As I mentioned in a twitter post yesterday, I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal's Kelly Evans for a story she is doing on econ blogs. I have no idea what she will put in her story, but at one point she asked me why I started the blog, I gave her a number of reasons including that it provides a way to be officially on record with my forecasts, and also a place to showcase my views without having to worry about an editor killing a story.
I then told her there is also an unexpected benefit that I didn't realize would occur when I first started blogging, i.e., the comments left at this blog, and in private emails sent to me as a result of the blog, are overwhelmingly first class, intelligent comments that I learn a lot from. So commenters, give yourselves a quick round of applause and keep the comments coming
Funny, I was wondering whether to send this on. Given your encouragement, here it is:
ReplyDelete"Don't Monetize the Debt"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124303024230548323.html
This is right up your alley. I look forward to any comments you choose to make.