Tomas Nonnenmacher
Professor and Chair
Department of Economics
520 N. Main Street
Box 20
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA 16335
tnonnenm@allegheny.edu
(814) 332-3820
Spring 2012 Office Hours: M-W: 10:00-11:00, 1:00-3:30, T-Th: 1:30-2:30.
Course resources:
Department of Economics Resources (including Senior Project Guidelines)
Blogs that I'm Reading
- Marginal Revolution -- Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok use economics to comment on the economy, culture and more.
- Brad DeLong -- Berkeley economist giving smart critiques from the left.
- Becker-Posner Blog -- Big guns from Chicago.
- Organizations and Markets -- Nicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein provide insights into current research on organizations.
- The Knowledge Problem -- Lynne Kiesling and Michael Giberson offer far ranging commentary.
- The Big Questions -- Steven Landsburg uses a lot of intermediate micro in clever and persuasive ways.
- Economics for Teachers -- Jennifer Imazeki on teaching economics.
- VOX -- Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists.
- tutor2u Economics -- Lots of interesting examples of economic theory.
- Lawrence University -- Blogging liberal arts professors.
- Baseline Scenario -- Clear explanations of important economic concepts by Peter Boone, Simon Johnson, and James Kwak.
- Cafe Hayek -- Don Boudreaux and Russ Roberts, both from George Mason University, provide wide commentary on economic topics. Roberts is also host of Econtalk, one of the best economic podcasts available.
A list of additional "readable" economics blogs is available here.
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