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What the Heroes of Blogging Have Accomplished
In my biased and not so humble opinion, the world of finance blogs has grown into having a surprisingly large impact on modern finance.
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Noah Smith is an interesting fellow. Sporting a background in physics from Stanford University, he is an assistant finance professor at my alma mater, Stony Brook University. He is also fluent in Japanese, and can be found in Japan when classes are not in session.
If that background isn't eclectic enough, he writes a thought provoking webblog called Noahpinion. I first took notice of it about two years ago, mostly because it is more relevant to investors than the typical writings of most academics.