Economist - David Friedman

David Friedman is the son of economists Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman. He is one of the Chicago School economists too. He is a PhD. in Physics and has taught economics and law (AP of Econs, Professor of Law).

Some of his books:

• The Machinery of Freedom
• Price Theory: An Intermediate Text
• Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life
• Law’s Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters
• Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World

David Friedman’s website; blog (I have put into my bloglist) and
his books, book chapters, papers, detailed course outlines etc..
(Many webbed drafts, sample chapters are available.)

I like these 2 books by David Friedman: Law’s Order and Hidden Order.
The rest I haven’t browsed through.
Law’s Order links economics to law whereas Hidden Order links economics to everyday life issues.

I think I’ll like the book Future Imperfect. It is a book linking economics, laws and technology.

There is a portion "Living Paper: An Open Source Project" in his website which are software programs/simulations to teach economics. Some programs are available.

A big compilation on economists’ blogs from Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE)

Came across this website Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE)
website

There are many economists’ blogs listed in RFE (in fact, far too many)..
Many big names in economics are inside. Many important economics related institution too.
It’s really a phenomenon seeing these big names blogging.

Its other useful resources :
website

I came across this Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE) from RePEc Blog (Information about Research Papers in Economics). I put this RePEc Blog into my economists’ bloglist. You may like to check this out.

Note: If you like this post, you may like my other posts on
economist.

Economist: School of thoughts – Austrian School

A forum friend has mentioned a website which I think is a great repository of Austrian School of Economics’ ideas and literatures.

Ludwig von Mises Institute
website

Some of the literatures (in PDF files) can give a glimpse of who are the Austrian School economists and their ideas.

Recommended these few PDF files for a start:
15 great Austrian Economists
PDF file
Method, Process and Austrian Economics
PDF file
New Directions in Austrian Economics
PDF file

Its daily articles are also good read, giving insights on other ways looking at same things.

Economist: Robert Shiller

On previous post, I have compiled blogs/websites of some world renowned economists like Mr. Zhang Wuchang, Gary Becker, Richard Posner, Nouriel Roubini, Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz.

Add in one more today.

Robert Shiller
Robert Shiller's website

This is an informative website on Robert Shiller: his papers, his books and links to his columns in Project Syndicate and New York Times.
We can also access the course he teaches from Open Yale (link included in the website).
Also, the Stockmarket Confidence Index and S&P’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.

Economists’ blogs/websites

I find that many world renowned economists actually have blogs/websites.

Yeah ! A great way to learn from these economists, especially on current economic issues.

Besides Mr. Zhang Wuchang that I mention in my previous post,
below are some of the world renowned economists that have blogs or websites.

Gary Becker’s and Richard Posner’s blog:
blog

Nouriel Roubini’s blog:
blog

Paul Krugman’s blog:
blog

Joseph Stiglitz’s website:
website
His column in Project Syndicate:
link

Project Syndicate is also a website of treasure.

Economist: 张五常 Steven N.S. Cheung

Economists: 张五常 Steven N.S. Cheung
(His blog)
Strongly recommend :
张五常 Steven N.S. Cheung, a renowned economist with expertise in property rights, transaction cost etc.

Some compilations of his works (in chinese):
website

His blog and his articles are good read (and light-hearted too).

We will be able to gain insights on how property rights, transaction cost, supply and demand, methodology in economics theory are used in explaining and predicting real life outcome.

Some of his works are available in internet, in the format of PDF files or ebooks.