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The Top 10 Economists on Twitter
Twitter’s top 10 economists (11 November 2010) @CMEGroup Chicago Mercantile Exchange 764,000 followers @NYTimesKrugman Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate & columnist 466,000 followers @andrewrsorkin...
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“Are the economists on drugs too?”
If you enjoyed today’s Outside Edge from a rationally alcoholic tramp, you may enjoy my lunch interview with Gary Becker, Nobel laureate and co-founder of the theory of rational addiction. And here’s a...
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Best economics podcasts
I’ve recently – and belatedly – come to the podcasting thing and wanted to put together my favourite economics podcasts as a resource for others. NPR’s Planet Money is quite simply the best economics...
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Top 10 Economists on Twitter
Twitter’s top 10 economists (12 February 2011) (previously) @CMEGroup Chicago Mercantile Exchange 772,973 followers @NYTimesKrugman Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate & columnist 518,219 followers...
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The stand-up economist: sh*t happens
The latest from the excellent Yoram Bauman. Do check out his cartoon guides to economics.
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Resources for economics teachers: the Economics Network
I have just agreed to become a patron of the Economics Network. Perhaps the most useful thing I can do in that capacity is to draw your attention to the fact that the Network has assembled a large...
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The real estate rollercoaster as an actual rollercoaster
I saw this a few years back, and the data stop in 2006, but in many ways I think it works better that way. This is US data, and we know how the story ended in the US. In the UK I think we’d still find...
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“The Undercover Economist”– a free chapter
The second edition of The Undercover Economist was published last year in the UK, and recently as an eBook in the US. The biggest change from the first edition was a new chapter about the financial...
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How To Have Fun
When I’m not writing about economics or talking about numbers, I’m having fun – which means playing games. Role-Playing The standout at the moment is Amazing Tales by Martin Lloyd – a wonderful...
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Five of the best introductions to economics
I’m often asked which economics books I recommend to someone who wants to get a good introduction to the subject. There are some obvious choices – a good textbook, for example – and of course I wrote...
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The past, present and future of banking
(Business seals; Rishengchang Museum.) Not long ago I was fortunate enough to visit the Rishengchang in Pingyao – which I tentatively understand to be the oldest “draft” bank in China, allowing...
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Books to make you feel better about the world
I recently reviewed the excellent Factfulness (UK) (US) by the late Hans Rosling, his son Ola and his daughter-in-law Anna. It’s an absolutely terrific, inspiring, and wise book, which among many other...
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Understanding Algorithms
You’ve probably noticed that there are a lot of algorithms about these days, doing everything from recommending a walking route to figuring out how to beat the world’s best players at Go. But what are...
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Understanding the wisdom and madness of crowds
James Surowiecki’s modern classic The Wisdom of Crowds (UK) (US) set a very high bar for the field. (Why has James not written another book?) This is one of those books that gets talked about a lot,...
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The best economics podcasts in 2018
My favourites are: NPR’s Planet Money remains an outstanding show, with stories, humour, very clear explanations and high production values. But – horrors! – they’ve poached the amazing Cardiff Garcia...
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Six unconventional introductions to economics
My list of five of the best introductions to economics wasn’t exactly the usual suspects, but I wanted to stray a little further off the obvious territory and recommend six books you might want to read...
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Four awesome-yet-accessible economics and business books
The fine folk over at Planet Money’s The Indicator (an excellent podcast) recently spent five episodes discussing five of their favourite fun-to-read economics and business books. It’s a good list, in...
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Why big companies squander good ideas – a reading list
My FT Magazine cover story tomorrow is “Why Big Companies Squander Good Ideas“, and I wanted to give some pointers to further reading, because I learned a lot and had a lot of fun writing this piece....
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