A highly dubious top 10 list

But that’s not gonna stop me from posting it. From Brad DeLong:

Here’s what NetNewsWire throws up as tops in attention in the “economics” category:

* Mark Thoma’s Economist’s View http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/
* Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen’s Marginal Revolution http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/
* Justin Fox’s Curious Capitalist http://time-blog.com/curious_capitalist/
* Barry Ritholtz’s The Big Picture http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/
* James Hamilton’s and Menzie Chinn’s Econbrowser http://www.econbrowser.com/
* Angry Bear http://angrybear.blogspot.com/
* WSJ Real Time Economics http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/
* Paul Krugman http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
* Felix Salmon’s Market Movers http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/
* Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed http://paul.kedrosky.com/

When it comes to Technorati ranking, comment traffic, etc., the Curious Capitalist isn’t remotely in the same league as most of the other blogs on the list. So I don’t really get this. But I’ll take it. And I guess it means I need to finally make the switch to using NetNewsWire as my RSS reader. Because it’s so, you know, discerning.

Update: Okay, so I’ve been reading up on this NetNewsWire “attention” ranking, and if I understand correctly it’s personalized to the user. Which makes this is a list of the 10 econoblogs that Brad DeLong has paid the most attention to lately. And I’m thrilled to be on it. Update 2: And so is Barbara. Sorry for claiming the entire blog to myself.

The Creepy Dudes of Wall Street: Are Finance Guys Losing Their Mojo on the Dating Scene, Too?

It’s tough to tell when an internet phenomenon reaches actual meme status. But, in the case of the “creepy finance guy,” I think we can finally call it.

This week saw yet another jaw-dropping tale of Wall Street prattishness, this time in the form of a post-date survey. Yep, a finance dude went on a date with a lady. And then he asked her for constructive feedback.

odograph

I have all but Angry Bear in my feeds … not sure why I exclude that one … maybe to avoid the self-identity of an angry bear.
odograph

BTW, he should include Barbara
Barbara Kiviat

Thanks, odograph. But, really, I’m just the tagalong. The self-identity I’m looking to avoid is one of daily responsibility.
TheBloggerTips

Thanks Justin & Barbara for your useful information.
Dad

You’re number one on my list.