Exactly one year ago I published my first post on this blog. 64 posts later I’m very pleased that I have been able to keep it up this long and still have the motivation to write more. I have enjoyed having an outlet to express my ideas and I hope some of you have enjoyed reading them. In honor of the first anniversary, I thought I would highlight my top 5 favorite posts from the past year.
The award for the most fun I’ve had writing a post on this blog probably goes to this post on football. Is there some hyperbole? Well, maybe just a bit, but I still stand by my comparison of Tom Brady and Mozart.
My most read post of the last year thanks to retweets by Noah Smith and Steve Keen. Roger Farmer wasn’t too pleased with it, but Steve Keen seemed to like it. I think it provides a pretty good argument for why DSGE models should not be the only option for macroeconomic research.
3. About that Productivity Gap
A relatively short post, but I think it’s also one of the most interesting. If you’ve seen graphs showing a growing gap between worker compensation and productivity, please read this post before you start coming up with crazy stories about exploitation of workers.
This post on why I don’t believe in free will was one of my first, but I still think it is one of my best written.
Libertarians perhaps unfairly often get lumped in with a republican party that is an absolute mess right now. A recent book alleges libertarians are just conspirators trying to overthrow democracy for the benefit of the wealthy elite. I think it’s fair to say that the reputation of libertarians is not exactly at a high point. Hopefully this post shows that that characterization is misplaced. Libertarians have many of the same goals as progressives and conservatives. We all want the world to be a better place, we just have very different ideas on how to get there.
Bonus: What’s Wrong With Modern Macro?
You’d have to be a bit of a masochist to make it through this riveting 15 part series on the problems with modern macro, but I can’t finish this post without at least mentioning it.
I expect my pace of blogging will be a bit slower in year 2 as I need to ramp up my actual research efforts (which I may also tie in to some future posts), but I definitely plan to continue writing as much as I can. Thanks to anybody who has read and commented so far. I hope you’ll stick around for another year.