[igravious]

Personally, I like Mike Whitney (most recent article http://counterpunch.org/whitney01062011.html) more than Roubini. He's not so famous as Schiller but he's not afraid to connect the dots politically as well and call a wealth-based transfer from poor to rich class warfare when that is what it is.

He called the Great Recession many times from 2006 onwards, just dig through that site for his articles, like this way for instance (https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22by+mike+w...) - really, the guy is super cynical but nothing macroeconomic-wise escapes his beady eye.

[borism]

ugh, this guy seems to be nuts!

does he have any economic education at all?

also, his blog host seems to be unreachable.

[igravious]

Please don't be crude :) Yes, like a fine malt whiskey Mr. Whitney can go straight to your head. I never said that he was an economist mind you, just that his economic analysis is spot on and he was yelling "housing bubble!", "credit bubble!" as the regular economists were ignoring Roubini et al. Whitney is pessimistic but if you hadn't noticed there has been a lot to be pessimistic about for the last 5 years of irrational exuberance and recessionary times. Besides, he's an accessible and engaging writer. Take the time to go back to a few of his articles from years gone by to get a feeling about his track record and insight.