Anonymous heterodox blogs outpaced named economists in post-crisis insight

Evidence

Some of the better quasi-anonymous independent blogs turned out to be more informative in general, such as Yves Smith’s nakedcapitalism.com, and the blog of my colleague David Ruccio at http://anticap.wordpress.com/. Some of the greater disappointments have been figures like Mark Thoma, who has written critical things from time to time on his blog, but turned more orthodox than the Pope when pressed: see http://thebrowser. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 2033

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Paid professional staff displaced amateur bloggers in the attention economy — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 969; Early blogs remixed Reader’s Digest publishing with conversational cross-linking — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 903

Broader Connections

• Paid professional staff displaced amateur bloggers in the attention economy #contradicts (0.78) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 969
• Early blogs remixed Reader’s Digest publishing with conversational cross-linking #expands (0.72) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 903