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
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The Conscience of a Liberal (Paul Krugman’s Blog)
The content of the blog was interesting and informative. The blog has moved to a different site as of December 6th, but the old blog post was about different topics all surrounding economics that affect the word. The content was sounding taxes and the way that money effects things. The blog was an opinion blog so there was a lot of what the author, Krugman, thought. The appearance of the site was clean and it was easy to read the content that was on the page. You could tell that there was a format to how the page was set up for it to look nice to the reader. The site was also very easy to navigate, you could scroll down to see off of the older post on the blog. There also is a search function on the page if you are looking for a specific blog post. I found that there was an apparent bias on the page that was liberal. The name of the blog hinted towards it and when reading the posts there was a bias in the wording.
Marginal Revolution
The blogs context was about more about things that are popular topics among the younger generations/ topic that are discussed on social media sites. Overall the sites blog post was interesting to read and see what someone's opinion popular topics. The site appearance was basic and a little difficult to read the different post. The site was easy to navigate you could scroll down to look at the old blog post. The blog had a side column that allowed, the reader to see the old post which made it easy to find the old post. I did not notice an apparent bias when reading the blog post. The author seemed to write from a middle point of view not showing what the author thinks.
Hannah Golding
1st
Freakonomics:
The content of this blog includes podcasts that examines the economy far beyond their book "Freakonmics" which dealt with the study of economics based on the principle of incentives. The blog also contains lectures, links to their books and and over 300 podcasts. The appearance of the blog is easy to read and maneuver throughout the site.the layout is very professional and simple. The blog was easy to navigate as it utilizes drop down tabs and it also has a search button. The blog/podcasts have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information to favor liberal causes.
The Big Picture (Barry Ritholtz):
The content of this blog included almost everything from investing and trading to macroeconomics. He also gives advice to those wanting to invest. The appearance of the blog is very neat and professional. The blog is easy to navigate due to the tab buttons near the top but it is difficult if a person wanted to find older blog posts as they would have to scroll for a while. There isn't a tab that includes link to older posts. I did not notice an apparent bias as many of the posts were just graphs or overall ideas/summaries of current events.
Reba George
Period 1
Angry Bear:
The content of this blog includes a variety of many different political articles. It also includes an article of of "Real Wages in 2017" which shows different charts showing the growth of taxes and regulation. The appearance of the blog is very neat.The blogs navigation is simple. It has little color boxes on the top of each article letting you know what the article will be discussing , making it easier to better understand what the article is about.The apparent bias seems to be that most of the post are by Arthur's who are conservatives.
Why nations fail
The content of this blog simply provides many different articles on the reasons why nations fail. It has articles about the problems with taxation and other articles about different states and why they weren't successful. The appearance of the blog is neat and simple.The navigation of the blog is not very easy , because there's so many different articles but no search box if you wanted to find a specific article. You would have to go through all 50 pages to find the article you need. The apparent bias is that it is written by only one point of view from 2 people. Also the articles are not current , they are as old as 2014.
Mykaela Llacar
6th
Zero Hedge
The content of this blog includes many different articles from the news and presents editorial opinions from other editors. It's composed of articles ranging from financial conspiracy theories to economically pessimistic editorials. The appearance of the blog is neat but not very professional. Navigating through this blog is fairly easy because they have organized sections and has the ability to limit the results provided. The apparent bias is that it is deeply conspiratorial and anti-establishment.
The Baseline Scenario
The content of this blog provides key issues in the global economy, as well as different policy proposals to improve the economy. The appearance of the blog is simple and professional. The navigation of the blog is easy because there are divided sections and a search engine available for use. There is no apparent bias because there are multiple authors who contribute to the page, and the blog entries are mostly summaries of what has happened, tied with suggestions to improve the topic being written about.
Angie Mancino
period 6
The Simple Dollar:
The Simple Dollar provides an array of information on how to save and manage money from ways stretch your money on rainy days to credit card recommendations. The website is easy to navigate and has a very nice layout and color scheme that makes it pleasing to the eye. A possible bias that I noticed for this website was that it only mention big name credit card companies in its list of top credits cards for cashback. It would be easy for bi companies to pay the website to advertise their credit card as a good card to use. However, this bias is merely speculation.
Market Economics:
Market Economics is a blog that posts about current events that are going on in today's economy. The content is extremely informative, but the website's bland layout and color scheme make it kind of boring to read. The website is pretty basic and easy to use as far as navigation goes and because of their array of writers, they have little to no bias in their content.
Lauryn Ewens
2nd Period
Health Economics Blog: The content of this blog includes many blog entries that discuss health related news and opinions. The appearance is very bland, but the layout is neat. The navigation of this blog is simple and is organized by how recently they were posted. For the apparent bias, there are a lot of different opinions that are seen in many articles. Most are biased about European health related news.
Dash of Insight: the content of this blog includes many blog entries that discuss economic news and events. The appearance is overwhelming because there is a lot of graphs and ads. The navigation of this blog is very simple and there are tabs on the side to go where desired. The author is not really biased, he is very general about his thoughts.
Reeba Abraham
Period 2
Cafe Hayek: The content of this blog has a variety of entries, such as essays, up to date topics, and responses to other economists. The appearance is like any other blog, and it is rather cramped. The navigation of the blog is very basic and is sorted by categories and dates. The bias is that the blog is owned by one person, and often includes politics, though it is not very evident.
John Kay: The content of this blog expresses the author's opinions about the economy and their decisions. The appearance is very simple and looks like a news website. The navigation of the blog is a bit harder to look around. The author is biased because of his entries. One entry included how he disliked bureaucracy.
Angela Fang Period 6
The Policy Center- The content of this blog has a ton of different essays from talking about the IRS to how we will feel the Tax cuts in 2018. The Blog is well made and has a very organized website with every blog being clearly separated and easy to understand. The navigation is easy as the titles are bolded and the topics are separated by a small orange text. The bias seems to be that the site is more liberal than conservative.
Multiplier Effect- The content of the blog is very short and to the point and includes small articles and videos in most posts. The appearance is rather messy and clustered and the website is very basic. It is quite hard to navigate as most text is either blue or gray and they all seem to be part of the same post. There does not seem to be any bias as there are many different authors with vastly different views on the website.
Tammam Alhiraky
Period 2
Aguanomics: The content of the blog relates to the political economy of water and "other distractions" by one author, David Zetland. Appearance is well put together and neatly organized. The navigation of the blog is easy to follow as it is sectioned of by months and further broken down into subcategories. Zetland shows no apparent bias in his blog and just presents a summary of general information.
Chicago boyz-
The blog has a variety of content from different authors broken down by recent and past. The blog uses a color scheme consisting of gray, white, and green making it's appearance quite pleasing and easy to read. Navigation is relatively simple as authors, titles, and categories are in green text with hyperlinks. There is little bias by the many conservative bloggers that contribute.
Nia Eugene
6th period
Economists view:
The content of the blog consists of lists of articles for the day covering various issues in the economy from various sources with different points of views. The appearance is simple and well organized by each day. The navigation of the blog was very easy because it separated each days contents clearly and each blog post was clearly titled. The bias on the blog was fairly unbiased as the posts were from all different people.
Crooked timber:
The content of the blog included post from various people about more current issues, many about trump and social issues. The appearance of the blog was easy to read and easy to follow in that newer content was on the front pages. The navigation of the blog was easy to follow as well because of the succession of newer to older posts. The blog was more liberal than conservative in their views.
Angel Yeung
Period 6
U.S Food Policy
The content of this blog is revolved around how the economy affects the current food supply, providing articles and posts on hunger rates and agricutural production. The blog also includes references to the changing administrations of the FDA and the implications of new programs. The appearance of the blog caters towards a wide range of viewers. The posts are organized by date posted in a list that people can page through. The ease of navigation was strong as the posts are organized by date, allowing easier access to the newer posts. Although the blog is filled with content, there is an apparent bias regarding the fact that the blogger tends to revolve his views around supported taxes to lower consumption on unwanted foods.
Growthology
The content of this blog was mainly centered around exploring entrepreneurial research and the art of starting and growing a company. The society that found the blog (the Kauffman society) prides itself on being a society of entrepreneurs dedicated to business. Many posts support the scholar community and focus on the mindset of business. The appearance is nice and organized in chronological order, making the blog easier to navigate as well. For apparent bias, the blog tends to lean towards entrepreneurship to be the key to improving business and economy and mainly focuses on growing that aspect in society.
Peter Gordon's Blog
The content of Peter Gordon's Blog mainly consists of Peter Gordon's criticisms of different articles and blog posts. He states the apparent beliefs of the 'greater' population and proceeds to explain why the 'idea' is in fact the opposite of the beliefs. The appearance of the blog is clean; the blog posts are on the right and archives of previous blog posts are on the left. There are no ads on the blog. The blog is easy to navigate; readers can click on the post titles if they are too long to be read from the homepage. Peter Gordon does not appear to be biased; he responds to news with his own opinion stemming from his experience as a capitalist and a citizen of the United States (what's best for the economy in his eyes).
Fight Entropy
The content of Fight Entropy consists of the authors highlighting important issues in society such as lead exposure in children, wealth disparity, etc. The authors present data, analyze the issues, and try to explain why they are occurring. The appearance of the blog is quite compact, with a very narrow body, much of which is taken up by links different blog posts. The blog is quite easy to navigate, with weekly posts separated by "weekly links" which are links to articles that the reader can obtain news from. The authors of the site don't appear to be biased; they write about issues that are harmful to the general public, not just to a specific party.
Samuel Shteyman
1st Period
Overcoming Bias: Robin Hanson
The content of this blog is designed upon the reasoning behind something you do and what can be done to better your decisions upon the event in the future. Additionally, Robin Hanson posts on this blog all are accustomed to the events that people tend to be less attractive to and reasons why they shouldn't be overlooked. The appearance of this blog is in an orderly fashion with most posts being uploaded every 2 days in paragraph format by addressing the observation and what can be done to change the outcome. The blog is easy to navigate as everything is posted every two days, in order of the date it was written, and with links to direct you to additional references. The author of this site is bias towards what he feels should be interacted with on a daily basis, but also tries to acknowledge the bias people tend to lean on.
Division of Labor: Celebs Net Worth Now
The content of this blog revolves around the net worth for popular figures in most broad areas of work in order to present the differences in the amount of money earned from profession to profession. The appearance of this blog is well organized as the blog consists of many sections(professions) with each profession consisting of popular people in the specific area of expertise and the net worth for each person. This makes it easy to compare and contrast from profession to profession and person to person. It is easy to navigate through the blog, as referred to before, with many links(sections) to lead towards the readers area of interest. There appears to be no bias, as the author tends to just state factual introductions to each person with their reported net worth.
Raza Muhammad
2nd Period
No End To Austerity
The content that was shown in this Blog was written to show how the total public spending as a percentage of GDP in Britain is projected to fall to 36.4% in 2020-21. This is almost how much it was in 2000-01 although it was supposed to increase instead. The appearance of this blog is easy to use as you can find other blogs in a quick manner as it was also easy to find the information in the article. We can see the obvious bias in this website as it is owned by one person.
The Intelligent Economist
The content of this blog was very informative as this blog was made for those who were not very informative about economics as a whole. It showed many articles that explained what Economics really is as well as other things which try to educate people about how it is important to the world. One of the first articles it shows is about how stock exchange is very important to every buyer. The appearance of the blog was well made and helpful to new comers to the site as it had all their articles listed on one side. It was also very easy to navigate as everything was well organized. Their doesn't seem to be any bias on this blog as it was made only to show overall main idea of economics.
Godwish Tom
1st Period
Neighborhood Effects:
The content on this blog focuses on the negative impact of not having enough money to maintain living standards of retired people because people between the ages of 32-61 are not saving money. The appearance of this blog is straightforward with some graphs and tables. It is simple to navigate since the blog shows the entire article. There is some bias in this blog because the author addresses the issue of only men and their employment.
WTF Finance:
The content on this blog consists of statistics and events about finance that are occurring around the world. It also provides information on how to deal with personal financial issues. The blog is appealing because it well structured and contains pictures and charts that catch your attention. It is easy to navigate because the blog is well organized and the tabs makes it faster to look up certain information. This blog provides unbiased information.
Abel Abraham
6th Period
The Irish Economy
The content is solely based on issues impacting the Irish Economy. From articles about education to labour market conferences, the blog addresses the latest issues in the Irish economy. The appearance of the blog is kind of crammed as each article is right under the other. There is a section labeled categories to the right which lists out the different categories the issues are categorized into. In terms of navigation, it is easier to get one from article to the next. The author and date are published right next to the article. There is little to no bias detected in the blog.
The Becker-Posner Blog
The content of the bog is based on major issues going on in the world such as the decimalization of marijuana and the embargo of Cuba. The appearance of the blog is neatly organized as each article is structured in a way that is easy to read. The most recent posts are emphasized first, allowing the blog to be in chronological order. The blog is easy to navigate as there is a search bar to the right so readers can search for what they need. The blog includes articles from two different point of views so there is no apparent bias.
Jeslin Johny
1st period
Truth on the Market:
The content of this blog focuses on the authors' comments on the law and economics. For example, the blog has articles about drug pricing, Brexit, and the Justice Department. The blog is not visually appealing because of the plain white background and articles, yet, ultimately, it organized because the articles are all in chronological order with the most recent at the top of the blog. The blog is easy to navigate because of the chronological order, and there is a list of authors and topics covered to the side so that readers may be able to easily access their particular topic/author's articles of interest easily. The blog seems to have no apparent bias. It only provides the facts and scholarly commentary on what challenges Congress should consider.
Environmental Economics:
The content on this blog focuses on the author's comments on the possible impacts of the government's new policies regarding the environment. The blog is all-white, but the articles are separated by gray lines, making it look very organized. The blog is easy to navigate as it is in chronological order with the most recent posts at the top. There is also a list of covered categories on the side, making it easy for readers to easily access their topic of interest. The apparent bias throughout the articles is that the author seems to lean on the liberal side of things. There are many occasions in which the author blatantly states that he believes the Trump administrations policies will have negative consequences on the environment and Americans as a whole.
Angella Baby
1st period
Blog 1: Economic Policy Institute
1)Content- The blog includes statistics and analysis of the working class and what is needed to improve life for the low and middle class. The blog states different policies to help improve economic conditions.
2)Appearance- The blog is very simple by the use of pictures, bold text, and detailed graphs.
3)Ease of Navigation-The site is easy to navigate since the articles are in order of =new to old. There is a search bar for those who want to look for specific articles.
4)Apparent Bias- There is a bias since the articles are expressed with liberal viewpoints.
Blog 2: Confessions of a Supply-side Liberal
1)Content- 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. The blog discusses both the United States and world economy.
2)Appearance-The appearance of this blog is neat and orderly. The blog appears as if it is made by a professional and looks like a formal website rather than a blog.
3)Ease of Navigation- The blog is easy to navigate. The blog uses a simple design, therefore it is not difficult to navigate the site.
4)Apparent Bias- The title itself shows that the blogger is biased by being a democratic. The author also posts an article agreeing with gay marriage, thus showing a liberal stance.
Edward Joseph
Period 2
Blog 1: Greg Mankiw's Blog
The content of this blog mainly discusses topics that are easy for a variety of readers to understand. The blogger offers his opinions of current economic debates and targets his posts to students, teachers, and economists. As for appearance, the blog seems to be very put-together and organized. The owner of the blog has separated each of his webpages into different sections to make them easily accessible for readers.The posts are on the home page, with the most recent discussions on the top of the page. As for the ease of navigation, different pages, posts, and threads are not at all difficult to find due to the blog's organization. Since each discussion is under a specific topic (located on the right-hand side of the page), it takes very little time for a reader to find what he or she is looking for. For the most part, there doesn't seem to be any apparent bias in Greg Mankiw's posts. However, there are many posts where he talks about his opinions on certain controversial issues, which can be seen as biased.
Blog #2: MacroMania
The content of this blog is mainly centered on discussions about inflation and how it affects the economy in different ways. He also offers his own opinions about controversial issues such as unemployment and economic theories. Additionally, simpler vocabulary and interesting quotes also work to engage the reader. As for the appearance of this blog, it uses a variety of different colors, but sticks with a very simple layout and design throughout all of the pages and posts. This simple style not only makes the blog look neat, but it also makes the content easier to find and read. When it comes to ease of navigation, the blog offers no blatant complications. There are additional links on the right side of the main page and each post is archived into a specific month of the year to make them easy to find. The blog posts don't seem to have any apparent biased content simply because David Andolfatto (the blogger) mainly offers facts, examples, and explanations in his posts. It is also clear that Andolfatto makes sure to write about multiple different viewpoints and perspectives in his explanations so as to prevent any apparent biases.
Ashwini Prabhu
Period 6
Captain Capitalism:
The content of this blog includes opinions and discussions of several economists that are open to the public. The many topics include feminism, global warming, different job fields and their roles in the economy. The appearance of the blog is quite messy because it is just a list of blog posts by numerous users alongside tabs and advertisements. However, it is simple to navigate and organizes its post by date. There is an apparent bias since the discussions overall are against feminism and are targeted toward younger users.
Emergent Economics:
The content of this blog includes articles focusing on the economies of upcoming countries in comparison to larger economies. It discusses current trends that are observed by the author, Dan Gay. The appearance of the website is clean and professional and includes visuals. The navigation of the blog is easy because the content is organized with tabs and dates as well as source cites. There is no apparent bias, but the content is focused on specific topics the author has knowledge of, for he has worked for many development agencies.
Irene Gratil
Period 2
Blog 1: Economist's View
The content of this blog is based on economics and policy news along with works to correct what the author views as distortion and misunderstanding. The appearance of the blog is neat and structured, and the blog is filled with graphs. It is easy to navigate through the blog since everything is laid out on the homepage into different categories. There is apparent bias found in the blog since the viewpoints tend to be liberal and the owner has negative views against the U.S. President.
Blog 2: International Corporate Governance
The content of this blog is based on examining specific countries and how their corporate governance rules affect their business and economies. The appearance of the blog is simple and contains external links for easy access to additional information. It is easy to navigate through the website since the site is neatly laid out with information. There appears to be no bias in the blog since the posts are about current events relating to Corporate Governance.
Anson Sam
6th Period
Half Sigma
The context of this blog is the author’s opinion on government and government leaders, for example the blog includes articles on Obama and Iran, Regan, and drugs. This blog is not very visually appealing because of the plain design and single pictures next to each article. Although the blog is fairly organized with each article one after the other and easy to access. The simplicity of the blog makes it very easy to navigate because since there isn’t much going on in the page all you have to do is scroll up and down and double tap on the article you are interested in to read more about it. As well as next to each article there is a drop down arrow to see exactly what the article is going to be about and the main topic. There seems to have an apparent bias because all the articles are from the same person and a lot are from his own opinions.
Next New Deal
The context of this blog is economic issues regarding financial reform, unemployment and inequality. The appearance of this blog is nice big words that help catch the attention of readers and make it look easy and simple to navigate. There is a big picture at the top of the page that helps set a modern clean vibe for the blog. The blog is easy to navigate with an option to view all the topics or you can scroll through all the blogs and click next at the bottom on the page to access the next few blogs. As well as each blog has what topic it is addressing on the very top. There seems to be much of an apparent bias because there are multiple authors for each topic.
Roshni Jose
1st Period
Au Courant
The content of this blog analyzes developments in economics, public policy, and library technology and trends. The appearance was in story format. It was like a short story. It was easy to navigate through. He is a little bias about his claim and uses details to help support his claim even when there are possible counterclaims.
Donald Marron
This blog, written by retired public servant and adviser to the Obama administration, shares musings on Economics, finance, and general life issues. It is well-written and easily understandable take on the economic and policy issues of the day.This blog has charts for a better understanding of the topic of taxes and other things identify an apparent bias because it has other people's financial evidence as proof for his claim.
Camryn Pugh 6th period.
Think Markets
Content includes that of the NYU colloquium on market institutions and the Leipzig colloquium on market order.Written by current and former members of the Colloquium on Market Institutions and Economic Processes at the Department of Economics. Appearance is basic and simple, with limited tabs and colors. Navigation is easy to use with post one after the other on the home page. The apparent bias comes from the multiple writers coming from prestige universities.
Carpe Diem
Content includes that of Mark J Perry, a professor of economics and finance in the school of management. He writes about specific numerical values of economics; like, spending at food services and drinking places, national home sells, and health insurance. He offers post based on the insights inside these values and the reason for them. The appearance is unappealing to the eye because of the bland colors like grey and a brown/red combination. The font it typical and boring. overall the look is very outdated. Navigation is outdated with no search bar and only scrolling capabilities to go through the post. There is a bias because the post if owned and written by only one person, so it lacks multiple view points.
Tiffany Huynh
1st period
Crossing Wall Street
The Content of this blog is very informative and very easy to understand. This blog explores different companies in the stock market as well as the trends related to those companies. Content also includes exploration of the AFLAC stock as well as the divergence between oil and energy stocks. The appearance is simple but enough to convey the content. The blog is easy to navigate and has a frequently asked questions tab which was quite helpful. The blog seems relatively unbiased in the views of the stock market but seems to lean towards the major companies.
Beyondbrics
This blog explores the world markets as well as different countries policies. The content also focuses on the American markets and how it plays a role in the world. The appearance is colorful and eye-catching but not distracting. The appearance allows the reader to engage with the site as well. The navigation of this blog is easy enough with multiple tabs for various subjects that have to do with the global markets. There is an apparent bias towards third world countries and their economies.
Nikita Damodaran
Period 2
Econblog101
1) Content: This blogs content is nicely put in easy terms to understand as well as it still gives good facts. the blog uses a lot of statistics and numbers to state its point and is very clear and concise in their passages.
2) Appearance: The blog is very neat and takes little effort to read the word on the site.
3) Ease of Navigation: All the tabs on the site are usable and have a purpose and the articles are easy to get to.
4) Apparent Bias: It is clear that the author makes sure to write about multiple different viewpoints and perspectives in his explanations so as to prevent any apparent biases.
Hunter Boyd
Period 6
Falkenblog
1) Content:the content is very informative and extensivly talks about bitcoin and how it is a viable option next to dollar bills. it explains to you how to set up a bitcoin account and explains how easy it is and how user friendly and cheaper it is to use.
2) Appearance: the appearance is very new and modern and is very easy to read.
3) Ease of Navigation:navigation is very easy because all of the blogs are in the central page and everything else is on the sides.
4) Apparent Bias: The author of this site is bias towards what he feels should be interacted with on a daily basis, but also tries to acknowledge the bias people tend to lean on.
The oil Drum
This blog is about the rise and fall of an energy phenomenon known as "The Oil Drum," and to inform readers about the vast amount of content which the phenomenon contained. The appearance is a bit outdated and lacks organization, as everything is pretty much jumbled up together. This makes the ease of navigation a lot harder but there is a search bar to focus on certain topics, despite all of the information given. The apparent Bias here is that the author seems to want to keep the legacy of the website alive, but does not acknowledge the reason why the website was shut down in the first place.
Bronte Capital
This blog explores the how well the company, Herbalife, carries out FTC rules and concludes that the FTC is ripping off hispanic women in the and other minorities in the business and has been getting away with it. The appearance of this article could be described as having a dull background along with highlighted titles and subtitles so that the reader is more likely to understand the basis of the topic being covered. The ease of navigation is easy because each subject is sectioned off in a letter-type format and each section relates to one another through chronological events. The apparent bias is that the author created a negative opinion about the FTC after one company visit and did not look into the FTC more in order to create an opinion.
Stephen Iype
Period 6
EconoSpeak
Although this blog covers a variety of content related with economics, it often incorporates the discussion of various political and governmental issues into its blogposts. This versatility makes the blog interesting, but it sometimes results in strong political opinions and bias being included alongside economic fact. Unfortunately, the appearance is rather basic and bland. However, it is somewhat easy to navigate as you can simply scroll or click links on the side to get to different blog-posts.
NYU Development Research Institute
This blog gives a very professional impression as the website design looks very appealing, particularly to the modern audience. The website is easy to navigate as it is very organized and takes advantage of eye catching links that help one find information with relative ease. The information and research provided by this blog is fairly thorough, and it lacks any major bias as it seems to be primarily concerned with engaging readers with facts attained through the research of various individuals.
The Everyday Economist:
The content of this blog consists of statistical data and a thorough explanation of the general idea that with a system of nonconvertible paper money, the worth of that money is decided by the cooperation between the supply and demand. The appearance of the blog is very organized, legible, and informative. It is quite effortless to navigate since there are headings in bold letters that inform you of what information you are about to read. There is also a search engine available for those seeking further information. The apparent bias within this blog is the author's belief that the better people are able to separate variations in productivity, the more people would be informed about what sets recession into motion.
The Pin Factory Blog:
This blog's content contains the analysis of the British economy and its different aspects such as education, market, pay rise, and the network. The appearance of this blog is effectively arranged to make it easier for readers to understand it clearly. The navigation process while reading this blog is simple, for it has bold headlines that separate the different topics written by various authors. On the right hand side, there is a tab called "Author Archive" that will take readers directly to the topic a certain author addresses. Also certain words are highlighted in blue for those who may be unfamiliar with those words. The apparent bias in this blog is evident because all the authors, regardless of what aspect of the British economy they were focused on, believes in the productivity of the British economy.
Erin John
Period 2
Econ TidBits
The content of this blog consists of examinations of current laws affecting economics and trends by an economist named René Böheim. The blog is organized in a way where only past posts are hard to find, but the intended purpose is to create a focus on current topics and issues. Additionally, the blog also includes social media posts from the author. The blog is very simple, with the most current posts on top and the previous posts following down below. Overall, the blog is very easy to navigate. The blog is solely managed by one author, so there will be bias as his work reflects his opinions and thoughts.
Chris Blattman
This blog contains the economic, political, and international development insights of a professor of Political science and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He examines a number of economic statistics and cultural trends to examine poverty and political participation. The blog resembles websites such as the Guardian and Time New York, which makes the blog seem very professional. Navigation is very easy and simple as the most current blog posts start at the top. Furthermore, this blog has a search feature that enables more in depth searches for past blog posts. The blog is run by a single author, but the he has the credentials of being a professor. There will be bias, but his information will be credible.
Henry Feng
Period 7
TheMoneyIllusion
the contents of this blog is to explain in the best way possible the continuous ongoing issue of monetary policy. it also has a not so great appearance. The lack of colorful areas, especially the bland whitish tan background looks very dull, boring, and lifeless.It would also help if the text of the website was bigger. The ease of navigation is average. The blog could improve if there was a separate task bar to quickly take you to what section of the detailed blog the user wishes to go. There is not much of an apparent bias because the author remains neutral in taking political stances. He does, however, sees many problems in monetary policy and calls it "perplexing"
Naked Capitalism
Naked Capitalism is an monetary news and inquiry blog to develop critical insight about finances in the U.S. the appearance is nice with a few consistent easy on the eyes colors. The ease of navigation is great. It sorts links to articles chronologically by date with convenient tab bars at the top. The apparent bias is that it clearly has a negative connotation to the economy of this country.
Uneasy Money
The content of the blog consists of monetary policy, which means it is also about monetary theory and macroeconomics. The blog appears like it is a spread of information that is thrown together in a weekly basis as a raw way for the author to convey his ideas. The blog has a sense of ease to it. There is a table on the right side of the website that helps to guide one's sense of navigation. The author's view is that monetary policy has been too tight for the past three years, thereby creating the conditions for the September 2008 financial crisis after Lehman Brothers failed and then preventing the economy from staging a rapid recovery as it has often done previously after sharp downturns.
Mainly Macro
The blog is mainly about macroeconomic world news and the application that it has in the global economic sector. The blog appears to be quite dated by ten years in appearance and style, but it is updated quite frequently. The pages are at times hard to navigate due to a lackluster navigation table. The author's opinion is that his views are fairly mainstream, although what is mainstream and what is not is sometimes unclear even to economists, and much less clear in the media. Much of his views are through the lens of a person who has grown up in the culture of the UK.
Dhilan Patel
7th Period
The Conglomerate:
The content of this blog mainly includes corporate law and topics that have to do with big businesses. The blogs appearance is very professional and organized. The blog is easy to navigate as it is organized by date, also there are tabs where you can search for specific blog posts by author, topic, and date, as well as there being a recents and popular tab. There seem to be no apparent biases as the blogs main purpose is to report things such as laws that affect businesses and simply break down corporate laws.
Core Economics:
This blog mainly focuses on economic policy and economic issues, however a few do discuss aspects of business strategy, technology and innovation. The appearance of this blog is simplistic with very few things distraction you from the blog posts. The blog seems easy to navigate with tabs to search for blogs based on authors, also a search bar is included if you need to find something specific. The main bias seems to be that the policies that are mainly covered are policies from Australia since the founding author of the blog is from Melbourne.
Labour And Capital:
The content in the blog mainly addresses the economic issues and events among the major countries of the world. The blog organizes itself using events from that day and the author expresses his views about that event. The navigation is pretty easy as all a person has to do is scroll down and use the dates as a navigation tool. There is bias as it is the authors views on economic issues/ events across the world.
Coyote Blog:
The content in the blog mainly consists of events and the authors opinions about them. It is pretty organized and has a simplistic white background with hyperlinks to topics on the right. The navigation is easy as the blogs are organized w dates so the reader just has to scroll down or use the hyperlinks on the right which are in alphabetical order. Bias can be seen when the author talks about the government as many of his posts have a rather spiteful view against them.
Alan John
Period 2
On The Economy:
The content in the blog mainly consists of the current state of the economy. The appearance is plain with a white background and a sidebar with the blogger's information and twitter feed. The blog page is easy to navigate with the blog in order of recency. The blog is apparently biased towards the Republican party because it goes over what the party should be doing for the economy and government.
EclectEcon:
This content is focused on the politics and economics of Canada. The appearance is simple with white background with a brown secondary color and references and extra information on the sidebars. The blog is easy to use with the blogs in order of recency. The blog is apparently bias towards Canadians since the blog doesn't cover what happens in the US economy.
Brandon Wong
7th
Liberty Street Economics:
The content in the blog focuses on the insights and analysis from New York economists. The appearance is pretty organized with a white background and classic black font and size varying texts. Since the blog is organized, it is easy to navigate through with the tabs; and if a specific topic is needed to be find quickly, there is a search bar at the top right corner of the website. According to the website itself, they are not biased towards anything, since each authors have their own views respectively.
REneweconomy:
The content of the blog focuses on clean energy and climate policy news and analysis. The appearance is simple but with colors; it is organized; the font of the texts are small but not all have just simply black fonts. The blog is easy to navigate through since it also has a search bar; it also has a bar on the right side of the website for the readers to connect to their social media easily. The blog is not biased towards any political parties in the US because it has its affinity with the country of Australia.
Michael Ibay
7th
The Capital Spectator :
The following blog spectates over the reduced reliability of the yield curve as it continues to predict a huge economic recession in the recent future (maybe even now) even though there has not been any realistic indication of the economy dropping, rather it is booming with a spectacular growth rate. The blog holds a very serious tone as it replicates a few data graphs and includes referenced material from the government websites. Navigation is quite simple as it provides a content bar above it so visitors can go to any site they are referenced to, however it would've helped if the content bar was enlarged as it is not quite noticeable. There does not appear to be any bias within the content as it is open to the public and very informational- not opinion based regardless of the question being opinion biased.
Dynamist Blog (Virginia Postrel's blog)
This blog is mainly about modern technological methods of buying materials and the increase in people to buying more materials through cyber shopping such as Amazon.com. The site appears to be very organized and fashioned with many images and holds an open tone meant to both advertise and understand other views. Navigation is very simple as in the top the site offers content headings which direct to different pages of the site and the blog can be easily seen through a right hand banner which follows up on the blog by date. There appears to be very little bias within the blog even though the author indicates a strong support of technological shopping methods and the popularity of Donald Trump and his business career.
Jibimon Noby
Pd 1.
The Circle Bastiat
The blog is by an Austrian economist who discusses the Mises Institute. Jeffrey Hummel, in Ben Bernanke versus Milton Friedman: The Federal Reserve’s Emergence as the U.S. Economy’s Central Planner, shows what Fed central planning is. He provides evidence of the policy in crisis and how much of an affect it has in our economy. Austrian economists believe central banks to be “mini-calculation failures” because of how they slow down economic growth and make economies more susceptible to hyperinflation and booms. Selgin and White provide the Austrian perspective. The rest of the blog provides links for the readers to follow that further support Cochran’s perspective and argument. The blog is simple looking. The blog makes it possible for readers to comment, subscribe to their page, and easily navigate to more documents on the same subject. The blog is very easy to navigate. Hyperlinks make for easy access to other pages. Also, the blog is heavily biased against the Federal Reserve Policy and sides with Libertarians.
The Economic Populist
This blog focuses heavily on the average persons opinion of the economy. There is a lot of statistical evident to back claims in the post as well as graphs. The graphs show the differences in income over the years because of taxes. People only have 45.8% of the money they need to live, so where they get the rest is undetermined. The blog is nicely presented and provides easy to read graphs that enhance the argument. The cite is very easy to navigate. Also, polls and popular comments are presented. The blog is biased towards the populist’s opinion on the Economy, while having an anti-partisan tone.
Juliana Quintana
6th Period
Calculated Risk
The blog is run by Bill McBride and had contribution from Doris Dungey. Bill McBride was a senior executive of a small public company in the 90s and has an MBA from UC Irvine and has a background in management, finance and economics. The blog summarizes key economic data and developments with emphasis on things such as stock market, housing market, and the global economy. The Blog is very plain but is straight forward with hyperlinks, graphs, and appears to have an entry for nearly everyday. It is somewhat easy to navigate as it shows the latest entry but finding an entry for a specific date is cumbersome. The blog does not appear to be biased as it is mostly data presentation, data analysis, and the author's opinion.
IMF Blog
The blog has multiple journalists, it is based in Washington DC and is an organization of 189 countries. The purpose of the blog is to share information from international monetary fund staff and officials about important economic and policy issues. The blog is plain and is obviously not double checked as the topics list has irregular capitalization. The blog is well organized with a topics list to chose from and even has a podcast available. The blog appears to be slightly biased in all ways as it reminds that the authors views do not necessarily represent the views of IMF.
Andrew Yang
7th
Environmental Economics
The content of this blog aims to look at more of the microeconomic ideas that can be used toward environmental ends. This blog presents a clear vision of what economic environmentalism can be.The appearance of this site is very plain and boring. It’s nothing more than a bunch of words all over the screen making it sort of hard to read. Overall the cite is still easy to navigate, all the things you need to navigate Is along the side of the page. There’s no apparent bias through this blog.
Health Economics Blog
This blog’s content has a clear emphasis on assessing how health care and economics intersect and affect one another. This blog’s appearance has an identical appearance to blogspot, not to plain or boring and straightforward. It is easy to navigate because it’s set up like blogspot, one of the most common blogging sites. The site isn’t biased it is mainly the authors’ opinions.
Christopher Tilford
6th
Brad Delong:
This blog is about exploiting the "hacks" of our political system, by including Delong's opinions of the flaws of platform economy. It tells how the human possibilities have much potential, which is all being sacrificed for the flaws of our political system. The blog appears simple and easy to follow along, as the author includes a scroll-down list of articles that concern his main arguments, thus making it easy to navigate. The author even includes a list of statistics for the reader to keep in mind when observing said articles. The blog is clearly biased towards pointing out the flaws of platform economy, as he uses a lot of negative wording to express his opinions of the "chaos and disasters" affecting our political system.
Club for Growth:
This blog contains content that allows a free-enterprise advocacy group to share their ideas and beliefs of the positive effects that result from economic freedom. The blog does so by explaining the goal behind their battles to influence economic decisions and listing blogs that would enlighten the reader of economic happenings to promote free-market limited government actions and beliefs. The appearance involves pictures and articles at the top that attract the reader's attention, as well as a picture of the people behind this blog to create an emotional appeal to the reader as to create a connection and further their purpose's appeal. The blog is easy to navigate as you can scroll right or left at the top for updated relevant news, or scroll down to see the members and their club's blog posts. The blog also seems biased to free-market limited government conservatives, however they clearly state that they act over the bettering of the nation, regardless of the mentioned lawmakers' voting record or party.
Lujayna Taha
Pd. 2
10Q Detective
1) Content-The content seems both informative and satirical because of the comics attached to each blog. The information mostly has to do with busineeses and the stock market that i do not have the capacity to understand because of the short amount of time I have been in the economics class.
2) Appearance- The appearance of the blog is not necessarily eye-catching or aesthetically pleasing but it does provide a simple outline and is efficient as well as organized.
3) Ease of Navigation- It is extremely navigable and easy to use.
4) Apparent bias- The apparent bias is that businesses have financial statement ‘soft spots' in their 8-K and 10-Q SEC filings.
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
1) Content- The content of this blog interests me because of its blog posts about the international economy which is a topic that fascinates me. It also has to do with the relationships between the economy of the U.S. and foreign countries which is interesting to me.
2) Appearance- The apperance is quite simple but nothing eye-catching or special.
3) Ease of Navigation- It is extremely navigable and easy to use and contains many links to the information that you would like to discover.
4) Apparent Bias- There is no apparent bias on thhis blog.
Vox: is a European site that acts as a portal to unique and professional array of academic opinions on economics. It’s a diverse and fascinating site on economic issues around the world. The site is plain blue and white which makes it easy to navigate. Vox has some left wing bias.
Knowledge problem: is a site where two professors come together to explore specific topics and issues. The site is plain green and gray which makes it easy to navigate. However it is bias on state markets and spends most of its time in energy impacts.
Lea Moore
2nd
Development therapy
The development therapy blog aims to share the state of the art in academic research related to Development Economics, but also share field work experiences and advise, as well as anecdotes, reflections and anguishes. at the end, this is a therapy. this blog includes many resources with links and pictures.it seams like an easy blog to navigate through.
Environmental and Urban Economics
The Environmental and Urban Economics blog includes information about pollution from many corporations, the effect that it has on the planet, and how will economics respond to the issue. The appearance of this blog wasn't very surprising. No pictures, just numbers and letters. overall, easy blog to use for the person that wishes to post or find information. no apparent bias.
Amilcar Rivas
Cheap talk
The content of Cheap talk ranged from mostly economics to a splash of politics and sports. The blog was a site for anyone, but specifically, professors to post about ranging government issues such as Medicaid and the "skinny repeal, economic guides such as "How to Shill on eBay", and so on. The separate articles located on the blog proved to be informative but experienced a biased opinion on most of them located in their stance and their argument, favouring the author's opinion. The site was somewhat confusing, however there were a few tools displayed to help navigate the blog. At the top there were categories one could click on depending on their needs, on the side was a list of hyperlinks that would navigate one to numerous articles. The appearance of the site was overall bland as there were little illustrations and a plain white background.
The Economic Collapse
The content of this blog focuses primarily on a "guaranteed" economic collapse and "The Next Great Depression". The site is very easy to navigate as there are multiple categories on top of the blog that highlight the articles it will direct you to. Most of these categories fall under some type of emergency aid such as "Emergency Food, Medical Supplies, Self-Defense" and so on. All this content focuses on disastrous events following an economic collapse. The appearance of the site is welcoming as there is a range of eye-catching details. Many categories are highlighted against a white background, making sure the viewer devotes some of their attention to the listed articles. There is some bias in the blog; however, not all of the articles located on the blog contain the same bias. Overall, the blog appears to bias in the aspect that there are numerous events occurring right now that will feed this oncoming Great Depression.
Ecological Headstand
1) Content- The content is focused around wages and how events have effected wages
2) Appearance- The appearance of the blog is very newspaper like, with a black and white/
colorless color scheme.
3) Ease of Navigation- The site is fairly easy to navigate. It has boxes you can click at
the top to get to the post you'd like to see without having to scroll and search. It
also has a popular blogs section to the side.
4) Apparent bias- Sandwichman makes pop-up books, teaches Labour Studies at SFU, used to
work in a co-op grocery store and writes on working time, labour history and the history
of economic thought. Because he is someone that also relies on pay and wage to survive
(as does the majority of people, there may be bias towards the workers.
Econoblog101
1) Content- The blog is about the monetary theory and European macroeconomics.
2) Appearance- The site is easy on the eyes and has a light blue background with black text
on white background
3) Ease of Navigation- The blog has tabs at the top and a box to the side with all the
recent posts instead of the popular posts.
4) Apparent bias- the author is a research assistant at Technical University Chemnitz and
have worked as a guest lecturer at the Berlin School for Economics and Law in Berlin
from 2012-14 and as a visiting professor for Latin American macroeconomics at Free
University of Berlin’s Latin American Institute in summer 2014. Although he states all
of his opinions are his and is not affected by his school, his education could have
affected his opinions, therefore creating a possible bias.
Bonita Hall
6th Period
Marginal Revolution
This blog has many articles focusing on economics ran by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok. Both authors teach at George Mason University. The blog is a variety of different topics like news about nontraditional traded goods; products and services that thrive in a recession; the best cultural offerings from a particular province, city or country; the differences between an economists outlook on life versus that of a non-economist from a different continent and culture. The blog is very informative and applies extra research by providing YouTube videos and extra links. It's easy to navigate through because of its many assorted links. Its not biased, each article has facts stated and the opinions of the authors.
Brad Delong
Brad Delong runs the blog Grasping Reality. He is a professor of economics at UC Berkeley a weblogger for the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S treasury in the Clinton administration. His blog is a mix of politics & law, economics, taxes and higher ed, environment, health care reform and mind & body. The blog has lots of extra links that elaborate more on what he discusses in his blogs. Its kind of hard to navigate through because his articles and links are literally all over the place. He is quite biased and shows lots of criticism over what the media covers based on economic issues.
Omo Oboh
6th
Economics for Teachers: Musings about Teaching Economics
The content of the blog contains the thought of the author, Jennifer Imazaki, and her view of Economics by teachers. Her only blog for 2018 so far was about her and a few other people being a part of a panel discussion over "Is it Time to Change the Principles Curriculum?". In past years posts she focuses on the students, other seminars and panels. The appearance of the blog if in the perspective of a economics teacher. The blog s neat and organized. The blog is easy to navigate in that all posts are in order by date with the most recent blog at the top. On the side there are buttons to take you directly to other previous blogs sorted by the year. The author also has links on the side to her twitter, search button for the blog, contact me section, and an about me section. The apparent bias of the blog comes from the Author Jennifer Imazaki. Her bias comes from her teaching experience and her years of school in the past, therefore her being a teacher has a bias compared to someone of a different profession.
Scottish Economy Watch
The content of the Scottish Economy Watch blog mainly consists of the authors notes on the nature and direction of the impact of Brexit on the Scottish economy. He organizes his blog into three main sections, Short-term effects, Medium to Long-Term Effects, and Memorandum on trade and corporate links to EU and Rest of UK, to lay out his points. The apperance of the blog is sophisticated. The author, Brian Ashcroft, has facts throughout his blog along with hyperlinks to support them. He often uses numbers and percentages to layout his argument. The blog is easy to navigate in that it is well layed out and has easy access to other tabs at the top of the blog. On the side there are other setions to help ease navigation by having tabs such as about the author, recent posts, recent comments,categories, key sites and blogs, and a search button. he apparent bias in the blog is the auhtors own opinion toward Scottish laour market. He also states at the beginning og the blog "what i write here is my personal view."
Jessica Neal
2nd period
Institutional economics:
Far from being a tragedy, Greenspan’s tenure at the Fed was a spectacular success, as Mallaby for the most part acknowledges. This is not to say that US monetary policy could not have been improved by a more rules-based and transparent approach. Mallaby briefly mentions nominal gross domestic product targeting as an alternative to inflation targeting, but does not elaborate on its significance. Greenspan could have moved the Fed in these directions at the expense of his own authority and influence. While one can fault Greenspan’s highly discretionary approach to monetary policy on procedural and other grounds, the results were far better than could reasonably be expected and this is in no small part due to Greenspan’s judgement, which was spectacularly right more often than not. Had Greenspan gone against his own free market instincts and sought to second-guess financial markets on asset prices, as Mallaby suggests, the results would almost certainly have been disastrous and his biography would relate a different type of tragedy. The counter-factual in which someone other than Greenspan was Fed Chair (and we largely know who the alternatives might have been) is one that is worth contemplating
Inomics blog:
This blog approaches economics through meta-analysis, looking at the state of the economics field. This is a great food-for-thought resource for students and people getting into economics for the first time, or simply people interested in the state of the field.
Katarina shanar 6th period
New Economist
The content of the New Economist is to show to the public new economic research, data, events and analysis that the might not have yet heard about, or that have just been created. The appearance of the blog is very boring a very long read, with not too many entertaining things about to draw you. He give you a raw fact. While the lay out of the page is not bad the navigation of it to me felt a little impossible as nothing would respond as you press the buttons. He was not biased in the way he put the information out while he might have been selective on what make it to his website, but everything on there just seemed to be straight facts and notice else.
Econbrowser
The content is analyses current economic conditions and policy. The appearance of the app if very pleasing. It has a lot of picture and easy on the eye. Navigation was very simple and easy and nothing extremely complex about it. The was nothing bias about it, just them explaining what is happening today. With people being able to respond on it and have an open conversation about it.
Albert Tamdjo
2 Period
Open Economics:
This blog features many different sub-paragraphs that showcase how the market system is not efficient. The excerpt is taken from an interview with Kenneth Arrow, one of the most prominent economists, who does a fantastic job conveying his argument on how the market system is not efficient because they do not meet the concerns of the welfare of individuals who may get lost in the operation of the system. The appearance of the site is rather basic with no unique features, however due to the simplistic nature of the site it is very easy to navigate to find the specific information you are looking for. Lastly, it is quite possible an apparent bias response can be drawn from this article since the man being interview, Kenneth Arrow is a very prominent economist from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, thus he deals with these kinds of issues all the time and may have insight information on them that the public does not.
Matthew Rognile:
This blog is unique compared to the previous blogs I read because instead of it being a written article, it is papers and essays written by a specific individual that discuss his personal viewpoints on the economy and what can be done to better improve it. The blog showcases 3 of Matthew Rognile`s working papers, "Inequality and Aggregate Demand", "What Lower Bound? Monetary Policy with Negative Interest Rates", and "Monetary Union Begets Fiscal Union". It also includes some of his work in progresses as well as his research notes. The appearance of the site is very professional and has contrasting colors that are perceived good to the eye. Also, navigating the site is rather simple as well because there are only 3 boxes to click that bring up all the information needed for ones research. However, there is an obvious apparent bias in the fact that Matthew Rognile is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University and his papers may have stemmed from his personal opinions rather than actual facts.
Sahib Oberoi
2nd Period
ANDREW GELMAN
1. Content: The blog includes content about statistical modeling, casual inference, and social science.
2. Appearance: The top section (which includes the title) is dark blue, and the rest of the blog is plain and white. This is likely so that readers focus on the text and not the design.
3. Ease of Navigation: The blog is easy to navigate because it is arranged in chronological order. In addition, the right margin includes the names of topics which hyperlinks to their respective post.
4. Apparent bias: The blog appears to be biased towards those that are familiar with economics because most posts include complex formulas that the average person would not be able to comprehend.
THE PRUDENT INVESTOR
1. Content: The blog advises readers of what products/companies to invest money in and what to not invest money in. The claims are backed up with statistical evidence.
2. Appearance: The blog looks fairly plain, although it includes a crude oil clock, a world debt clock, and a precious metals production chart displayed on the page.
3. Ease of Navigation: The blog is arranged in chronological order, making it easy to navigate. Additionally, there is a search bar at the top so a reader can search for a specific topic if he/she desires.
4. The blog appears to be biased towards those that are wealthy because it suggests investing over $100,000 dollars into various corporations.
Jerin Jose
Period 02
New Monetarist Economics
This blog consists of many monetary policies that are present in different countries such as ones in Canada and Australia. There is also the discussion of corporate tax and how it is likely to affect many investments. The appearance of the blog is not very organized each topic is discussed in a random order, there is no specific section for certain topics that are being instead it is all jumbled. The navigation of the article is all right, each topic discussed is put into a tab of that year however if you are looking for a specific article there is no way of finding it. There is a no form of a bias present due to there being multiple articles from different people different people discussing the same topic.
Econometrics Beat
This blog consists numerous articles about statistical data and reading recommendations for economists. The appearance of the blog is very well organized, each topic that is being discussed is divided into its own section. Navigation for the blog is very accessible, there is search bar that can be used to find any articles and there are tabs for each portion of the website. There is no apparent bias as the blog is merely discussing statistical data as well as facts that are occurring in today’s current economic events.
Matthew Manalel
2nd Period
Think Progress
1) There is a lot of political content, regarding subjects from the presidency to white nationalism to climate problems among other controversial opinions. I'm actually not quite sure why this is on a list for economic subjects. There are a few subjects on government funding and bills so the economics is focused on economics and government influence.
2) The appearance is very clean and modern, streamlined even. There is trouble in finding articles written on specific subjects however, as the only two categories on the homepage are climate and politics, and furthermore the only news-specific tabs only shows articles published most recently to older.
3) It is easy to see articles on two major subjects and select them, however the aforementioned problems hinder the ease of navigation in finding articles of anything other than climate and politics.
4) There appears to be a left bias in Think Progress
Library of Economics and Liberty
1) There are many articles covering economics and daily life with a few articles covering politics and economics.
2) The appearance is rather plain. If the website's appearance was a type of bread, it would be white bread. If it were a color, it would be beige.
3) It is very easy to navigate this website. There are categorizations for author, subjects, and even tabs on the homepage that bring you to an about page.
4) There appears to be a right bias.
Henry Zhang
7th Period
Falkenblog
1) Content - this blog seems to cover relevant and important topics of economics with compelling information and coherent thoughts. The author expresses understanding about the blog topics and conveys the information in an insightful yet understandable way.
2) Appearance - the blog looks a bit outdated, but simple and to the point. There aren't really any graphics or colors, which makes the website look a bit bleak and boring.
3) Ease of Navigation - the list of blogs are organized by the date they were published
4) Apparent bias - the author of the blogs seems to be ant big government, as they talk of the downfalls of big government and the benefits of power in the hands of the people
Rajiv Sethi
1) Content - the author is a professor, and the way he writes his blogs shows that. Sethi writes a lot about economic writings and books, which he analyzes and reviews, most likely for his students to read.
2) Appearance - the blog is brightly colored with a sky blue background, but no graphics or anything to make the cite inviting or exciting
3) Ease of Navigation - the website is simple and easy to navigate with the blogs separated by date of publication.
4) Apparent bias - there seems to be no clear bias by the author, only the very apparent writing style of a professor
Keegan Jones
7th
Rortybomb
1)content-mike Konczal written works on financial reform,unemployment,inequality, and progressive vision of the economy.
Appearance-writers biographie, picture and where his works have been published.
Ease of navigation- there’s a tab where u can find all of the writers works on different issues
Apparent bias-since he is with the rossevelt institute he has to be biased towards the company’s desires.
Jacob Aickareth 2nd period
The money illusion
1. the context of this blog talks about the relationship between demographics and inflation.
2. The appearance of the blog is well put together and well the graphs of the show that this person is very passionate and serious about what they are talking about about
3. The ease of navigation is simple with the quotes along with commentary throughout the response. On the side it also has different dates and areas for other blog post
4. Apparent bias there is no clear bias as the author uses others quotes. Later the author also admits he was wrong
Flip chart fairy tales
1. The content of this blog talks about the spread of resources with a new government. They see the traditional divided between sectors
2. The appearance of the blog is organized. You see the different graphs that grab your attention as well as block quotes.
3. The ease of navigation seems to look like any other website. But on the side they have Twitter comments that relate to the topic.
4. The apparent bias isn’t really in this blog because the author takes opinions from others and creates graphs with data
Simran Kotak
1st Period
The Radical Subjectivist:
1) Lots of controversial political content, not much to do with economics.
2) Modern layout, very simple but boring. A black background with plain white text, no design or pictures to make it more fun to look at.
3) Very simple navigation. There is a search bar, which is expected, and a couple sections regarding any recent posts or specific categories.
4) Author does not seem to be biased as he is able to back up his opinions with plenty of facts.
International Political Economy at the University of North Carolina:
1) Content is a mix of political opinions and actual blogs about our economy such as how we are allocating our money with the military or paying people who work basic day time jobs.
2) Looks like a database used by school students because of it's layout, which makes sense as it's a blog from UNC.
3) Easy to navigate as it allows you to search for specific blogs or filter in/out tags or keywords, as well as filter by date.
4) The bias only seems to be apparent with in the more political topics of the blog.
Mark Mufarreh
1st Period
A FINE THEOREM
1) Content: This blog focuses on innovation, micro theory, philosophy, and methodology of current academic economic works. The author touches basis on "urban stickiness" in which we end up with many urban neighborhoods while other cities are located in dangerous areas for residents "without any countervailing economic benefits."
2) Appearance: The blog has a simplistic appearance with the basic black and white background and turquoise accent for comments. There is nothing exciting or distracting, which makes it easy to read.
3) Ease of Navigation: The navigation is pretty simple. There are different tabs to navigate and the blog entries are categorized, which makes it easier to find information.
4) Apparent bias: There appears to be no clear bias of the author.
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
1) Content: This blog keeps up to date with the political and economic news topics. The content is presented in a more humorous way, in which each post addresses "Barry, My League" along with an odd feudal theme. The blog covers posts about the banks, the white house, along with many other issues.
2) The appearance of the blog contains multiple different colors that don't clash. The formatting is very simple and basic.
3) Ease of Navigation: The blog is overall easy to navigate. However, it would be nice if the creator added links to the list of groundbreaking essays that created easier access.
4) Apparent bias: This blog favors populists and the left-leaning party.
Ashley Odstrcil
7th period
Transfer pricing economics
1.content: This blog focuses on non market transactions or transfer pricing economics. These intra-group transactions are a bit peculiar: they are not “market” transactions such as we typically see between unrelated buyers and sellers, since the buyer and seller are part of the same organization. As a result, the price applied to the transaction does not necessarily have to be a market price.
2. Appearance: This blog is quite basic as it is with simple bland colors and nothing else.
3. Ease of Navigation: This blog is very easy to navigate as you just have to scroll down to see the posts.
4. Apparent Bias: There is no shown or given bias
Market Design
1. Content: This blog is about market design related news and items about repugnant markets.
2. Appearance: The appearance of this blog is very basic and functions easily.
3. Ease of Navigation: This website is very easy to navigate as you just have to scroll and click on one of the topics to go to the discussion.
4. Apparent Bias: The bias for this blog is towards repugnant markets.
Peter Martin
6th Period
Camila Ferrero
Period 1
The Angry Economist
1. Content: Skimming through this blog, I was able to identify the type of information the author chooses to writes about. The "angry economist" provides posts that address popular opinions argued by citizens of the United States. Topics such as minimum wage, unemployment, abortion are all found in this blog.
2. Appearance: This blog's appearance was meant to be simple and straightforward. There are barely any colors to make this post visually appealing, proving that the blog is about the information provided rather than the way it looks.
3. Ease of Navigation: I believe this blog did a great job in making navigation simple for the readers. The date and title of each post is bolded and made larger for the readers to easily spot what they are looking for. On the left side, there are different places to click in to go to the home page, contact page, etc.
4. Apparent Bias: It is obvious that the "angry economist" wants what is best for the citizens. He celebrates when minimum wage rises and fights for rights.
Aid Thoughts
1. Content: This blog provides information based on developments in the United States and how it affects the economy. The author speaks a lot about poverty in our country.
2. Appearance: I truly enjoy this blog's appearance. It has the right amount of color, making the blog pleasing to read and skim through.
3. Ease of Navigation: This blog is very professional and provides really simple navigation. There are categories to choose from, as well as easy access to recent posts.
4. Apparent Bias: It is evident that this author supports the developments occurring in the United States at the moment, but he is very cautious in the way he speaks of these topics. I believe he does not want to seem biased.
Kantoos Economics
1. The blog is a hub for those who enjoy discussing economics and economic policy in Germany, which explains why some of the blogs are not in English. The creator of the blog expressed that German economic policy and modern economics communicated like a long-married couple. This dynamic relationship was the reason he decided to make the blog.
2. The overall appearance of the sky blue and white color scheme of the blog help with comprehensions as most of the text is in black, which contrasts the color scheme. There are minimal photos and any other graphics.
3. Navigating the blog is fine due to the blog being labeled into different components that have understandable layouts. All blog posts have a title and date, helping with the navigation. There doesn't seem to be a search bar though.
4. The creator of the blog himself is German, so there is inherently going to be some apparent bias to what he says. Knowing this, the creator states that "my [un]youthful age naturally leads to some exaggerations, passionate posts and, of course, mistakes," essentially acknowledging any bias that may occur. The creator has guest bloggers, which helps with decreasing bias.
Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit Analysis
1. This blog is about the evaluation of environmental topics such as clean air or endangered species. The blog goes a step above that as the blog will also go into the cost-benefit of actions countries do so that individuals or organizations can be more informed about the positive and negative effects actions have onto the environment.
2. The appearance of the blog is much more sophisticated compared to the Kantoos Economics blog. This layout looks more uniform with a widget on the side constantly showing up to date news, a slideshow of photos pertaining to the environment, and vertical lines dividing up each page.
3. Navigating the blog is simple as the blogs are all categorized based on their topic that can be found near the top of the blog and also the right labeled categories. If those don't work, they have a search bar just in case.
4. Since the blog is sponsored by the Cost-Benefit Group, LLC, the blog has very little bias due to their main goal of giving out accurate and informative information. Not to mention that any data or facts are cited at the end of each blog.
Ayush Singh
6th Period
The street lights
1)content-transfer pricing economics,Cyprus and euro zone bank deposits, government job destruction, and turning the tide on austerity
2)Appearance- topics are introduced by links and the color is grey with the topics highlighted as blue as a indication to a link to that topic
3)ease of navigation-navigation is very easy, links to topics are provided for people to respond to the topic and the writers opinion to the topic
4)apparanet bias-there appears to be no apparent bias since the writer isn’t affiliated with a certain economic group
The Centre for the Study of African Economies Blog
1. This blog explores the unique analysis and thinking regarding African Economies which receive less attention than many other parts of the world. This blog provides posts about the political and social issues going on in the continent of Africa and how it is affecting people all over.
2. The appearance is very professional and plaid looking, with many diagrams and pictures scattered throughout different posts and different factors and reasons to back up why certain things happen all throughout. Overall, not too much color but a lot of expressive text.
3. This blog is a very accessible blog as it maintains a sequential following of different posts and has a strain of posts in order that help lead the reader and maintain good follow up value.
4. A bias is not clearly shown as it shows and clear open views are expressed about clearly everything that is posted and seen. The blog is representative of the African economies as a whole, and it points itself to be diplomatic in many senses.
GLOBAL ECONOMICS AND STRUCTURES
1. This blog is about the structures of different global economies, as well as a take into what other economies are like over the world and first person narratives over it.
2. The appearance of the blog seems to be more user friendly and colorful than others ones described in the past. It makes good use of a contrast between white and other bright colors, as well as the lengthiness of the blog posts that are put up.
3. Navigating the blog is quite simple, as titles are shown in italics and bolded, as well as different links that are put up throughout the entire blog. Many different directions are shown throughout it too.
4. Since the blog is representative of a British man living in the UK talking about different economies around the world, it may be subjective and somewhat biased, as he has his own perspectives on things that go on around the world.
Blesson Chacko
6th Period
Carpe Diem
arpe Diem is a professor of economics and finance’s well written and polished take on economic and policy issues of the day. The blog is a part of the conservative think-tank American Enterprise institute and reflects a conservative perspective. The appearance of the blog was orderly and blue. The blog gave images and graphs of the discussed data, including in quotations and bolded important text. Navigating the blog was very simple and easy to use giving one story from another separated by a marked line. The titles were bolded and enlarged. However, there is is not any apparent bias .
Dani Rodrik's Weblog
This economic blog looks at issues of global development in detail. It has a strong, though not exclusive emphasis on examining globalized economies around the world. the appearance is built or set up like a red outlined newspaper making it easy to read. Also, the weblog has listed posts and responses available on the home screen new and old. The blog did not show any apparent bias.
Danielle Davis 6th period
Historinhas
1) Content - In the first article, the author writes about the focus of the blog which is to examine the global economy while recognizing realities and advising accordingly. Run by NGDP Advisers, the blog hopes to join and pursue the realm of macroeconomic forecasting.
2) Appearance - The appearance of this blog is extremely clean and simplistic. With a white background, black text, and simple-to-understand graphs, the posts are easily legible and yet still appealing to the eye.
3) Ease of Navigation - Although the appearance is simple, the navigation is quite the opposite. Although the posts are categorized, there is no way to see the categories so finding posts about specific information is quite challenging.
4) Apparent Bias - In an introductory post the author said "We'll yell from the cliff tops 'what should be'". In this statement, it is clear that the entire blog is based on the opinions of those writing and therefore is extremely biased.
ThinkMarkets
1) Content - The content of this blog is around the principles of the market economy and a free society. It allows guests to post and discuss research in order to grow in knowledge and understanding about the global economy.
2) Appearance - Once again this blog is extremely crisp and concise with its appearance. With a white background and blue and black font, posts are easy to read while still catching the reader's eye.
3) Ease of Navigation - Once again the posts of this blog are categorized while not containing an option to look at the separate categories. Although the blog isn't as easy to use as I might hope, the posts are in chronological order with only an excerpt in order to skim through certain posts in order to find the ones that interest the viewer.
4) Apparent Bias - There seems to be very little, if any, apparent bias. The posts are more structured in a way that informs the reader without providing any sort of opinion. The writer's state facts in the posts themselves, and discuss their opinions in the comments.
Garrett Foresman
Period 6
John Quiggin
Content - This blog discusses different world events, many stemming from Australia as that is where the author is located. He references many other articles and posts.
Appearance - The page is very simple. Not pictures used, a text changes sizes from title to content and quotes are clearly shown in the posts.
Ease of Navigation - The Page has the posts set from newest to oldest for easy reading and allows you to look for specific posts by date published, topic, or title.
Apparent Bias - At the top of the page it states the posts are from a "social-democratic perspective"
Econobrowser
Content - This blog posts analysis of current economic conditions and policies. Guest contributions are used to help provide different views on data readings.
Appearance - The page uses a white background and black text for a simple appearance. Graphs and charts are used to help illustrate the content of each post.
Ease of Navigation - The page has different drop down tabs on the side that allow for you to find specific blog posts based on date published or category.
Apparent Bias - The different guest posts help provide different viewpoints and take away the apparent bias.
Sarah James
2nd Period
The Center for Economic and Policy Research
1)This blog acts as a source for information on economic issues and as a place for discussion.
2)The blog is neat and organized, not too much on the screen at once, and is appealing to the eyes in a simple blue and white color scheme.
3)It is easy to navigate through the blog due to the apparent header/sub-header and direct links to other articles
4)There is a slight bias towards liberalism.
MoneyScience
1)This blog is a type of social network that explores and exchanges ideas on economic trends such as cryptocurrency.
2)The blog appears neat and organized with bright colors although it seems overwhelming at first.
3)It is easy to navigate through the blog because of the friendly user interface menu and recent posts to the home screen.
4)The blog doesn't show any apparent bias.
Kollin Chang
2nd period
The simple Dollar
This blog contains multiple stories from different users on how money impacted their life and how others use money and also how you could save money through conventional or unconventional means. Each story is from a different real-life person and cover a different story. They each are awe-inspiring and would help you save money when later in the future would/might become necessary. This blog is not biased to any one group or person as it helps people from all walks of life save money.
Newmark's Door
This blog is very interesting. The blog is no set on one topic but a multitude with each article having an "attention-grabbing" headline that makes you want to click that article and read its contents. The blog contains articles that in their eyes, a "middle-aged" man would find interesting. The blog is a mix of economics and entertainment that can also very well go hand-in-hand. It shows no bias.
Christian Young 2nd period
MISH's Global Economic Trend Analysis
The content of this blog and what she was talking about was why she moved her blog over too a multi page layout, she wanted a detailed home page ,which was impossible with the website she was using before, to move around the website was easy ,the navigation made it easy by scrolling up and down ,and labeling each article, the appearance of it made it appealing to look at the articles because it was a simple scroll up and down, the way she is bias is by saying that this new website is more detailed and that it was impossible with the other website ,favoring one more then the other.
The Economic Collapse
The content of this blog was about how Canadian healthcare was unacceptable, when it came to waiting list for healthcare, which could be up to 4.5 years in the case of Dr.Joy Hataley, when she tried to send a patient to a neurologist and got a letter sent to her saying that the wait time is 4.5 years, the website ,just as the other was also easy to navigate and look around at, the colors made it appealing to look at as I was reading the story ,I believe the doctor is showing bias, by not showing the other side of the argument ,by now allowing the other side of the argument in the article
Elizabeth Melchor 2nd period
The Economic Freedom Blog
Content - The Charles Koch institute's purpose of creating this blog was in order to create a source for Americans to educate themselves on challenges that face the US and how we can fix them. The goal is to encourage awareness of these problems and hopefully find people who are willing to take action in order to change America for the better.
Appearance - The website has a very sleek and simple design that has very standard colors with text titles possessing ever so slightly differing font sizes. Pictures and diagrams are presented against a white background in order to show emphasis and draw the website visitor's attention.
Ease of Navigation - The page is very intuitive and self explanatory with drop down menus being present at the very top for things such as career opportunities, educational programs, issues that the US needs to fix, and a contact page. Buttons and hyperlinks which are present on every page allows the user to access different parts of the website and additional information with ease.
Apparent Bias - The website tries to appear as objective as possible but reveals its more conservative policies upon further inspection on things such as increased military spending and less foreign policy intervention.
The Portuguese Economy
Content - The websites main focus is surprisingly the economic status of the country of Portugal. The website provides information on things such as influxes in employment and political policies that might in the future impact the country of Portugal in any way whether it be negatively or positively.
Appearance - The website is not very visually appealing at all even causing me to almost bore of it off of simply first impressions. Nothing on the home page draws the eye except for red or bolded text that even then fails to do so in an effective manner.
Ease of Navigation - The website is very poorly designed for almost everyone in how the only way to access more information is to scroll farther down for more stories, there is no apparent way in which the posts are organized out side of when it was made. The sidebar is cluttered with a number of hyperlinks to other pages shown in a different language with no settings or options to switch to English.
Apparent Bias - The blog is very clearly biased towards Portugal in how it often times chooses not to inform of things going wrong and only positive events going on. Considering the websites choice to filter out the bad in terms of Portuguese events they are very quick to judge outside influences such as the spread of democracy and the overall struggle of the European economy is blamed for the Portuguese's failure economically.
Economics for Teachers
Content: This blog post was mainly a teacher's call for suggestions in order to entice students into the economics major while making sure they are given examples that engage them.
Appearance: The website looked very simple and easy to navigate.
Ease of Navigation: The site had a drop down tab that allowed for simple navigation depending on whether the visitor was new or not.
Apparent Bias: There was no apparent bias as the blog was open for suggestions
Opportunity for States to Protect Land Use
Content: This blog discussed the issue of population and its effect on public value among equity
Appearance: The page seemed very bland having only a white background and a very newspaper-esque look to it by sorting the text in coloums
Ease of Navigation: This blog post was moved from its original website, however with the organization of coloums, it's easy to find ones way around the sight and all the information
Bias: The blog mainly talked about the topic of population and the effects. It took the argument on both sides and didn't really pose an apparent bias
Erek Castro
6th Period
Economic Logic
The Economic Logic blog talks about recent research in Economics and various events from an economic perspective. The content includes talks about articles from economists, reviews certain models and the usefulness of them. The appearance of the website reminds me something of a website from 2008 with dull colors that might make visitors uninterested in the blog. The navigation of the website was very simple as the blog presented the most recent posts on the homepage of the website and has every post labeled by dates and topics that the author talks about. The author has a bias as they are trying to present a topic and provide factual evidence and provide an opinion on the topic but each opinion varies on each post.
The Reformed Broker
The blog provides information and opinions from a finical advisor as Jousha Brown go on to talk about investing from the point of advisor. The content talks about stocks and things like bitcoin and Brown inputs his opinions on each topic whether he thinks they are good or bad. The blog is very appealing as the website has a modern look and it has contrasting colors to help the website seem more appealing to the blog visitors. The ease of navigation is simple as the blog posts that Brown publishes are on his homepage and everything else is labeled and have easy tabs and menus for visitors to browse through. The bias in this blog is coming from Brown's opinion as an advisor as he looks at each investing topic in the best interests of his clients.
Paul Manavalan
7th Period
The Slack Wire
Content- The website has a big focus on the current economic events in the world. This focus is in Europe in particular. The blog also contains bits and pieces of book reviews and the bloggers own personal life.
Appearance- The website is simply a bland mix of greys and whites with black text. It is not particularly aesthetically pleasing.
EoN- The blogs are just stacked up like an archive, although it does possess a search functionality.
Apparent Bias- There is a particular bias towards Europe's economic status and is slightly right wing, however much of the blog contains different economic theory as it applies to real-world events.
EconWeekly
Content-The blogger covers political events here in the United States. It has a little bit of history with its "Economist of the Month". Its posts usually include supplementary reading for its readers if they wish to know more about certain topics
Appearance- While not being totally bland and colorless, the website is not particularly eye-catching. The layout is efficient and provides enough color to distinguish between sidebars and menus. Form follows function.
EoN- The blog is very easy to nat=vigate even while possessing a simple stack of blogs based on time. On the sidebar, there are tags which every post possess which allows users to select a topic they are interested in.
Apparent Bias- The author seems to be particularly biased against Trump and the long-term effect his ideas could have on the country. There is an entire post dedicated to the economic impact of Trump's proposed wall along the Mexican border in particular.
Jahrid Clyne 6th Period
Growthology
The content on the website Growthology talks a lot about entrepreneurship. it has many articles written by different people uploaded to it. It appears to be a bit of an older website that has not been updated in a while as most of the articles are from 2016, and none are from 2018. Navigation is simple and easy. You just click on a title of an article and it takes you to the full article. If there is any bias i would say that is towards entrepreneurship and free market.
Cautious Bull
The content on Cautious Bull seems to be mostly about overseas economics such as Europe. There a multiple articles about the London Stock Exchange. While the website seems very modern, most of the articles are from 2011 and the most recent upload was in 2012. Like the other website, there are headlines of articles that can be clicked on and take you to the full article. navigation is easy and simple. There does not seem to be any bias on the website.
Matthew Benton
6th Period
Abnormal Returns present a diverse external and statement of economics and links.There was no bias in this one.
Insidefuture was about the useful information and use of the future economy.It predicts how the economy will work.
Kenan Edwards
6th Period
The navigation for both were straight toward and they used articles to show how the navigate the ideas
Ideas This blog's content is all over the place but all economy related. Posts range from the problems with bitcoin to the death of copyright.
The appearance is basic and straightforward, if lacking in professionalism. The blog is easily navigated through months at the right along with important links. The blog is biased as seen by its tirade againt cryptocurrency.
James Kwat
The blog contains content on a large range of topics, personal and economy based, which all convey his philosophy. The blog's appearance is plain and almost boring. It is hard to navigate and confusing. There is apparent bias in his posts as they convey his feelings on subjects.
In this blog the author goes in depth about Phoenix real estate. The appearance is pretty standard. The navigation is easy and makes sense The author seems to favor research from case shill
Chicago Fed "Index Points to a Pickup in Economic Growth in December" In this blog the author talks about Chicago on the national activity index. Navigation is optimal the author seems to favor chicago
Reece Lasris
Period 6
Gaby Bonus p.2
The foundry presents relevant information regarding today's political and economic headlines. The website is formatted in an easy to navigate webpage that is not too complicated to use on the daily basis. Seems to headline the recent negative events involving the democratic party.
World Political Party addresses the political issues that are occurring all over the world. The website posts articles that include no bias because it is containing information that is affecting those all over the world. It is very easy to use to learn about worldly problems.
The Economic Collapse
Its content varies all over the place. It appears decent with lots of information crammed into a tiny space.
Its pretty easy to navigate, although some articles might be hard to find due to how crammed the information is, and how small the font is. There doesn't appear to be a bias.
Neighborhood Effects
Its content is very straight forward, talking about tax refunds from different states as well as spending growth. It appears much more organized and cleaner than the other blog. Its very easy to navigate with information being clearly stated in a big font, and its not crammed. There was no apparent bias.
Benjamin Sunny, 6th Period
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