EconLog

EconLog is a group weblog on economics and related topics by Bryan Caplan and David R. Henderson. Its founding blogger, Arnold Kling, stopped blogging for EconLog in August 2012. The blog is hosted and maintained by the Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib) website.

Scope and aims

According to its "About" section:

EconLog aims to educate, entice, and excite readers into thinking about economics in daily analyses. It typically appeals to an international mix of college-educated students, teachers, news media commentators, and bloggers; self-educated or post-graduate thinkers; and those interested in understanding the ever-emerging current economic situation. Readers are invited to comment.[1]

History

Timeline

Month and year Event
January 2003 EconLog is started with economist Arnold Kling as its sole blogger. It was a successor to Kling's "Great Questions of Economics" series, which had been started in January 2002.[1]
January 2005 Bryan Caplan, economics professor at George Mason University, joins EconLog.[1]
October 2008 David R. Henderson, an associate professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School and a fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins EconLog.[1][2][3] He is initially a guest blogger but later becomes a permanent blogger for EconLog.
August 2012 Kling quits regular blogging at EconLog in order to make time for other activities.[4] In November 2012, Kling resumed blogging on his personal blog instead of returning to EconLog.[5]
September 2012 George Mason University economist Garett Jones joins EconLog as a guest blogger.[6][7]
October 2012 Luigi Zingales, economist at the University of Chicago,[8] joins EconLog as a guest blogger. Zingales stops blogging after two months, but his departure was not officially announced.
April 2013 Art Carden, an economist at Samford University, joins EconLog as a guest blogger.[9][10]
April 2013 Garett Jones finishes his blogging stint (last post April 30).[11][12]
June 2013 Alberto Mingardi, director of the Italian free-market think tank Istituto Bruno Leoni, joins EconLog as a guest blogger (the announcement was made on May 31, 2013).[13][14]
August 2013 Bart Wilson, economics professor at the Economic Science Institute affiliated with Chapman University, joins as a guest blogger.[15]
December 2013 Bart Wilson finishes his blogging stint (last post December 24, 2013).[16][17] Art Carden finished his blogging stint (last post December 31).[18][19]
January 2014 Macreconomist and monetary policy expert Scott Sumner joins as a guest blogger.[20][21]
February 2014 James Schneider joins as a guest blogger.[22]
April 2014 Schneider completes his guest blogging stint.[23][24]
June 2014 Art Carden rejoins as a guest blogger.[25][26]

Other past guest bloggers have included Michael Munger and Eric Crampton.[27]

Reception

The Wall Street Journal, a US newspaper, listed EconLog in its list of top 25 economics blogs.[1][28] The New York Times mentioned EconLog in a list of notable economics blogs' reaction to the appointment of Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman in 2005.[29]

In July/August 2013, Onalytica Indexes ranked EconLog 12th in its list of top 200 economics blogs.[30]

EconLog blog entries have been referenced by many blogs and newspapers such as the New York Times Economix blog,[31] the Freakonomics blog,[32][33] Marginal Revolution,[34][35] and The American.[36]

EconLog bloggers frequently carry out open conversations with other bloggers including those at Marginal Revolution, Overcoming Bias, and Libertarianism.org.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "About EconLog".
  2. ↑ Caplan, Bryan. "EconLog Welcomes Guest Blogger David Henderson". EconLog.
  3. ↑ Henderson, David. "My First EconLog Blog". EconLog.
  4. ↑ Kling, Arnold (2012-08-24). "My Last Post". EconLog. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  5. ↑ Kling, Arnold (2012-11-23). "About this blog". Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  6. ↑ Jones, Garett (2012-09-10). "First Things". EconLog. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  7. ↑ Caplan, Bryan (2012-09-10). "Welcome Guest Blogger Garett Jones". EconLog. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  8. ↑ Jones, Garett (2012-10-02). "Welcome to Luigi Zingales". EconLog. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  9. ↑ Henderson, David (2013-04-01). "Introducing Art Carden". EconLog. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  10. ↑ Carden, Art (2013-04-01). "Why Economics and Liberty?". EconLog. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  11. ↑ Jones, Garett (2013-04-22). "Fictional Hillary Clinton and the Real Cost of Political Egalitarianism". EconLog. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
  12. ↑ Jones, Garett (2013-04-30). "The Hulk's Handshakes and Optimal Monetary Policy". EconLog. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  13. ↑ Willis, Amy (2013-05-31). "Introducing Alberto Mingardi". EconLog. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  14. ↑ Mingardi, Alberto (2013-06-01). "Does liberty require polymaths? (first post)". Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  15. ↑ Willis, Amy (2013-08-23). "Introducing Bart Wilson". EconLog. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  16. ↑ Wilson, Bart (December 24, 2013). "A Literary Theoretical Treatment of Prices". EconLog. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  17. ↑ Caplan, Bryan (December 24, 2013). "Farewell to Bart Wilson, For Now". EconLog. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  18. ↑ Henderson, David (December 30, 2013). "Farewell, Art Carden!". EconLog. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  19. ↑ Carden, Art (December 31, 2013). "Why I Fight Write". EconLog. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  20. ↑ Henderson, David (December 31, 2013). "Introducing Scott Sumner". EconLog. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  21. ↑ Sumner, Scott (December 31, 2013). "Guest blogging at EconLog". The Money Illusion. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  22. ↑ Caplan, Bryan (February 3, 2014). "Meet James Schneider". EconLog. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Where Does All the Booze Go?". EconLog. April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  24. ↑ Henderson, David (April 29, 2014). "Farewell, James Schneider". Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  25. ↑ Henderson, David (June 1, 2014). "Welcome Back, Carden". EconLog. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  26. ↑ Carden, Art (June 2, 2014). "It's Great to Be Back With One of My Favorite Blogs!". EconLog. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Author Archive". EconLog. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  28. ↑ "Top 25 Economics Blogs: The Wall Street Journal's economics bureau sifted through the sea of economics blogs and determined the top 25, with five honorable mentions. (Listed in alphabetical order.)". Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  29. ↑ Zeller, Tom (2005-10-24). "Blogosphere's Response to Nomination Largely Positive". The New York Times.
  30. ↑ Moldovan, Andreaa (2013-07-31). "Top 200 Influential Economics Blogs – Aug 2013". Onalytica Indexes. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  31. ↑ Rampell, Catherine (2008-11-13). "More on the Deregulation Debate: Herbert Hoover Edition". The Economix Blog, The New York Times.
  32. ↑ "The Rich vs Poor Debate: Are Kids Normal or Inferior Goods?". Freakonomics.
  33. ↑ Caplan, Bryan (2011-04-21). "The Nurture of Gretchen Carlson: A Guest Post by Bryan Caplan". Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  34. ↑ Cowen, Tyler. "More on the Returns to Education". Marginal Revolution.
  35. ↑ Cowen, Tyler. "How Deserving Are The Poor?". Marginal Revolution.
  36. ↑ "The American Scene". The American.

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