparent Bias: Since this blog is apparently run and written by one person, there are some biases that could make his opinion seem biased to wherever he believes is right and reports on it. He cites no outside sources for his theories and conclusions on the front page, making it even less reliable.
Alan Cummins, 4th Period
Blog1- Randall Parker’s Completely Serious/Sometimes Funny/Bash-Free Macroeconomics Blog (72)
1. The content of this blog ranges from the bashing of liberal politicians to strategic gambling practices. Many of the posts are about horse racing and the blogger's personal life, while others dive into the socioeconomic status of the United States.
2. The overall appearance of this is very basic and conservative. Every page features a large photo of Randall Parker, the blogger. It is easy to read text and most, if not all, posts have a corresponding photo or hyperlink.
3. The blog is easily navigated, and it is in a very common blog layout. Previous blog posts are archived and organized chronologically and can be easily accessed. Additionally, a list of categories and tags offers the ability to find posts about similar topics.
4. There is a strong right wing bias, quoting strong conservatives frequently. The blogger is not a fan of the antics of the left wing and often times criticizes liberal politicians and activists.
Blog2- The Portuguese Economy (90)
1. This blog is about the economic and social status of Portugal. It weighs in on topics such as unemployment in Portugal, debt, and European wide economic practices. The blogs most recent post was in July of 2014, so much of the content is outdated.
2. The appearance is very monochromatic and simple. The only color other than black, white,or gray that is present is along the navigation menus and on other hyperlinks. The posts typically have graphs or images that supplement the blog post and help the reader understand the logic and/or reasoning behind the post.
3. The site is very easy to navigate. It is very standard and the hyperlinks are in blue text upon the drab, white background. There are navigation menus to view similar blogs, biographies of the bloggers, and archived blog posts.
4. The bloggers have a pro-European bias in that many of them favor a united European economic effort as opposed to a Portuguese solo venture. Despite this, many outside sources and writers contribute making this site credible yet outdated.
Blog 1 - The Conglomerate (97)
Content: The majority of the blogs are about different conferences and corporations.
Appearance: The blog appears professional with all of the writers credited on the right-hand side.
Ease of Navigation: The blog is easy to navigate with each blog in chronological order. The only issue is that you have to scroll to access later blogs because there is no navigation pane.
Apparent Bias: The blog seems to have a slight conservative and pro-American skew.
Blog 2 - Reszatonline (106)
Content: The blog focuses on European economic issues. The author focuses on banking and currency rather than corporations.
Appearance: The website looks professional. The author uses graphs and pictures often to supplement his/her writing. The author never mentions who they are.
Ease of Navigation: The blogs are in chronological order but have no navigation pane. However, there is a navigation bar that takes you to various locations on the website.
Apparent Bias: The author appears to favor less regulation on trade and such issues.
Sahil Shah, period 2
Shweta Mathews
Period:4
Blog 1- Econometrics Beat
The blog focuses on econometrics and also lists a lot of articles pertaining to specific theories. The author also lists numerous economics and statistics based books that he recommends. The website looks old and outdated. There are no appealing pictures or visuals that go along with most of the articles.The web site is fairly easy to navigate but needs to be reorganized as everything looks clustered together.There are no apparent biases as the blog is heavily information and math based.
Blog 2- The Centre for the Study of African Economies
This blog discusses everything from financial literacy to cricket. The author shares his view not only about the economic problems pertaining to various countries in Africa, but also talks about politics and culture. The website looks professional but could use more vibrant colors or pictures to grab the viewer's attention. The blog posts are in chronological order and are hard to access. They can be better organized. The author appears to favor some political groups to others, however it isnt explicitly stated in any of his posts.
Erin Randle
Period 5
Article Name:"How secure is Ferrellgas Partners' 18-Percent Yield?
1.Content:This blog explains how the Ferrellgas Partners most likely will have to reduce their expenses due to debt
2.The appearance of the website is professional the article could have been a little longer but the picture added is very self explanatory.
3.Ease of navigation:The blogs are in order by dates
4. Apparent bias:The author is favoring the other companies that Fellellgas Partners because it mention them failing multiple times
Bill bradley
Period 4
all the blogs in the secondary page had been done so i went to find some.
blog 1.Barter is evil -some beginning thoughts on wages
1.content: the blog described the wage distribution the state of north dokota and the reason for such., it was seen that the highest wages were in the south of the state ,the author also explain why the government is tired of business complaining about workers when they do not want to raise their wage
2.apperance the blog had diagrams and graphs which were useful and understandable
3.ease of navigations the blogs are in order of recent activity
4. the author is favoring the governments claims
Blog 2.the dangerous economist:some good news on median income and poverty in the u.s
1.content the blog deals with the increase in the household income earned by an individual and explains the reasons why, with content like referrals for extra information and quotes and facts.
2.the appearance: the blog is a bit dull in my perspective no graphs,no diagrams just text but still it was helpful.
3.Ease of navigation : the blog is easy to navigate its based on date of post. and has the title in bold at the top for easy view.
4.Apparent bias the author is talking with a view of a very observant citizen that wants the best for his country
Crystal Obaretin, 1st Period
1. Global Economy Matters
Content: This blog examines the global economy and its effects. It contains blog posts on the economy of specific countries. Blog consists of posts "written by macro economists and policy analysts who have a common interest in global macro and economic policy."
Appearance: Website looks a bit outdated as the last post was uploaded on May 22, 2011.
Ease of Navigation: It is fairly easy to navigate. Posts are in chronological order.
Apparent Bias: In the first blog post that I came across, I sensed an anti-Russian sentiment. Many of the other posts tend to be unbiased and just focus strictly on presenting facts about a country's economy.
2. Lawrence University
Content: Blog is composed of posts by students studying economics at Lawrence University. There are blog talking about global and domestic economies.
Appearance: It seems "with the times." Seeing as it is a university blog, I would hope that it would be updated regularly.
Ease of Navigation: It is extremely easy to use. Posts are in chronological order. There is also a search bar on the left hand side if you wanted to find a specific blog.
Apparent Bias: Because it is a blog consisting of posts from the students of this program, biases may vary greatly.
Tejiri Okukpe
Period 1
1. Discount Rates
Content- In this blog, the author spoke about the relationship and difference between the deliberative self and the affective self. The author explains to the reader that the deliberative self is more active than the assertive self.
Appearance- The website looks unorganized, but the article was still engaging.
Ease of Navigation- The article was difficult to navigate, there were multiple steps to locate the article.
Apparent Bias- The article does not seem biased due to the fact that the author used realistic examples, but it would have been more effective if he used actual facts.
2. Crystal balls vs. Bag lunches
Content- In this article the author talks about the idea of saving money. He gives examples for what it would be like if a person does have savings and if a person doesn't. He also includes the idea of contribution to help with increasing ones savings.
Appearance- The website look well put together, the author breaks his writing into paragraphs which gives the reader a better understanding of the article.
Ease of Navigation- The website was easy to navigate because of the link that was given in order to locate the article.
Apparent Bias- This article is not biased because the author provides facts, evidence and examples to support his stance.
Jamie Chaffer
Period 1
Economics For Teachers (General)
Content: On this blog, the author mainly talks about the importance of providing students with financial education and how someone does so effectively
Appearance: The appearance is very organized, but the references are in the middle of two articles which makes it confusing as to what goes together.
Ease of Navigation: The website is very easy to navigate and easy to read/ find.
Apparent Bias: The author does a good job of not being bias because they address viewpoints that are opposite of hers or ones she did not originally think of.
The Everyday Economist (Economic Professors)
Content:This article talk about many things, explaining multiple opposing viewpoints that different economists have. For example, one being the opinion on the gold standard.
Appearance: The appearance is very clean and organized and it makes the blog look professional.
Ease of Navigation: The website is very easy to navigate as the placement is done well and everything you would want to look for on the site is placed on the side in organized links.
Apparent Bias. There is no bias in this blog because the authors purpose is to explain opposing viewpoints so they constantly have to consider the negatives and positives of both sides to effectively explain what each one means.
Madison Panetti, Period 5
1. MISH’s Global Economic Trend Analysis(a) (moved to Mish talk(b) so I guess I'll do both)
Content- a)Posts are about current events mostly consisting of short commentary and then excerpts from other sites. The posts focus mainly on bad news. b) pretty much the same with slightly less of a bummer feel.
Appearance- a)Very clunky and crowded. Easy to navigate but plain and ugly with no real contrast anywhere (except for the ads) so your eye doesn't have anywhere to focus on. Text is crowded in the side with the previous posts and the font is unpleasant. b) More professional looking. Brighter with a white background and dark blue text creates nice contrast. Minimalistic and simple. Still has some ungracefully places ads nut they are less glaring with the new appearance.
Ease of Navigation- a)Pretty easy and extensive, all you have to do is scroll down. b)Not as extensive, but now features a drop down menu where you can find posts by month, has live gold prices window on the side live the old site but it is higher up so you're more likely to see it has a cute new feature called "Mish Moment", right now it's pictures of cranes which I appreciate.
Apparent Bias- Mish is a representative for SitkaPacific so both of the sites have tabs for SitkaPacific. He is also an investment advisor so the aim of his posts is to provide information to help people in this way to some degree. The posts feature minor bias mostly in the word choices of the title but that could just be subjective.
2. International Political Economy at the University of North Carolina
Content- A lot of explanation based posts as will as some simply reporting current events and a few talking about UNC
Appearance- Super crowded and dull, but it looks like an economy forum.
Ease of Navigation- Easy to navigate. There's a tab for everything it seems. You can find posts by month, there's a list of other economy blogs, as well as tabs for posts that fall under specific subjects. You can also see whose following the blog in case you want to know for some reason.
Apparent Bias- The site is made of posts from faculty and graduates at the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill so it is their ideas and opinions with whatever influence the courses at UNC have on them.
Continued...
Erin Randle
Period 5
Name of article:"Why do the jobs Numbers change"
1.In this article it states how the number of jobs recorded is not always accurate because BLS cannot ask every business so they only talk to 140000 businesses and 60000 households
2.The appearance of this article is very basic and it is lacking a"wow" factor.
3.The navigation is pretty easy to find if you just scroll down the website
4.There is no bias in this article because it states facts from both sides
Jonathan Ngo- 2nd Period
1st Blog-Capitals Gains and Games
1. In this article no one else took it because it doesn't have any information.
2. This article is lacking information so it doesn't have much when it comes in the way of appearance.
3. Navigation is pretty easy because there is only 3 different links connected towards this article.
4. There is some bias because it is advertising godaddy.com.
2nd Blog-Inomics Blog
1. In this article it was like the Capitals Gains and Games but this one doesn't exist the website either been closed down or taken off.
2. This article has no information therefor was lacking all of the appearance other than the title of the website.
3. Navigation was pretty easy due to the fact that there was no given information on this article.
4. There wasn't any bias in this whatsoever.
Ashish S. Period 1
Blog 1 – "The Unbroken Window"
Content – The content on this blog is somewhat or is specifically about economics; the latest blog post talks about antibiotic resistances and global warming with one fact about global GDP.
Appearance – The look of this blog is very bare, which is not necessarily bad. The blog has a very simple structure with a white background, titles having a pine green color, and a row of links at the top helpful for navigation.
Ease of Navigation – As I said before, there is a row of links at the top that help you get to a specific part of the blog. There is a search bar on the right side that allows you to search for blogs with specific key words.
Apparent Bias – The author likes to put in their two cents on specific topics so it is sort of biased in that sense. In terms of topics, the author seems to write about anything that has economic relevance and anything that interests him/her.
Blog 2 – "Brett Keller"
Content- This blog seems to mainly be about the author’s personal life, some things relating to their field of work: public health and development, and other things that the author thinks is interesting. There doesn’t seem to be much economic posts at all.
Appearance – The blog is simple with a white background and large red text for blog entries.
Ease of Navigation – The site is easy to navigate. It has a row of quick links to specific parts of the blog, and on the right side of the page it has a search bar and an archive of blogs posts categorized by month and year.
Apparent Bias – The blog is biased since the author emphasizes in his bio that “this blog represents my personal views only, and everything I write here is in a personal capacity only.”
Blog #2 - Marc Gunther
This blog is managed by Marc Gunther, a veteran journalist, speaker, and writer, who mainly focuses on business and sustainability. The appearance of the blog is very basic, but it's organized. Although Gunther mainly focuses on business and sustainability, he mentions lot of other topics. It is very easy to navigate because there's a tab for all the recent posts, recent comments, and for all the categories of his blog. There is no bias in this blog.
Jibin Philip
2nd Period
Justin Kuzhippil Period 5
Blog 1- Ideas (181)
The content for this blog discusses the author's plans of making complicated computer programs, the architects of Shanghai and Batumi, and just some of the personal experiences of the author. The appearance of the blog is pretty simple and straightforward with a lot of pictures included. It is very easy to navigate as the dates and titles of each blog are shown above each one, and there are tabs to show other blogs similar to this one. There is bias in this article because all the information is based on the author's point of view.
Blog 2- Economics International (65)
The content for this blog looks at problems in the economy around the globe. The appearance is very plain and boring with no pictures. It is easy to navigate around the blog with the more recent articles at the top. There is no real bias in this blog.
Kyle Okeke period 2
(general) Anti-dismal
Content - This blog talks about "all things to do with economics and related subjects." It focuses on politicians in general, talking about the inherent nature of politician to have self interests, because they're only human, and that we shouldn't be fooled by grandstanding principles. It also hosts videos of interviews with different politicians.
Appearance - It has a plain white back drop and simply lists different articles and videos from top to bottom. It's very bland.
Ease of navigation - There doesn't seems to be any list of different categories of articles, but articles are tagged with there relevant categories, so searching for any type of article is easy. However there's no way to search key words that aren't tagged.
Apparent bias - The site seems to left leaning, but not overtly. There are articles on the negative impacts the trump proposed wall and there also also articles on the positives and negatives impacts of immigration, and it says that the positives outweigh the negatives.
( global economists) Econweekly - Econweekly talks about various markets in different, how theyre growing, and how they compare to the united states. It features inquiries about china, the Ukraine, Russia, different industries, Japanese labor force, the the federal government, Ex: "why won't the federal government raise rates".
Appearance: It has a nice layout with several different topics on the left and comfortable color scheme. It also lists articles i the middle from newest to oldest.
Navigation - It's very easy to navigate the blog. It tags the articles and also hosts several different articles on the left, separated by authors.
Bias - There doesn't seem to be any apparent bias but the blog does host an article about trump and how economically inefficient the building of his wall would be.
Blog 1 – "Atanu Dey on India's Development"
Content – The blog is primarily about current issues in the Asian economy but there is also a little bit of the author's personal life integrated into some articles.
Appearance – The blog has a very smooth and organized appearance, and looks to be aesthetically pleasing.
Ease of Navigation – the navigation is simple, such as scrolling down for previous posts, and there are tabs for twitter and other social media.
Apparent Bias – There is an apparent bias towards economic libertarianism and also american capitalism as the author uses these two lenses to analyze international issues.
Blog 2 – "Businomics Blog"
Content- The blog is primarily made up of microeconomic issues and how they connect on a national and international level. There is a lot of talk of business movement and how specific businesses connect to national economic changes.
Appearance – The blog is filled with different links and buttons, tends to overwhelm the reader with so much content.
Ease of Navigation – There are a lot of links on the home page and there are many things to go to. The only issue is that it is hard to find something specific since all the links are very brazenly posted.
Apparent Bias – There is no apparent bias.
Kedar Pandya - 2nd period
Justin Kuzhippil
Blog 1*- The Economic Freedom Blog (51)
The content of this blog discusses how the free market and individual freedom in the economy will bring about change throughout the world.The appearance of the blog is nice and colorful with bright colors highlighting the words and symbols all around. The navigation is easy as the articles go in chronological order and include labels on the side indicating past events.
There is no apparent bias in this blog.
Sydney Sandford pd.4
Blog 1- Carbon tax could have deficit
The blog describes the possibility of carbon emissions raising money and cutting the deficit in half yet this knowledge has not been acted upon due to incomprehension. The blog is quite short and could use examples to make more of a understanding.The article is very easy to locate, due to being provided a link. There is quite bias in this blog due to the article being concentrated on the more positive side.
Blog 2- Core economics ( Australia Cross Ownership)
This blog created by Joshua Gans describes basically how huge companies can rule the economy by owning multiple other booming company. In Australia he says there are three companies that somewhat control the economy due to their cross ownership between each other and other successful businesses. The blog has three different graphs to support it's claims it's less than a page length but offers a lot of information. It was easy to navigate all I had to do was access it through the link. There's obvious bias due to Gans ending his blog with saying it's something we need to watch out for and using negative connotation throughout the whole blog.
Steve Raju, Period 5
Blog 1- Iacono Research
The content of the blog focuses on intramural sports in college and tips concerning the safety of players and specifies on warm ups, attire, and plans of emergency.
The appearance is very organized and includes borders, titles, headings, and pictures making it easy to read and follow.
The blog is easy to navigate because it provides sections of recent posts, archives, and categories at the bottom of the site.
There is no apparent bias because the purpose of the blog is to inform the audience.
Blog 2- Econospeak
The content of the blog focuses on the causes of the Washington state's carbon tax and how it impacts the economy in various ways. It is also important to note that politics was heavily involved in this issue.
The appearance is monotonous with dull colors such as gray which makes it unappealing.
The blog is easy to navigate because it provides a search bar which make its effortless to find other specific blogs. They also provide accessible popular posts on the left column and blogs of note on the right column. The blogs are also in chronological order; however, no images are present in the posts.
The blog is fairly biased because the author presents their perspective about the proposals of enacting the tax and the advantages the tax would have on tax reduction.
Marcus Ellis 1st
Blog 1 - #119 Ben Muse.
Content- The content of the Ben Muse blog varies from economic and the importance of formal education to vacation cottages.
Appearance- The appearance of the blog is extremely unorganized. The blog is extremely cluttered and outdated.
Ease of Navigation- The blog is very difficult to navigate through because: there is not a search button, there are no tabs, and all categories are crowded on top of each other on left side of website.
Apparent Bias- There are little bias articles throughout the website as most articles are extremely factual and have few opinions correlating.
Blog 2- #146 Iacono Research
Content- The content of the icon research blog varies from college sports injuries to environmental safety and pest control.
Appearance- Although the blog has a very welcoming appearance, it is extremely dry and empty. Of the few articles posted, they appear in different ways on the same page.
Ease of navigation- The website is very clear and concise. All articles are listed both on the main page and under category tabs.
Apparent Bias- The website is extremely factual but promotes safety in several different way for pest control.
Blog 1: Crossing Wall Street
1) Content: Eddie Elfenbien created his blog to highlight key ways to promote financial success. Integrating statistics about Wall Street, perspectives from a variety of sources, and knowledge on the basics of contributing factors to the economic system, Elfenbien is effective in his ability to communicate successful financial strategies. His goal is to reach individual investors, and let show his love for the stock market.
2) Appearance: The appearance of the blog is fairly bland; howver, it is formal and does include a couple of visual pictures and representations to add color and variety to his home page. His blog is also very organized.
3) Ease of Navigation: Due to the organization of his blog, it was very easy to navigate. I found what I needed to know with ease.
4) Apparent bias: It does not seem the blog is biased, as most of the posts and comments are baced with statistical fact and proof.
Blog 2:Cafe Hayek
1) Content: This blog is from the Chicago school of Economics and seems to be a blog that discusses current, global economic issues as well is how past events effect the present outcomes. Integrating original opinion and thought and quotes from economic texts, it argues Keynesian view of economics in regards to America's current economy and government issues.
2) Appearance: It appears to be a very jumbled, almost thrown together blog. There are barely any tabs that allow easy navigation and the page is mostly white with small words. I did appreciate the quotes however.
3) Ease of Navigation: I did not find this blog easy to navigate through. In fact, it was hard for me to figure out what the blog was about.
4) Apparent bias: They seem to hold a more liberal view towards the economy and it shows in their posts and comments. Yet there are also some who give a more conservative approach towards discussions.
-Sarah Faraone, 2nd Period
A city on the hill
1) 1)This article is about how the Christian church in Nigeria is redeeming its self by building homes streets, buildings and other things of that sorts
2) 2)The appearance of this website is very bland It wasn’t really aggressive and the article was hard to find
3) 3)The article was really hard to find you had to do a lot of scrolling before the article was found
4) 4)This author does a well job at being unbiased but he really on gave the peoples point of view on the governments role in their society
Intelligent economist
1)this article is talking about economic things that the united states has done such as Medicare and things of that sort
2) I am really impressed its kind of like a power point but the colors are really appealing and makes you want to read more
3)this article was super convenient and easy to find. I think this author took time on this blog
4) this article is very unbiased and does a good job on shinning light on others point of view
Jacob rice
Period 1
Blog 1: Macro Mania
The macro mania has a lot of information over the owner's theory of inflation. The author, David Andolfatto, uses figures, statistics, and different models in order to prove his express his theory of inflation. The appearance of his blog is very neat, but lacks detail. It is very straight forward and is not split up into categories so that his audience will know if there is a change in thought, rather it is all one giant essay with multiple paragraphs. There was no need for ease of navigation because the author currently only has one blog which is macro mania. There is an apparent bias which can be seen in his disclaimer in the top right part of his blog, where he says that everything written is his own beliefs and that they should not be associated with the federal reserve in any way.
Blog 2: Infectious Greed
Author Frank Partnoy's blog "Infectious Greed" is about how deceit and risk compromised the financial market. He has multiple different entries that detail these situations, all about different companies or ideas that have affected the market. The appearance of the blog is very neat and organized, it is split into different categories which makes the navigation of his blog easy. There is an apparent bias because he is talking in a negative way about many of the companies which he is attacking.
Kenneth Easo 4th Period
Luke Matthews Period 2
The Simple Dollar
1.) Content- This blog contains information on current economic and business events such as product unveilings and stock market stats. It also contains investing tips and current events.
2.) Appearance- It has a simple set up of each blog. Organized by daily posts and no unnecessary content.
3.) Navigation- Very easy to navigate. Blogs are in order by date posted.
4.) Bias- No apparent bias.
Captain Capitalism
1.) Content- Contains information on economic news however focuses on curent events.
2.) Appearance- Very simple organization and daily blogs.
3.) Navigation- Easy to navigate. Organized by dates.
4.) Bias- Shows personal opinions in most posts and contains some heavy criticism.
Matthew Reyes - Period 1
Blog 1: Market Economics
Content- The content of the blog provides specific analyses of the changing economic/ market conditions by discussing the account of surrounding the political economy and economic issues.
Appearance- The The blog is highly overwhelming and not at all concise. The website looks like it has not been active in years with the last post being from 2014 and the copyright year being 2012.
Ease of Navigation- The blog is organized by tabs, but the info the blog writes about is organized with the most recent post first and the less recent further down. Each post is really wordy and hard to follow.
Apparent Bias- The blog is factual, but it often uses wording throughout its posts to steer the audience into interpreting the info provided in a relatively negative way.
Matthew Reyes - Period 1
Blog 2: The Daily Signal
Content- The content of the blog is highly factual regarding political issues that are affecting the people of the United States.
Appearance- The blog is easy to read and quick to the point with pictures to represent each topic.
Ease of Navigation- The blog is highly organized with multiple tabs, search tools, and links. The posts all seem to be to the point and not too hard to read.
Apparent Bias- Excluding the comments, the blog is highly factual with very little opinion-based responses in each post. However, the blog seems to be focused and tilted towards Conservative values.
Danni Hertel - Period 1
Blog 1 : International Corporate Governance
Content : The content on this blog seems trustworthy, considering it is run by a VP for expensive companies and is in charge of the money and benefits within those companies.
Appearance : The appearance seems a little rough. There are pop-up ads and a lot of white space on the home page.
Ease of Navigation : The blog is easy to navigate. All the reader has to do is scroll down to an article they are interested in and click it to open the page.
Apparent bias : There does not appear to be any apparent bias with this blog.
Blog 2 : Econometrics Beat : Dave Giles' Blog
Content : The content on this page consists mostly of reading lists that the author is giving his readers, all involving economics.
Appearance : The appearance of this blog is pretty nice and easy to read. There are clear outlines of everything and shaded parts of others.
Ease of Navigation : This blog is easy to navigate. By clicking on a tab, you can go to any one of the many pages.
Apparent bias : There does not appear to be any apparent bias to this blog.
Jacob Mallory - Period 4
Blog 1: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Content: The content on this site is a compilation of various articles and stories pertaining to economics, with the intent of political persuasion.
Appearance: This site is well laid out and organized, and has an appealing blue color scheme.
Ease of Navigation: The site is rather easy to navigate due to their tag based system, which sorts articles based on content.
Apparent Bias: Simply from the home page alone, one can tell this site has a clear bias against strong, centralized government.
Blog 2: John Myles White
Content: It is a variety of articles/experiments/stories all posted and run by one man, John Myles White, the man site is named after.
Appearance: The site has a rather unpleasant appearance, it simply just bland black text on a white background.
Ease of Navigation: The site is rather tedious to navigate through, as you most scroll from the most recent posts at the top, all the way to oldest at the bottom. This is the only method of navigation.
Apparent Bias: He seems to have a personal hatred toward standard economic modeling methods, and believes most if not all of them to be entirely inaccurate.
Denise Doyle- Period 5
Blog 1: (18) Center for Economic and Policy Research
Content: This blog contains the article, "Arithmetic Trumps Eurozone Politics", explaining that euro zone crisis countries are being forced to suffer enormous pain.
Appearance: The blog is very simple that the title is clearly stated and easy to find.
Ease of navigation: The navigation of the website if fairly simple and easy to use. It provides multiple tabs relating to the topic and allows you to explore other uses of the blog as shown in a simple column to the left of the page.
Apparent bias: The author does not seem to have an apparent bias, instead states the statistic or facts about his topic.
William Anderson
Period 2
Blog #1 Noahpinion (72)
I personally found the content to be very informative and eye-opening, Noah Smith uses numerous photos and statistics to prove his point and downplay the notion of bias in his articles. The site was relatively easy to navigate but the lack of an archived posts section ruined the experience. In addition, I was not a big fan of the look of the website because of the unprofessionalism of the content in the banner.
Blog #2 Mecpoc (134)
Compared to the previous website that I reviewed, this website was worse on many levels. While its relative ease of navigation and appearance due to the low number of articles featured on this website give its strong points. However, anytime I went to click on an article, I was prompted to download a file that I could not open.The one thing that does save this website from myself writing it off as a scam was from the interview transcripts conducted by this website which I actually found to be very informative and unbiased due to the use of examples in the interviews
Denise Doyle- Period 5
Blog 2: (12) Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
Content: Found in this Canadian economics blog, "Central Bank Communication and the Term Structure" is about Canada's use of the Fixed Announcements Dates per year when it announces its target for the overnight rate of interest.
Appearance: The blog is very simple. It lacks pictures, however, is easy to read and understand with bold texts and titles.
Ease of Navigation: The blog itself is very easy to navigate. It has only four drop down tabs at the top of the page for easy access to the following: author bios, categories, posts by authors, and resources.
Apparent Bias: The author of this article gives mainly their opinion, and questions the economy of Canada in his own thoughts and expressions. His article sounds as though he is in opposition to the rates of interests as he says what Canada's economy should have done.
Sanyoni Desai
period 5
Blog 2 (revised)-The Becker Posner Blog
Content- a blog where two men, Economist Gary Becker and Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, discuss and analyze everyday issues like decriminalizing marijuana and excess enrollments in college.
Appearance- Easy to use, not sorted into sections, rather you just have to scroll down, but there is a helpful search bar if looking for something specific. Not really meant to be educational but probably to show different viewpoints of people.
Ease of navigation- not sorted inot different webpages so if looking for a specific section it'd be hard butt there is a search bar if looking for a specific topic.
Apparent bias- its opinions of two people so there will be bias depending on their individual careers and beliefs.
Yash Parmar
Blog 1- TVHE
Content- It covers New Zealand and UK economics, addressing problems from policies, wealth inequality, housing market, to education. It provides the insight of professionals and workers in the fields that they blog about. It is well written and has a sophisticated tone, but is simple to understand.
Appearance- It is a clean, and modern site. It has concise blogs making it very easy to read. There are none to few images/graphs within the website.
Ease of Navigation- It has a few tabs and is not too complicated. FOr new readers, they have blogs sorted in accordance to the category they belong to as well as the country that they belong to.
Bias- Most of the contributors have a liberal undertone in their blogs when they speak, but for the most part, they try to keep it as unbaised as possible
Sang Kirsten Ebueng
Period 2
Blog 1: orgtheory.net
-content: Most of the content on this blog is sociology, government based with a hint of economy. The current events covered are mostly to do with government and not so much economics. Whenever economics is discussed, it has to do with older ideas in a contemporary setting. Each post is opened with a quote and then further expanded with the authors opinions and insight.
-appearance: There is nothing special about the appearance of this blog. Almost every post is accompanied by a picture or a link to a video.
-ease of navigation: posts are ordered chronologically, so there really is no tabs that discuss certain topics. It seems that this blog is nothing more than a place to post personal opinions, so it is a little chaotic and all over the place. Not much organization and definitely not a website suitable for research.
-bias: Because most of the posts are personal opinions it can seem heavily biased, especially because most of the posts have no link to other articles or evidential forums
Emily Tran- Period 2
Blog 1: Historinhas (78)
Content-The blog covers little stories of economics ranging from interest rate, inflation, monetary policy, and other stories regarding the government and the economy.
Appearance-The site offers many pictures and graphs allowing for an approachable and easy to understand sense. The blog seems modern and meant towards the younger generation due to the style of font and amount of images.
Ease of Navigation-The site is fairly easy to use as you just have to scroll down to each topic to continue reading. However, the use of tabs could be added for each topic so that the information is not jumbled together.
Bias-The site is pretty informational but there is some bias in the tone that the blogger himself talks about government issues and is very against them.
Sang Kirsten Ebueng
Period 2
Blog 2: Knowing and Making
-content: the content of this blog focuses primarily on cognitive and behavioral economics. Also on psychological influence on economics. The author gives personal insight on the problems facing not only American economy but also European economy.
-appearance: appearance is fairly basic with a single background picture at the header of the website. The blog itself is not eye catching but simple and not overbearing in the amount of media accompanying each post.
-ease of use: The posts are order chronologically. There is also a tab to the side that has archived posts and labels (hashtags) that take you to posts that contain that tag. There is no form of organization, but most posts are from before 2012, so nothing covering recent events.
-bias: there is personal opinion throughout the posts, but usually stands at an objective point of view.
Yash Parmar
Blog 2- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Content- The main focus of the blog is mainly about how the US economy is impacting the Midwest and Chicago in general. They give updates about laws, policies, ad ordinances that effect the economy and an analysis/ breakdown of it. They are a credible source
Appearance- The site is plain. There are no real aesthetics to it. They do provide images/graphs to back their blogs.
Ease of Navigation- It is not hard navigating the site, but if can get confusing if you are looking for older news or news that is small compared to other headlines.
Apparent Bias- They look at economy in the point of view of making Chicago's and the Midwest,s economy better. They do not focus on the world or the US as much.
Emily Tran-Period 2
Blog 2: Questions and Observations
Content-This blog talks about government topics regarding world leaders and leaders of our world, as well as issues going on currently such as the past hurricanes
Appearance-The logo at the top of the website seems very official and there are many quotes and examples given in each divided topic paragraphs
Ease of Navigation-The website just requires you to scroll down and read about the topics discussed which was easy to follow
Bias-When discussing the government topics or how they handled issues, there was bias against the decisions made, viewing the government as bad and unable to handle threats like the ones from Korea
Blog 1- Ideas #181
content- The blog contains ideas invented by a man named David Friedman. They range from things like windows that automatically open during the night and close in the morning to computer games that are based off of economic growth. He also posts ideas about new books on his blog.
Appearance- The blog appears very easy to understand but does not catch interest. The blue text on the side is very hard to read over the blue backdrop.
Ease of Navigation- The blog is very easy to navigate. The author has it set up by each month of the year, which allows you to very easily go back and look at any past ideas you might have found interesting.
Bias- There appears to be little to no bias in the Authors blog posts. They are mostly about ideas that wouldn't have opportunity for bias.
Blog 2- Long or Short Capital #124
Content- The blog contains content about making money as well as scientific information and how they connect. There are blogs on things like how to increase your chances on winning the powerball. The blog also contains information about sciences, such as who stands to gain financially from global warming and how.
Appearance- the blog appears very modern and sleek. It is appealing to the eye and easy to read.
Ease of Navigation- The articles on the blog are very easy to navigate. There is a column on the side to view any past articles you may have missed while presenting new ones clearly at the front.
Bias- The blog appears to have slight bias on the liberal side. They are a very aggressive blog, but with only mild liberal undertones.
Blog 1 - Marginal Revolution
Content- The blog contains information that explains issues in the economic world such as a blog from author Nate Cohn on the issue of the poll inaccuracies, but is not limited to economics, but also talks about other contemporary issues.
Appearance- The blog seems interesting, hooking people using the variety of topics given in the blog
Ease of Navigation- It is fairly easy to navigate the website, the blog is pretty organized, though shortcuts on the side would also be helpful.
Bias- The blogger Tyler Cowen seems to have very insignificant amount of bias in his blogs.
Blog 2 - Greg Mankiw's Blog
Content- The blog contains mostly economics related topics that are easy for students to understand as well as adults, especially economists.
Appearance- The blog is well organized, with easy to access blogs accessible from the side of the blog grouped off into different sections, with the main page going a bit into detail about what each blog is about.
Ease of Navigation- The blog was really easy to navigate through. It took very little time to find a blog I was interested in due to the layout of the page.
Bias- Greg Mankiw doesnt seem very biased in his blogs, though in some, he has shown to talk about his opinion on certain topics and issues.
Mohammad Ejaz
4th period
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