BLOGS

**__GENERAL__ **

**__ [|Project Syndicate] __ ** – An international collection of op-eds from some of the smartest people in theworld on economics, politics, international affairs used in the opinion pagesof the world’s newspapers. Bonus: you can read in Spanish, French, Czech, orChinese if you like

**__ [|Washington’sBlog] __ **– Detailed, link-full, essays on a variety of topics. As the proprietor, “George Washington,”states, while he is not an expert on many of the topics covered, he providesmore documentation than just about any policy / politics blog on theinternet.

**__DATA VISUALIZATION__ **

**__ [|Visualizing Economics] __ ** – A picture is worth a thousand words. Collects charts, graphs, and visualdisplays of quantitative information about economic patterns and trends. NoReading Required.

**__ [|Information is Beautiful] __ ** – English journalist David McCandless’ never boring site that shows the possibilities ofhow quantitative data can be displayed in visually interesting and interactiveways. A good source for when making yourown graphics.

**__ [|Many Eyes] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – A potpourri ofgraphics from IBM’s data visualization laboratory. A good way to learn what can be done withgraphical displays of information.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|MonkeyCage] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">– The best political science blog whose bloggers are political scientistsrepresenting the various areas of the field. This blog is particularly good for covering surveys, political behavior,and legislative affairs. While itsometimes digresses into the vagaries of professional political science, avaluable source nonetheless.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__VIDEO__ **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Bloggingheads] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">–Daily video dialogues between two prominent bloggers / public intellectuals ona host of issues with equal doses of left, right, and libertarian perspectiveslasting about one hour. Searchable pastdiscussions and discussions broken down by topic. While the trend has been away from policy andtoward politics and culture, there is plenty of good material here and moretimely than many print publications.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Charlie Rose] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">– High-brow, lengthy interviews with elites in politics, economics, andculture. Charlie’s choir tends to singin a distinct upper class key and Rose tends to flatter his guests, but thehour long format allows for interesting information and viewing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|The Real News Network] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">– Independent, progressive internet broadcast program that features interviewswith the Chomsky-crowd of academics, community activists, and independentjournalists. Presents voices not often found in mainstream media.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Democracy Now] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">– Internet home for the distinguished public television program. Includes in-depth coverage of policy andpolitical topics with author interviews for non-fiction books. New programs daily. Topic segments nicely sorted on the sidebarfor easy search.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|BookTV] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – C-Span’snon-fiction programming featuring interviews with authors of books onnon-fiction and policy topics. Also,frequent interviews with former politicians, activists, and observers of thepolicy process. Balanced content fromboth liberal and conservative authors and often timely coverage of major policytopics.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__FROMTHE LEFT – PROGRESSIVE/LIBERAL SOURCES__ **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Conscience of a Liberal] __ ** -- One of the most influential blogs on the internet written by a Nobel Prizewinning economist and NY Times Columnist. As one economist wrote: Rule # 1 –Paul Krugman is right. Rule # 2, if you think Krugman is wrong, see Rule # 1.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Grasping Reality with Both Hands] __ ** – Liberal Shrill. Berkeley’s Professor Brad DeLong does not mince words and cancome off as an insufferable snob, but knows a little about a lot of thingseconomic. He also blogs about the courses he teaches in college which will giveyou a head start on what college teachers expect.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Beat the Press] __ ** – CEPR Economist Dean Baker tells you what the media is not about economicissues.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|The American Prospect] __ ** – The best online magazine presenting serious public policy coverage includingeducation, environment, and healthcare from a left of center perspective.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|FiveThirtyEight] __ ** –Statistical Analyses of polls and politics from a progressive perspective, now partof the NYT blog borg.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Consider the Evidence] __ ** – Lane Kenworthy – Good and often original analyses of welfare, inequality and competitivenessissues from both domestic and international perspectives.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Angry Bear] __ – ** Truth in advertising: “//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Slightly left of center economic commentary on news, politics, and the economy.” // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A smorgasbord of progressive policy experts including specialists onsocial security, healthcare and tax policy, who do not mince words.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Yglesias] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – Eponymous blog for “juice box mafia” wunderkind Matt Yglesias at theprogressive think tank Center for American Progress. Double digit posts each day with manythoughts on social trends, politics, and public policy ideas, not all fullyformed.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Ezra Klein] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – Probably the smartest blog on health policy writtenfor a broad audience. Ithas become broader. Every morning issuesa “wonkbook” with key links to internet stories and resources on public policy.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__FROMTHE RIGHT – CONSERVATIVE/LIBERTARIAN SOURCES__ **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Marginal Revolution] __ ** – The best economics blog from a conservative-libertarian perspective fromTyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok. Touches one all topics – social, cultural, andpolitical – and provides economic interpretations and analysis.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|EconLog] __ – ** Libertarian Shrill. Macro- & Micro-economic observations from Arnold Kling (former FED economist), George Mason economist Bryan Caplan, and journalist/economist DavidHenderson

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Real Clear Markets] __ – ** Aggregatorsite that links to economic and stock market related articles. Some originalcontent and equity indexes, etc.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Gregory Mankiw] __ ** –Macroeconomist who teaches introductory economics at Harvard. Former Chief ofEconomic Advisors to Bush. Author of one of the most widely used EconomicsTextbooks.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Heritage Foundation] __ – ** Website for conservative Washington, DC thinktank. Includes conservative public policyexperts and papers supporting conservative proposals, mostly deregulation, lowtaxes, and small government, etc. Posts tend to be more politicsthan policy.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Rasmussen Reports] __ – ** Websitefor conservative pollster Scott Rasmussen. Gives updated numbers on state andnational elections as well as information on current issues and events.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Real Clear Politics] __ – ** Aggregatorsite for op-eds on political matters. Also collects opinion polls. Also hassub-links for Healthcare, Education, Energy and the Environment (look at thebottom of the page).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Becker-Posner Blog] __ – ** JointBlog by Nobel Prize winning economist Gary Becker and Federal Appeals CourtJudge Richard Posner who is “big person” in the Law and Economics movement. Controversial,often Smug and Judgmental, but nuggets of worthwhile thoughts

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__REPUTABLENEWS SOURCES OF RECORD__ **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Financial Times] __ ** – Simply put: the best single newspaper in the world especially for policyanalysis and international affairs.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|NY Times] __ ** –Not what it once was, but still the one paper that serious people read on adaily basis in the United States.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Wall Street Journal] __ ** – Editorials and op-eds are a bit looney tunes, but the news pages are quitegood.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Christian Science Monitor] __ – ** Onceone of the great newspapers, now no longer able to issue in print. The articlesare still good and provide a lot more context to its reports. Still one of thebest for international coverage.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|PBS Newshour] __ ** – Simply put: the best American TV news program. Studies show Newshour watchersare the most knowledgeable about politics. Bonus: No text, just watch clips ofnews segments.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Washington Post] __ – ** Inthe days of Katherine Graham and Ben Bradlee, it was the liberal watchdog ofWashington, now it may be “Fox on 15th Street.” Still, one of the three mostimportant US dailies.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ENVIRONMENT__ **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Environmental Economics] __ – ** Frequentlyupdated commentary on how economists view environmental issues. Good source ofnew ideas.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Economic View of the Environment] __ – ** EnvironmentalEconomics blog by Harvard scholar Robert Stavins. Infrequent posting, but good depth ofanalysis.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|FoodPolitics] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">– Marion Nestle’s (NYU Professor) blog on food and FDA. Good if you are interesting in agriculturalpolicy and the intersection of the environment and politics.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|DotEarth] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">– NYT’s (Andrew Revkin) blog on all things environment. More news than policy, but many ideas forsocietal problems.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|TheEnergy Collective] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">– Aggregator site for energy policy andalternatives.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__HEALTH__ **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Prescriptions] __ – ** NewYork Times blog on Healthcare and Healthcare Reform issues.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|TheIncidental Economist] **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – Blog of noted health economist AustinFrakt and friends. The place to go forlinks and commentary on healthcare reform and health policy.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|The Health Care Blog] __ – **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">General blogon health and healthcare. If it isimportant, it will be posted in some form here.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__HOUSING/ JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY__ **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|VoxEU] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – Economics blog focused on (butnot exclusively about) European issues, but boasts one of the highest qualitybullpen of posters of any blog. Brings academic research to bear on publicpolicy issues including health, education, environment, and technology. Theclosest it comes to having an academic economics journal online.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Freakonomics] __ – ** NYTimes blog by celeb-economist Steven Levitt that shows how economics can helpexplain everyday life. Implications tend to be conservative.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Economix] __ – ** “TheEconomics and Economy of Everyday Life” run by the NY Times economics reportersand distinguished academic contributors including Health Economist UweReinhardt. Recommended for Health and Education.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Calculated Risk] __ – ** Frequentlyupdated blog focusing on finance and real estate by former practitioners. Goodat providing clean charts and analysis of ongoing economic trends. Called thefinancial crisis early. Don’t miss the Failed Bank Haikus every Friday bySoylent Green is People.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Baseline Scenario] __ – ** Blogby Economist Simon Johnson and law student James Kwak. Focus on financialregulation, economic policy, and Wall Street.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Economist’s View] __ ** – Full Service Economics Blog by University of Oregon Economist MarkThoma.Pulls together all the economic resources on the Internet.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|EconBrowser] __ ** –Show Me the Data – Wonkish economic analyses of where the economy is and isn’tby some of the best economic forecasters and econometricians around.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Capital Gains and Games] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – Documenting the connection between Washington Budget politics and Wall Street by individuals who were once "inside the whale." The best blog for understanding taxation and budget politics and policy.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Rortybomb] ****<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Smart, intelligent commentary on financial reformand economics by a former financial engineer Mike Konczal, an affiliate of theprogressive Roosevelt Institute.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Naked Capitalism] ****<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the few blogs on political economy that looks at economicissues with a concern for political power. Frequently comments on housing, Wall Street, and financial reform.Highly recommended. Written by the authorof // Econned //, Yves Smith.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__EDUCATION__ **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Bridging Differences] __– ** Ongoingdebate about education policy written as a series of back and forth lettersbetween noted education experts Diane Ravitch and Deborah Maier who teach atthe NYU School of Education.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Education Next] __ – ** Websitefor an Education Policy quarterly run by people I know, including formerteachers and classmates, but I am not sure I trust – Conservatively Liberal orProgressive Conservative. Interesting feature articles and newsupdates/commentary. Policy Journal for Harvard’s GSE

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|This Week in Education] __ – ** AggregatorDigest with commentary on education related news of the day. Frequently Updated,but underwhelming.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Eduwonk] __ – ** EDUCATIONSECTOR’s blog. Research oriented. “Third Way” progressive neo-liberalperspective – ask me, I’ll explain.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|School Matters] __ – ** Frequentlyupdated blog critical of reform efforts to expand standardized testing andcharter schools

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|The Answer Sheet] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – Valerie Strauss’blog on education policy. Blog is generally pro-teacher, pro-parent and critical of high-stakes testing advocates. Frequently Updated.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Flypaper] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – Blog by conservative education scholar Chester Finn, Jr. housed at the Thomas Fordham Institute.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|Class Struggle] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> – Jay Matthews’(who devised the // Newsweek // high school rankings) blog. Good on quantitative measures of academic performance and discussion of education reform.