Economics Blogs I read

I find I spend a disproportionate amount of my blog-reading time browsing political and economic blogs.

Some of those I particularly enjoy include:

Tim Worstall - the guy is a genius. Clear and succinct writing style that cuts to the heart of every argument and exposes economic ignorance wherever he finds it.

James Bartholomew - James is the author of "The Welfare State We're In". The book (which I commented on here). He posts mainly on the welfare state but ventures more widely into social, political and ecomomic issues from time to time.

Café Hayek. This blog, written by some Economics Professors at George Mason University in the US is a masterclass in how to frame economic arguments clearly and with power. The sister blog, Market Correction, contains all the letters they send to the press correcting errors and misunderstandings. Well worth a read.

NHS Blog Doctor is a blog written by an NHS GP. It's unusual in this list in that he's a bit of an old leftie, from what I can tell. Either way, his inside track on what's really happening in the health service and how completely messed up huge tracts of it are is eye opening, depressing and scary.

David Milliband's Blog. The government's only blogging minister is a truly scary man. His belief in the power of the state to do good is childlike in its innocence. Sadly, like Gordon Brown, he uses economic terms in a way that implies he understands them... which can only mean he's heard about how incentives matter or that actions can have unintended consequences and decided that he, alone in all of humanity, has devised a way to ensure it doesn't apply to him. Scary, scary man.

The Devil's Kitchen is somewhat more scurrilous than those I've listed so far. Don't read this if you're offended by vulgarity. However, when he engages the more cerebral part of his talents, the author lands some excellent punches on those who deserve them.

Iain Dale, an aspiring Tory MP, writes about politics in a readable, "Insiderish", style. Most enjoyable.

Burning Our Money explains why Tax Freedom Day creeps into the future every single year in a style that makes you want to weep.

Biased BBC keeps tabs on the country's "favourite" broadcaster. We're conditioned from a young age to believe that the BBC is the voice of unimpeachable truth. This site suggests things aren't entirely as one has been taught.

The Adam Smith Institute Blog can be relied on to pump out three or four thoughtful pieces every day. Their "jokes of the day" are somewhat hit or miss, though.

Right... that's enough for now.