iMFdirect—Our Top 10 Posts

IMF Blog, August 22, 2011

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Authors: other blogs around the world, hundreds of people have provided comment, feedback, participated in constructive debate.
Published: August 22, 2011

Overview and context

Publication date: August 22, 2011.
Occasion: iMFdirect’s two-year lookback since the blog launch in August 2009.
Central observation: The compiled top posts "give a snapshot of some of the biggest challenges in the world economy" and many of those challenges "remain, in some ways, much the same today as two years ago."
Highlighted risk from John Lipsky’s outlook for 2011: listed as the No. 1 downside risk to the global economy — “Renewed turbulence in sovereign debt markets could spill over to the real economy and across regions.”

Outreach, contributors, and engagement

Contributor scale:
- "More than 200 posts from leading economists" over the two years.
- Contributors included "several Nobel Prize winners."
Distribution and interaction:
- Many posts "have been reproduced by other blogs around the world."
- "Hundreds of people have provided comment and feedback, and participated in constructive debate."
Editorial aim: "to stimulate debate about global economic issues and to open up discussion, through the blog, to a broader audience."

Top 10 posts by number of views

The iMFdirect posts that "have drawn the highest number of views":

1. Ten Commandments for Fiscal Adjustment in Advanced Economies 2. Rewriting the Macroeconomists’ Playbook in the Wake of the Crisis 3. Fair and Substantial—Taxing the Financial Sector 4. 2010 Outlook: New Year, New Decade, New Challenges 5. The Future of Macroeconomic Policy: Nine Tentative Conclusions 6. Nanjing and the New International Monetary System 7. Global Safety Nets: Crisis Prevention in an Age of Uncertainty 8. 2011—A Pivotal Year for Global Cooperation 9. Warning! Inequality May Be Hazardous to Your Growth 10. Thinking Beyond the Crisis: Themes from the IMF’s 10th Annual Research Conference

Invitation for reader input

Call to action: Readers are asked to "Let us know what you think and subjects you would like to discuss."
Specific prompts: "What would you like to see more of and what less of?"
Tone: Open invitation — "We welcome your views and comments."

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