Dean Baker, Doug Henwood and Duncan Black. To the Edumures of Krugman, DeLong and Yglesias. Thoma is an honorable polymath giving respectable hearing to a variety of views.
Baker, Henwood and (I believe) Black keep the eye on the ball about the war against organized labor. Baker and Henwood especially. DeLong and Krugman are trained academics who for instance didn't discuss how Thatcher attacked labor. Yglesias has learned much from DeLong and Krugman and tends to kick teachers' unions and troll about the subject. Baker and Henwood are outside the academy, although Baker does get quoted in the New York Times and Baker's EPI gave Krugman an award recently. Baker and Henwood will often post how they aren't given due credit for getting things right and I think they are justified in their complaints.
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