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A license to blog?

No matter how bad the economy gets, at least we have the freedom to complain about it. Some Italian lawmakers want to force bloggers to register with the government....

Where do we go from here?

Our afternoon session at the economic bloggers forum has been especially lively. That’s because we’re talking about how the hell we can get out of this mess. What’s the economy going to look like next year? In 5 years? In...

Reg-you-lay-shun

Our economic blogging conference has broken into smaller groups for lunch, and the session I’m attending is called “The Fate of Finance.” The moderator, Robert Litan of Kauffman and Brookings, pointed the discussion toward regulation, which he says will be...

Is Journalism Dead?

That’s the title of the seminar I’m in right now at the Kauffman Foundation. It began with a speech from former Boston Globe writer David Warsh, who proclaimed that printed newspapers are not going away. He said there will always...

If it quacks like a duck...

At this economic bloggers conference I’m attending, we had a discussion last night about how no one in charge will say the word “nationalization.” It’s obviously a politically potent word. But then I wake up this morning to read about...

I may need some face wipes

I’m heading to a battle of the barbecues tonight here in KC. It’s being hosted by well-known economic blogger Tyler Cowen. His blog, Marginal Revolution, is always good reading. But before I get my face messy, I thought you might...

Kansas City, here I come

I’m off to KC today for a conference on economic blogging. It’s being sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation, which focuses on entrepreneurship. I’m looking forward to discussing issues like this one: How does blogging affect the economic debate? I’ll post...

Will Blog for Food

Speaking of catharsis, I discovered this little gem of a web site today, thanks to a tip from Marketplace Money producer Eve Troeh. It calls itself the definitive unemployment blog and has sections such as the “Survivor Guide” and “Resources...

We, the undersigned

One of my friends from the Buffalo, NY area sent me a petition to sign this morning. It’s a request that the ABC show Extreme Makeover Home Edition rebuild a home for the family who lost theirs in the Continental...

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