I am aware that I have posted a lot of blogs that focus on you, its reader, rather than on the topics the blog usually discusses over the last few weeks.
That has been the almost inevitable consequence of the work in redesigning and restructuring the blog, and then adding a lot of new features, such as the glossary at one level and ‘likes' and polls on another. Now there have been discussions on renaming the blog.
It is important to note in that case that this effort is yielding quite surprising results.
I have noticed this morning (whilst also partaking in an academic conference) that March 2023 is now the record month in the
history of this blog. With more than a day and a half to go this is the data:
The oddity is that the previous peaks were also all specific event focused. It was Luxleaks in 2014, the election in 2017, and furlough in 2020. There was no such event this month. The paper Danny Blanchflower and I published created the biggest read of the month, but the traffic was persistently high once polls began - and we have checked the data, and by themselves they do not distort it. Single days or posts have not created the peak this month: persistent readership has.
What has also been noticeable is the considerable increase in comments, many from new commentators.
The result has been record traffic that happened to also bring forward the 26 millionth read of the blog since it began in June 2006.
Thanks for reading. It is quite exciting to get the message out more widely.
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I’ve been following (and recommending) your blog for a number of years now but only recently started to post. When I first started to follow you a lot of what you wrote was well over my head but bit by bit I’ve started to get a grasp on some of the concepts you discuss and explain. I don’t have an accounting background but like to learn and you often have a knack of explaining things clearly. Although some things are still beyond my reach I’m still learning.
I’m not at the level of many of your followers/posters but I don’t feel as though I’m at the back of the class any more and often hear myself quoting your posts when talking about how we are conned regarding government accounting methods. I don’t always agree with some of your posts but my belief is and always will be that a discussion is an exchange of knowledge and an argument is an exchange of ignorance. Your blog alway has good discussions which we can either join in with or simply read and absorb, either way we have the opportunity to learn.
Keep up the good work Richard and people will continue to gravitate to your blog as many have already done… the word is spreading and your exposure is increasing. People are looking for and wanting to learn from a reliable source. You’re one of the few out there.
Thanks Terry
Appreciated and noted
How do we break into the US market. Start writing for the LA times? Maybe an MSNBC appearance?
I don’t know
I will leave that to Stephanie Kelton
What Terry said above, for the most part…
I seem to be dis-calculate in many respects where the understanding of how figures and finance work, but I find that your explanations help me to understand more of what should be outcomes of various policies.
Thank you, Richard.
Thanks