My friend, former colleague, and one-time co-author Shanta Devarajan, who is currently chief economist for South Asia at the World Bank, has started his own blog. It is called "End Poverty in South Asia." And Paul Krugman has a new blog too.
I don't know about you, and I should not be the one to complain in view of my late entry into this game, but it does begin to feel awfully crowded in here...
Here is a question: Who is the economist you would most want to see blogging? I promise to relay the request personally to the winner of the contest.
From Berkeley: George Akerlof, Pranab Bardhan and Raj Chetty.
Posted by: Abi | September 19, 2007 at 07:22 AM
Paul Romer, perhaps? Akerlof is a good choice, too. I think Joan Robinson would have been the best econ blogger ever, though.
Posted by: Andrew John | September 19, 2007 at 07:34 AM
Olivier Blanchard.
Posted by: Arthur Goldhammer | September 19, 2007 at 07:44 AM
Yes, I would like to see George Akerlof/Janet Yellen blog..I think Stiglitz would be interesting..Rogoff or Frankel
Notice the strong Berkeley influence : ) (yes Rogoff and Frankel were at Berkeley for a bit)
Posted by: gabriel | September 19, 2007 at 08:11 AM
Abhijit Banerji from MIT
Posted by: Mac | September 19, 2007 at 08:18 AM
Assar Lindbeck from stockholm university, Sweden.
Posted by: David | September 19, 2007 at 08:33 AM
Olivier Blanchard writes from times to times on Telos-eu (on what can be considered as Telos's blog), but it's very irregular, and it's in french.
Here's his page linking to the articles he wrote for them :
http://www.telos-eu.com/user/23
Posted by: jmdesp | September 19, 2007 at 08:36 AM
Dan Hamermesh!
Wait, does an econometrician count?
Posted by: Hafiz | September 19, 2007 at 08:52 AM
Daron Acemoglu from MIT.
Posted by: Amine | September 19, 2007 at 08:56 AM
Keynes of course...if that's not feasible...Stiglitz then...
Posted by: Mike | September 19, 2007 at 09:04 AM
Joseph Stiglitz
Devraj Roy
Posted by: Chandan | September 19, 2007 at 09:19 AM
Joseph Stiglitz and Joel Mokyr
Posted by: Ivo Staub | September 19, 2007 at 09:21 AM
Joseph Stiglitz and Debraj Ray
Posted by: Chandan | September 19, 2007 at 09:38 AM
You'd think that Stigliz' views aren't already well-known, based on these comments.
My choice for an original and outside-the-mainstream blogger would be UNLV's Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Posted by: chris | September 19, 2007 at 09:50 AM
Stiglitz, Barry Eichengreen, Acemoglu.
Posted by: Manuel | September 19, 2007 at 09:50 AM
acemoglu for sure
Posted by: tt | September 19, 2007 at 09:59 AM
how about amartya sen?
Posted by: denisse | September 19, 2007 at 10:06 AM
Blanchard, Sen, Stiglitz.
Posted by: Paolo | September 19, 2007 at 10:40 AM
Amartya Sen, for sure.
And also Ricardo J. Caballero.
Posted by: Dk | September 19, 2007 at 10:46 AM
definitely acemoglu.
Posted by: marshall | September 19, 2007 at 11:14 AM
I'd like to see the Columbia triumvirate have their own blog where Stiglitz, Sachs and Bhagwati jointly run it and debate each other.
Posted by: Ben | September 19, 2007 at 11:28 AM
acemoglu
Posted by: jb | September 19, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Stiglitz or Ben's triumvirate.
Posted by: eriks | September 19, 2007 at 12:20 PM
krugman.
my wish just came true :)
Posted by: vassilis | September 19, 2007 at 12:22 PM
Robert Barro, I have never laughed so much than when he used to write for Business Week, hilarious stuff, what a star.
Posted by: betternotsignthisone | September 19, 2007 at 12:41 PM