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A license to blog?

Mar 11, 2009
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...

Where do we go from here?

Feb 27, 2009
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...

Reg-you-lay-shun

Feb 27, 2009
Our economic blogging conference has broken into smaller groups for lunch, and the session I'm attending is called "The Fate of Finance." The...

Is Journalism Dead?

Feb 27, 2009
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,...

If it quacks like a duck...

Feb 27, 2009
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." ...

I may need some face wipes

Feb 26, 2009
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...

Kansas City, here I come

Feb 26, 2009
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...

For public good, not for profit.

Will Blog for Food

Feb 20, 2009
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...

We, the undersigned

Feb 20, 2009
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...