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[Michel Bauwens]

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A
Rough Guide to the EconoTwitterverse By Kelly Evans

Following last week’s guide to the
econoblogosphere<http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/07/16/a-readers-guide-to-the-econ-blogosphere/>,
we’ve received several requests to put together a similar guide to what
might be termed the “econoTwitterverse” – that is, the best way to follow
economics and the economy on Twitter <http://twitter.com/>.

The trouble is, it’s a bit like putting together a guide to econ blogs back
in 2003 – the space is still new, and there are only a handful of Twitterers
who consistently and reliably “tweet” about economics. Plus, one of the most
interesting ways to use Twitter is to follow an eclectic mix of people that
provide a sense of what’s happening in the economy in real-time – such as a
real-estate agent who’s seeing an uptick in first-time buyers, a baker
confronted with rising wheat prices, or a recent MBA grad who’s on the job
search. But we digress.

Below, we present a handful of Twitterers worth following – but it’s meant
solely as a starting point. For news, we recommend going straight to the
media sources listed below. For a bit of added analysis, interesting tidbits
and the occasional snark, there are a bunch of writers and reporters worthy
of a follow. The rest is sort of a grab bag.

Have we left anyone out? Let us know in the comments, or, of course,  via
Twitter <http://twitter.com/kelly_evans>– and we’ll update this in a month
or two.

*Media Sources: *The Journal has the main  WSJ
<http://twitter.com/WSJ>account and a specific feed for economic news
at
 WSJEconomy <http://twitter.com/WSJEconomy>. Also check out  The
Economist<http://twitter.com/theeconomist>,
Financial Times’s  USeconomy <http://twitter.com/ftuseconomy>, and NPR’s
Planet_Green <http://twitter.com/planet_green>.

*Journalists: *WSJ’s  Alan Murray <http://twitter.com/alansmurray>,  David
Wessel <http://twitter.com/davidmwessel>&  Kelly
Evans<http://twitter.com/kelly_evans>; The
Economist’s  Matthew Bishop <http://twitter.com/mattbish>&  Ryan
Avent<http://twitter.com/ryanavent>;
the New York Times’s  Michael Luo <http://twitter.com/michaelluo>,  Tim
O’Brien <http://twitter.com/timobriennyt>&  Catherine
Rampell<http://twitter.com/crampell>;
Washington Post blogger  Ezra Klein <http://twitter.com/ezraklein>; Reuters
blogger  Felix Salmon <http://twitter.com/felixsalmon>; Slate & Newsweek
columnist  Daniel Gross <http://twitter.com/grossdm>; Time columnist  Justin
Fox <http://twitter.com/justinmicklefox>. And two markets-focused Twitterers
we recommend: Clusterstock’s  John Carney <http://twitter.com/carney>and  Heidi
Moore <http://twitter.com/hnmoore>.

*Bloggers (N.B.: Most of these are automated feeds from their blogs, which
you may find repetitive): *You can find our twitter feed for Real Time
Economics at  WSJ_Econ <http://twitter.com/wsj_econ>, and check out  J.
Bradford DeLong <http://twitter.com/delong>, a professor at the University
of California at Berkeley;  MarkThoma <http://twitter.com/markthoma>, a
professor at the University of Oregon; Simon Johnson, former chief economist
at the International Monetary Fund and cofounder of  Baseline Scenario
<http://twitter.com/baselinescene>along with his coauthor James Kwak; and
two others that often relate to economics: investor and author  Paul
Kedrosky <http://twitter.com/pkedrosky>, and the excellent blog  Calculated
Risk <http://twitter.com/calculatedrisk>. The New York Times has feeds for
its  Economix <http://twitter.com/nytimeseconomix>and
Freakonomics<http://twitter.com/freakonomics>blogs.

*Academics: *This list includes academic economists whose Tweets are
original rather than automated from their blogs. “Dr. Doom” a.k.a. New York
University professor  Nouriel Roubini <http://twitter.com/nouriel>, George
Mason University professor (and cofounder of Marginal
Revolution<http://www.marginalrevolution.com/>)
 Tyler Cowen <http://twitter.com/tylercowen>; and New York University
development economist  William (Bill) Easterly<http://twitter.com/bill_easterly>
.

*Regional Fed News & Research: *The regional Fed banks are just starting to
Twitter, so you might want to add them to your list:
Minneapolis<http://twitter.com/minneapolisfed>,
 New York <http://twitter.com/nyfed_news>,
Cleveland<http://twitter.com/clevelandfed>,
 Philadelphia <http://twitter.com/philadelphiafed>, and
Richmond<http://twitter.com/Richmondfed>are so far up and running.

*Think Tanks: *Try starting with  Mises <http://twitter.com/mises>or the  Cato
Institute <http://twitter.com/catoinstitute> on the right, and the * **Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities <http://twitter.com/CenterOnBudget>* or the
 Urban Institute <http://twitter.com/urbaninstitute> on the left.



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