Economists
What economists recommend, in their own words, each with a link to where they said it.
29 economists, most things first
- 46 thingsNoah SmithEconomics writer and author of the Noahpinion newsletter; former Bloomberg Opinion columnist.Maria Isabel, Prik Hom, Tiya, Mijoté, Ka Kai and 41 more
- 43 thingsTyler CowenEconomist at George Mason University and co-author of the blog Marginal Revolution.Wireheads: An Unnatural History of Technology in the Brain, From the Front Line, Stalingrad-Treblinka-Berlin 1941-1945, Servus: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire, James Joyce: A Political Life, The Cherokees in War & at Peace 1670-1840 and 38 more
- 19 thingsScott SumnerMonetary economist, emeritus professor at Bentley University, and author of the blog TheMoneyIllusion.About Dry Grasses, Evil Does Not Exist, Identification of a Woman, Labyrinths, Tales of Land and Sea and 13 more
- 14 thingsAndrew BatsonChina economy researcher in Beijing who writes about Chinese political economy, history and culture on his personal blog.Red Harvest, Orbital, Crossing to Safety, The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays, The Indian Ideology and 9 more
- 13 thingsTim HarfordEconomist, Financial Times columnist (“The Undercover Economist”) and presenter of the Cautionary Tales podcast.The Man From the Future, The Art of More, The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything, The Art of Fairness, Four Thousand Weeks and 8 more
- 11 thingsJason FurmanProfessor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard and former Chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers.After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People, The Wealth of Nations, Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success, Guns, Germs, and Steel, Our Dollar, Your Problem and 6 more
- 10 thingsArnold KlingEconomist; writes In My Tribe on Substack, and wrote The Three Languages of Politics.Basic Economics, Myths of Rich and Poor, Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life, Information Rules, The Use of Knowledge in Society and 5 more
- 9 thingsBranko MilanovicEconomist specialising in global income inequality; formerly lead economist in the World Bank research department, now at the CUNY Graduate Center.The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History, Peace and War, Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany, The Rebel's Clinic and 4 more
- 8 thingsBrad DeLongEconomics professor at UC Berkeley, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury, and author of Slouching Towards Utopia; writes the Grasping Reality newsletter.The Signal and the Noise, Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Freedom from the Market, gemma4:26b-a4b-it-q4_K_M, llama3.2:3b and 2 more
- 8 thingsBryan CaplanProfessor of economics at George Mason University and author of the Bet On It newsletter.Modern Times, For a New Liberty, Progressive Myths, ChatGPT, Unbeatable: The Brutally Honest Case for Free Markets and 3 more
- 8 thingsChris BlattmanEconomist and political scientist at the University of Chicago's Harris School, studying conflict, organised crime and development; author of Why We Fight.Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Taliban, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, In Service of the Republic and 3 more
- 8 thingsClaudia SahmEconomist and creator of the Sahm Rule recession indicator; writes the Stay-At-Home Macro newsletter.Decode Econ, Scott's Mixtape Substack, The Lens, DeLong's Grasping Reality Weblog , Apricitas Economics and 3 more
- 8 thingsDavis KedroskyEconomic historian writing on the Industrial Revolution and the origins of modern growth; author of the Great Transformations newsletter.The Great Divergence, The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, A Bridge Too Far, The European Miracle, The Lever of Riches and 3 more
- 8 thingsDietrich VollrathEconomist at the University of Houston; wrote Fully Grown, on why a slow-growing economy is a sign of success, and blogs at Growth Economics.Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic, The Roman Revolution, Romes Revolution: Death of the Republic and Birth of the Empire, From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68, Lives and 2 more
- 6 thingsJoseph PolitanoWriter of Apricitas Economics; data-driven analysis of economics, business, finance and public policy.The Argument, Home Economics, Understanding AI, The Overshoot, Commodity Context and 1 more
- 5 thingsAswath DamodaranProfessor of finance at NYU Stern School of Business, known for his work on valuation; writes the Musings on Markets blog.Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, What Investors Really Want, Chaos, Investment Philosophies, Applied Corporate Finance
- 5 thingsDiane CoyleBennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and author of GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History.Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers, If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future, Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles, Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?
- 5 thingsKyla ScanlonEconomic commentator and author of In This Economy?; writes and posts about how money and markets work.MacroMostly, Statecraft, Fabricated Knowledge, moontower: a stoner dad explains options trading to his kids, Apricitas Economics
- 5 thingsMartin WolfChief economics commentator at the Financial Times and author of The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism.Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World, Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty, Between Debt and the Devil: Money, Credit, and Fixing Global Finance, The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War
- 5 thingsOliver W. KimDevelopment economist; writes Global Developments, on growth, history and the numbers behind them.How Asia Works, The Strategy of Economic Development, The Elusive Quest for Growth, Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman, How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier
- 5 thingsSimon JohnsonRonald A Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan, former chief economist of the IMF, and co-author of 13 Bankers.A History of Interest Rates, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Why Nations Fail, Eclipse, Red Ink
- 4 thingsAlex TabarrokProfessor of economics at George Mason University, Bartley J. Madden Chair at the Mercatus Center, and co-author of the blog Marginal Revolution and the textbook Modern Principles of Economics.Enlightenment 2.0, Energy Transitions in Regulated Markets, Pressure, Modern Principles of Economics
- 4 thingsPaul KrugmanEconomist and Nobel laureate; wrote a New York Times column for 25 years and now publishes on Substack.Foundation Trilogy, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Being There, Jared Bernstein
- 2 thingsEli DouradoEconomist writing on why technological progress slowedFinite and Infinite Games, Snow Crash
- 2 thingsLant PritchettDevelopment economist; argues that letting people move to rich countries does more for the poor than aid, and wrote Let Their People Come.Growth and the Case Against Randomista Development, The History of England
- 2 thingsMark CarneyPrime Minister of Canada since March 2025; formerly governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England.Forward Guidance, Canada Strong Pass
- 2 thingsRobin HansonEconomist at George Mason University; writes Overcoming Bias; author of The Age of Em and The Elephant in the Brain.The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter, Fossil Future
- 1 thingAdam ToozeEconomic historian at Columbia; writes Chartbook on economics, geopolitics and history, and wrote Crashed and The Deluge.Central Banking and Financialization: A Romanian Account of how Eastern Europe became Subprime
- 1 thingSamuel HammondSenior economist at the Foundation for American Innovation; writes Second Best, and was the Niskanen Center's director of social policy before that.Following the Rules: Practical Reasoning and Deontic Constraint