On a whim, I invited Brad DeLong, former Clinton appointee and current Berkeley Econ prof, to be my friend on Orkut. I didn’t imagine that he’d accept, but he did! Now I can list myself as a fan!
It’s a strange day in this country when we have more than one celebrity economist. It’s a good day, I think. I mean, where are our priorities? Paris Hilton, Paul Krugman, Kobe Bryant, Brad Delong, Arianna Huffington… it’s good to know that there are at least a few public intellectuals out there.
Secretly Ironic 