Quite often “top ten” style lists of economics blogs and websites contain links to interesting sites – but they do tend to be a bit on the serious side. So here’s my list of places to go if you’re a weary economist (or non-economist) at the end of a hard day’s work (or not), who just wants a bit of economics fun.
For news from the world of behavioural economics (definitely a contender for most fun branch of economics): Nudge blog (http://nudges.wordpress.com/)
For an economic multimedia experience with some jokes thrown in: Economists do it with models (http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com/). The discerning shopper looking for economic-related merchandise should also visit this site.
For economics in poetry (I know – I didn’t realise such a think could exist either!): Limericks Economiques (http://www.limericksecon.com/)
For comedy: The world’s first stand-up economist (http://www.standupeconomist.com/). Watch the video.
For economics, agony-aunt style: The inimitable Tim Harford’s Dear Economist column. This is sadly no longer in the FT, but you can catch up on all those problems solved here: http://timharford.com/articles/deareconomist/
Dear Five-Minute Economist,
Thank you for including Limericks Économiques in your list of fun sites. As a fan of the others, I am flattered to be in their company. Did you by chance attend the American Economic Association annual meeting last weekend? I had the pleasure of participating in the Economic Humor session with the Stand-Up Economist and EconGirl (EDIWM), as well as the bloggers of EcoComics (http://eco-comics.blogspot.com/), another fun and worthwhile site.
Best,
Dr. Goose
Dear Dr Goose,
You are welcome! I wasn’t at the meeting – is there a video recording of the session? Thanks for the EcoComics tip!
Five Minute Economist
There is indeed video of the session, and my segment will soon appear on my blog.