Bernanke is a Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee.

Edited by its founder, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, a Lecturer in International Development at the University of York. According to its description, the blog “takes [a] critical approach to development economics” and is designed to foster debate and reflection among professionals—whether academics or practitioners—in the economic development field.

No-fills blog full of macroeconomic content and a list of economic blogs

Dedicated to understanding how the global economy was constructed, who constructed it, and the purpose of its construction. Discussions include how the market and the state interact, how this interaction is influenced by the shifting power of various groups, and how the rules of exchange are set politically. The Economic Historian is edited by Johnny Fulfer and Donni Wang, author of Before the Market: the Political Economy of Olympianism.

Short summaries or videos of current news

Views on this site are those of individual authors, not necessarily the views of other authors, nor the views of any author's employer.

Random Observations for Students of Economics by the Harvard's Department of Economics Chairperson

IMFBlog is a forum for the views of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and officials on pressing economic and policy issues of the day

Economists' Forum - some of the world's leading economists debate issues raised in FT columns by Martin Wolf, FT associate editor and chief economics commentator, Lawrence Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University.

American economist and professor of economics at Princeton University. He is a leading liberal voice in American policy debate and has been labeled one of the most influential academic thinkers in America. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 2008 in recognition for his work on international economics

Economic insight and analysis from The Wall Street Journal.

The Yale Program on Financial Stability’s mission is to create, disseminate, and preserve knowledge about financial crises. Four major projects are included: Systemic Risk Institute, New Bagehot, Global Financial Crisis, and the Financial Crises Archives

Tim Harford writes the Undercover Economist column, and was previously an economics leader writer for the FT. He first joined the newspaper as Peter Martin Fellow in 2003. Tim is the author of nine books, including the million-selling The Undercover Economist and most recently How To Make The World Add Up. He is also a regular presenter for BBC radio.