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A short interlude...

Hello all, it's been quite some time since I have made any major announcements since the creation of this blog about a year and a half ago. I am currently in graduate school and will soon take a portion of my comprehensive examination (i.e exams in Micro, Macro, and Metrics that will allow me to continue my studies in my graduate program), wish me luck! Thus, I will not be able to post consistently until at least mid-June.

The roadmap is as such, if I pass, I will start introductory lessons in Econometrics and Statistics (if not, then I'll have to study until I can retake the comps in August). I hope that once I am done, I will be able to add more advance materials to the blog, such as general equilibrium, indirect utility functions, and game theory/mechanism design for Micro. The Solow, Ramsey, RBC, New Keynesian models, permanent income hypothesis (PIH) and more for Macro. By the way I think I still need to add notes on the IS-LM curves, so I will do that before jumping to the more advanced models. Finally, if time permits I will start to post R or STATA codes and example of useful statistical methods for Econometrics.

In the mean time, I thought that I might share with you a list of interesting blogs (either by economists or dealing with economics) that might be helpful or interesting to you.

Economics blogs (no particular ranking):

1. Thomas Piketty's blog: This blog is updated monthly, Piketty gives his point of view on various issues regarding inequality and supporting them with data. This isn't too "economic" heavy and is very approachable from a layman's perspective.  Always a fun read.

2. Economics Help: This website is very similar to what I do (I have even cited them on this blog). It covers what a 100 level class in either Micro or Macro would. The explanations are clear and concise and the author, Tejvan Pettinger, makes great use of graphs. Note that this blog is less equation/computing problem heavy than yours truly.

3. International Economics: This online textbook that focuses on Macroeconomics is a very good source for students who have just started to learn economics but want to learn more. I think I cited them in the past on this blog, unlike Economics Help, this textbook isn't afraid to use formulas/equations (though it is still quite friendly to novices).

4. Krugman's op-ed: Every week, the Nobel prize economist Paul Krugman posts an article in the New York Times regarding a particular social issue, and uses data and economic theory to derive a conclusion. Compared to Piketty's posts this is a bit more "economic" focused.

5. Larry Summers' blog: Another well known Macroeconomist makes the list. Lawrence Summers well known in recent history for his work on secular stagnation publishes his opinion on his blog about recent fiscal and monetary policies. This is a great way to be updated on recent US economic policies.

See you soon!


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