Ryan Avent is Online Economics Editor for The Economist, and the primary contributor to Free Exchange (you can see which posts are his by visiting or subscribing to his all post feed). His work has appeared at Condé Nast Portfolio, the Atlantic, the Guardian, the American Prospect, the Washington Independent, the Washington Examiner, Streetsblog, Grist, DCist, and probably some other places. Sometimes he twitters at @ryanavent. You can reach him at ryanavent (at) gmail (dot) com.