*Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above (we claim no affiliation), and others who helped to liberalize Latin American economies.
 
 

 

An Odd(?) Recommendation

Posted by Dan from Madison on January 6th, 2009 (All posts by Dan from Madison)

I am usually loathe to recommend anything remotely related to the NY Times or even link there*, but the Freakonomics Blog is very good reading, and the comments are usually very civil, intelligent and interesting.

*My main reasons are the terrible editorial pages and the fact that they will not renounce the Duranty Pulitzer.