I polled colleagues and former students about their favorite blogs and compiled a list. I added asterisks to some of my own favs, but you be the judge. Comments welcome, either in the comments or by email.
Macroeconomics
- David Altig (“macroblog”): http://macroblog.typepad.com/
- David Andolfatto (“MacroMania”): http://andolfatto.blogspot.com/
- Jodi Beggs (“Do it with models”): http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com/
- John Cochrane (“Grumpy”): http://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/
- Tom Cooley and Peter Rupert (“Snapshot”): http://econsnapshot.com/, http://europeansnapshot.com/
- *Tyler Cowen (“Marginal Revolution”): http://marginalrevolution.com/
- Jim Hamilton (“Econbrowser”): http://www.econbrowser.com/
- *Tim Harford: http://timharford.com/
- IGM experts panel: http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel
- Paul Krugman (“Liberal”): http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
- Steve Landsburg (“Big Questions”): http://www.thebigquestions.com/
- Limericks Economiques (yup. what it sounds like): http://www.limericksecon.com/
- Greg Mankiw: http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/
- *NPR’s Planet Money (podcasts and transcripts): http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/
- NYT Economix: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/
- John Taylor (“Economics One”): http://johnbtaylorsblog.blogspot.com/
- Tim Taylor (“Conversable”): http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/ :
- Mark Thoma (Economist’s View): http://economistsview.typepad.com/
- *David Warsh (“Economic Principals”): http://www.economicprincipals.com/
- Steve Williamson (“New Monetarism”): http://newmonetarism.blogspot.com/
- *WSJ Real Time Economics: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/
Markets
- Angry Bear: http://www.angrybearblog.com/
- Aswath Damodaran: http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/
- Big Picture: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/
- Bronte Capital: http://brontecapital.blogspot.com/
- Calculated Risk: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/
- Mish’s Global Economic Trends: http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/
- Naked Capitalism: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/
- NetNet with John Carney: http://www.cnbc.com/id/38818154/NetNet_with_John_Carney
- *NYT Dealbook: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/
- Zero Hedge: http://www.zerohedge.com/
Microeconomics
- Cheap Talk: http://cheaptalk.org/
Europe
- *A fistful of euros: http://fistfulofeuros.net/
- VoxEU: http://www.voxeu.org/
Asia: China, India, etc.
- *Analects (The Economist): http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects
- Banyan (The Economist): http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan
- China Economic Watch (Peterson): http://www.piie.com/blogs/china/
- *Patrick Chonavec: http://chovanec.wordpress.com/
- Paul Gillis (China Accounting): http://www.chinaaccountingblog.com/
- *Evan Osnos (New Yorker): http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/
- China Financial Markets (Michael Pettis): http://www.mpettis.com/
- Rectified.name: http://www.rectified.name/
Miscellaneous
- Andrew Gelman (stats): http://andrewgelman.com/
- BoingBoing: http://boingboing.net/
- *Graphic detail (The Economist, picture a day): http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail
- Jason Kottke: http://kottke.org/
- Language Log: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/
- Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/
- xkcd: http://xkcd.com/
I’ll update the list here as new suggestions come in.
January 17, 2013 at 9:20 am
Economic Logic: http://economiclogic.blogspot.com/
NEP-DGE: http://nepdge.wordpress.com/
January 17, 2013 at 10:21 am
A great one from Manjiree: http://www.limericksecon.com/
January 26, 2013 at 7:30 pm
I’m honored, abashed & nonplussed
To be quite unexpectedly thrust
‘Mongst the blogging elite
In a listing complete
Of economists quite so august.