Moving

Just a quick announcement: taking advantage of falling prices, I've opened a new shop, over at http://jonahgelbach.blogspot.com/. Not sure how often I'll post; I guess the subtitle is a good guide.

Thanks to all those who've read this blog, and my posts on it. Thanks especially also to Don Pedro for his indulgence in inviting me to contribute.

See ya when I see ya.

JG

A Must See: President Obama's Final Words at the Campaign Staff Ball

This was from Wednesday night at the DC Armory, during the final official inaugural event:



A couple clarifications: 1) Neither I nor any of the other econ4obama bloggers was on the campaign staff. 2) Despite the open bar, I wasn't drunk when I shot this video! It's jittery because I was holding my little camera high above my head amidst a very excited crowd.

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The Need for Stimulus

From this morning, here's a good discussion on the stimulus in a radio interview which includes James Galbraith. In many ways I think of this as Jamie's moment: he's always been a relentless scholar and advocate for Keynes, and we're all very much Keynesians now.

Paul Krugman and Mark Thoma are also good source for discussion of the stimulus.