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Steve Randy Waldman wants to create a bloggers’ think tank. — [IDEA]

Good idea put up by Steve Waldman at the Econ Blog Forum. I am all for.

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Very few women have made History. — [LINK]

There are 39 women on the list of the top 1,000 economist. None of them blog.

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2011 Q1′s economic blogger survey – [POLL]

Kauffman Foundation – PDF file.

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I highly recommend the Tyler Cowen podcast.

At least, listen to the first part (on blogging – 5:30 into). – “Every blog gets the comments it deserves.” – “There is no reason to think that people good at other things will be good at blogging.” – “I … Continue reading

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The people who know the most about finance are the people who work in it.

Which is why pseudonymed finance writers are needed.

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Investors care if stock XYZ in their portfolio is going to go up or down. That’s it.

Eddy Elfenbein lectures Felix Salmon: July 15th, 2009 4:52 am GMT Felix, I hate to deluge you with comments today but I really have to take exception to this post. One of the big problems with the financial blogosphere is … Continue reading

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Robin Hanson is a web community super star.

Andrew Gelman: I’ll write something fuller on my own blog, but I have to admit I envy Robin the lively and thoughtful participation he gets here. Robin is certainly doing something right to be generating this sort of discussion every … Continue reading

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Cynical bloggers can help your company get its message out.

That’s today’s lesson from TechCrunch and Scobleizer. So, you should not avoid Midas Oracle. CrowdCast did not.

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The anonymity of “Wiser Than The Crowd” will expire soon.

The sometimes excellent prediction market blogger “Wiser Than The Crowd” says that he will disclose his real name, soon. (An upcoming Slate article will feature him, he says.) That is a great news, as it will bring more credibility to … Continue reading

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*Years* later, the BetFair blogs are still *not* taking off.

- Google PageRank of Betting @ BetFair: 5 / 10. – Google PageRank of BetFair Predicts: 4 / 10. – Number of feed subscribers at Google Reader for Betting @ BetFair: 29. – Number of feed subscribers at Google Reader … Continue reading

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