Created 4/2/09
Our colleague Sarah Ball, progenitor of Newsweek's Pop Vox blog, said it best: "Introductory blog posts kind of make my skin crawl." We write. We link. We post. 'Nuff said. Welcome.
But there are already a lot of blogs out there on business, the economy, and, more specifically, the global financial crisis -- just take a… (more) gander at our blogroll to the left. One might reasonably ask: Why on earth do we need another?
Well, for one, a lot of the best commentary out there is being written by economists in their native tongue, a rare language known as financialese or econo-speak. We, on the other hand, think the English language is perfectly adequate. We're good translators, no Rosetta Stone program necessary (sorry, Michael), and plan to keep the technical gibberish to a minimum. For another, we're not your typical bloggers. We've got nothing against the stereotype of the pajama-clad geek tapping away in his basement. But with the ability to draw on Newsweek's smart, prolific team of reporters spanning the world from Beijing to Moscow, we think we're in a pretty good position to bring you the best, most urgent links, news, and analysis, no matter where they originate. And we have an overflowing stable of regular guests -- including experts like Joseph Stiglitz and Robert Schiller -- ready to jump in.
There are a lot of other reasons we think you'll want to add this blog to your RSS reader, but we'll let the posts speak for themselves. (less)
tim geithner,
africa,
g20,
latam,
breakfast buffet,
stimulus plans,
asia,
emerging markets,
eurozone,
the fed