EconLog is a group weblog on economics and related topics by Bryan Caplan, David R. Henderson, and Scott Sumner. Its founding blogger, Arnold Kling, stopped blogging for EconLog in August 2012. The blog is hosted and maintained by the Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib) website.
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Scope and aims
According to its "About" section:
EconLog aims to educate, entice, and excite readers into thinking about economics in daily analyses. It typically appeals to an international mix of college-educated students, teachers, news media commentators, and bloggers; self-educated or post-graduate thinkers; and those interested in understanding the ever-emerging current economic situation. Readers are invited to comment.
Bloggers
EconLog has a staff of three people (Lauren Landsburg, Amy Willis, and Russ Roberts), three current regular bloggers (Bryan Caplan, David R. Henderson, and Scott Sumner) and many current and former guest bloggers. All regular bloggers and most guest bloggers have economics Ph.D.s, and the majority tend to have libertarian and generally free-market economic and cultural views. Typical occupations include academia, think tanks, and economic consulting, while institutional affiliations include George Mason University and the Mercatus Center, with the Cato Institute, Independent Institute, and the Hoover Institution also showing up.
Reception
The Wall Street Journal, a US newspaper, listed EconLog in its list of top 25 economics blogs. The New York Times mentioned EconLog in a list of notable economics blogs' reaction to the appointment of Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman in 2005.
In July/August 2013, Onalytica Indexes ranked EconLog 12th in its list of top 200 economics blogs.
EconLog blog entries have been referenced by many blogs and newspapers such as the New York Times Economix blog, the Freakonomics blog, Marginal Revolution, and The American.
EconLog bloggers frequently carry out open conversations with other bloggers including those at Marginal Revolution, Overcoming Bias, and Libertarianism.org.