Ten Economics Blogs Worth Watching Paul Ayres, Economics Editor for Intute: Social Sciences and Bhagesh Sachania, Information Manager for the Economics Network January 2009

What we will cover Ten Economics blogs that you may not have heard of before New revised Guide to Using Blogs in Economics http://www. economicsnetwork .ac. uk /showcase/ ayres _ blogs . htm What’s changed in the Economics blogosphere and what will change

Ten Economics blogs that you may not have heard of before

New revised Guide to Using Blogs in Economics http://www. economicsnetwork .ac. uk /showcase/ ayres _ blogs . htm

What’s changed in the Economics blogosphere and what will change

10 blogs worth watching Two each of: Teaching blogs Economics blog aggregators Economics podcast blogs Individual academic blogs Group blogs

Two each of:

Teaching blogs

Economics blog aggregators

Economics podcast blogs

Individual academic blogs

Group blogs

Stephen Kinsella Great example of using a blog for teaching Uses polls, lecture videos and short articles to support each lecture Brings together content from a range of Web 2.0 sites – Twitter , Delicious , SlideShare etc. http://www.stephenkinsella.net/

Great example of using a blog for teaching

Uses polls, lecture videos and short articles to support each lecture

Brings together content from a range of Web 2.0 sites – Twitter , Delicious , SlideShare etc.

http://www.stephenkinsella.net/

Pedablogy by Steve Greenlaw Excellent US blog on Economics teaching Emphasis on the use technology in teaching Useful archive going back to 2005, as well as current commentary http://jerryslezak.net/pedablogy/

Excellent US blog on Economics teaching

Emphasis on the use technology in teaching

Useful archive going back to 2005, as well as current commentary

http://jerryslezak.net/pedablogy/

Economics Roundtable Aggregator site of over 120 Economics blogs Can view latest posts, explore links to individual blogs and get a feel for what is happening in the Economics blogosphere Good for identifying blogs in your specific subject area, but lots of posts to read http://www.rtable.net/index/rt/economics/recent /

Aggregator site of over 120 Economics blogs

Can view latest posts, explore links to individual blogs and get a feel for what is happening in the Economics blogosphere

Good for identifying blogs in your specific subject area, but lots of posts to read

http://www.rtable.net/index/rt/economics/recent /

Palgrave Econolog Aggregates content from Economics blogs Filters posts into: reviews of papers, conference reports, original research and everything else Zeitgeist and Hot Topics features pick out trends in the Economics blogosphere http://www.econolog.net/

Aggregates content from Economics blogs

Filters posts into: reviews of papers, conference reports, original research and everything else

Zeitgeist and Hot Topics features pick out trends in the Economics blogosphere

http://www.econolog.net/

EconTalk Part of the Library of Economics and Liberty website Features extended audio interviews with Economists and others New interviews added every week http://www.econtalk.org/

Part of the Library of Economics and Liberty website

Features extended audio interviews with Economists and others

New interviews added every week

http://www.econtalk.org/

Economics in Action Part of the Why Study Economics initiative from the Economics Network Aimed at encouraging broader understanding of Economics, especially among prospective University students Films, audio interview and articles aimed at a popular audience http://whystudyeconomics.ac.uk/blog/

Part of the Why Study Economics initiative from the Economics Network

Aimed at encouraging broader understanding of Economics, especially among prospective University students

Films, audio interview and articles aimed at a popular audience

http://whystudyeconomics.ac.uk/blog/

Greg Mankiw’s Blog Supports his teaching at Harvard and his commonly used textbooks Uses the blog to keep in touch with current / former students and discuss current topics http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/

Supports his teaching at Harvard and his commonly used textbooks

Uses the blog to keep in touch with current / former students and discuss current topics

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/

Robert Reich’s Blog Former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, now teaching at Berkeley Extensive comments on current economic policy issues that are also accessible to the general reader Supplements his many TV and radio appearances http:// robertreich . blogspot .com/

Former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, now teaching at Berkeley

Extensive comments on current economic policy issues that are also accessible to the general reader

Supplements his many TV and radio appearances

http:// robertreich . blogspot .com/

VOX Not a blog but a policy portal to analysis and commentary on economic issues Good example of collaborative writing increasing impact Articles aimed at a level between journalism and academic journals Produced by the Centre for Economic Policy Research – also includes audio http://www.voxeu.org/

Not a blog but a policy portal to analysis and commentary on economic issues

Good example of collaborative writing increasing impact

Articles aimed at a level between journalism and academic journals

Produced by the Centre for Economic Policy Research – also includes audio

http://www.voxeu.org/

Crooked Timber Another example of a group blog Covers a range of Social Sciences subjects, including Economics One of the few sites where you can learn as much from the comments as from the original blog posts http:// crookedtimber .org/

Another example of a group blog

Covers a range of Social Sciences subjects, including Economics

One of the few sites where you can learn as much from the comments as from the original blog posts

http:// crookedtimber .org/

How to start blogging Guide to Using Blogs in Economics http://www. economicsnetwork .ac. uk /showcase/ ayres _ blogs . htm Revised and updated for 2009 Looks at software options, writing and managing content, risks, specific uses for Economics and the future for blogs

Guide to Using Blogs in Economics http://www. economicsnetwork .ac. uk /showcase/ ayres _ blogs . htm

Revised and updated for 2009

Looks at software options, writing and managing content, risks, specific uses for Economics and the future for blogs

What’s changed Blogging now seen as a mainstream activity Basic terms and how to do it still need to be explained More portal sites, aggregators and group blogs for Economics Fewer teaching blogs as more material brought into VLEs Rise of WordPress .com as a blogging platform

Blogging now seen as a mainstream activity

Basic terms and how to do it still need to be explained

More portal sites, aggregators and group blogs for Economics

Fewer teaching blogs as more material brought into VLEs

Rise of WordPress .com as a blogging platform

What’s changing Microblogging from sites like Twitter.com may have an effect on blogging Assumed integration of other Web 2.0 content into blogs from YouTube videos, to Flickr photos and Delicious links US stranglehold on the Economics blogosphere may slowly be broken

Microblogging from sites like Twitter.com may have an effect on blogging

Assumed integration of other Web 2.0 content into blogs from YouTube videos, to Flickr photos and Delicious links

US stranglehold on the Economics blogosphere may slowly be broken

Thanks for listening Paul Ayres, Economics Editor for Intute: Social Sciences [email_address] http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/economics/ Bhagesh Sachania, Information Manager for the Economics Network [email_address] uk http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/

Paul Ayres, Economics Editor for Intute: Social Sciences

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Bhagesh Sachania, Information Manager for the Economics Network

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