Economics Blogs

How long should you wait for an elevator?
The incentives for violence in hockey
The wisdom of crowds
Time travel back to 1000 A.D.: Survival tips
Singularity Special
Happiness and redistribution
Ballerinas and Information Asymmetry
Safety dog
Commodity meat

These are just some titles of recent posts on economics blogs.

The world of academic economists keeping blogs is one of the most vibrant parts of the internet. For whatever reason, reading these economists exercising their considerable intellects while discussing everyday topics in a non-academic mode is fascinating. Anybody who's looked through Freakonomics knows that the way economists think can be a great way to dig into non-economics topics.

Here are my favorites:

Marginal Revolution
Free Exchange
Growthology
Freakonomics
Assymetrical Information
Edward Glaeser's Academic Papers (thanks Matt P.)

Serious Linkage

This is a long list of interesting, military-related links. Some are a little bit conspiracy-minded (like the hubbub about HAARP, pictured above).

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10 websites

Planetizen, a great source of news and commentary on every different kind of planning and a site I visit just about every day, recently did an article featuring their favorite 10 websites for architecture, design, and planning. Looks like a good list for lazy friday afternoon surfing.

Link

Great Sites

BLDG BLOG

Planetizen

Design Observer

Lifehacker

Anybody else have any that you keep going back to for great Architecture, Planning, Design, GIS, web-design, productivity or other news? We'll put them all in the sidebar over there.