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Our Most Widely Ignored Public Intellectuals
A prophet, says the Bible, is not without honor save in his own country. As the most prestigious economic dissenters of this era, Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman form a category of two: astonishingly prescient, widely read, and largely ignored by those in power.
Both won Nobel Prizes for their early virtuoso technical economic work. Stiglitz's research, starting in the late 1960s, showed that markets do not follow the standard economic model of efficient competition, because a buyer or seller often has access to privileged information. Stiglitz enriched the well-established idea that transactions have hidden costs or benefits to the wider society. These "externalities," he demonstrated, are not exceptional but pervasive. This insight applied particularly to the environment, where transactions are so often free to the polluter and costly to the planet.
Krugman, in the late 1970s, did pioneering research challenging the orthodox conception of international trade. Where most economists dating back to David Ricardo in 1817 had viewed trade patterns as based on the natural comparative advantage of nations, Krugman demonstrated that governments could create competitive advantages through strategic measures to develop export industries. Still, Krugman was more sanguine about markets then, and he distanced himself from those advocating that the U.S. embrace explicit industrial policies to promote manufacturing.
Both Stiglitz and Krugman are, in the somewhat overused term, public intellectuals. Both received their Nobels during the George W. Bush era for work done decades earlier, in part because the Swedish Nobel Committee wanted to empower critics of American conservatism. The Nobels gave them additional luster and made them harder to dismiss. With views on the edge of respectability, both are scrupulously careful to avoid error.
Each still spends substantial time teaching, Krugman at Princeton and Stiglitz at Columbia. Krugman, of course, devotes most of his non-academic efforts to writing a twice-weekly column as well as a blog for The New York Times. Stiglitz's main extracurricular activity is trying to change the world via globe-trotting meetings with national leaders, conferences and projects at an institute he founded at Columbia and in collaboration with other progressive think tanks, and work taken on for various agencies of the United Nations.
Of the two, Stiglitz has been the more unorthodox throughout his career. His radicalizing experience was working in the Clinton administration, where he regularly crossed swords with economic policy czar and later Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Rubin's protégé Lawrence Summers on everything from environmental issues to banking regulation. He was appointed in 1993 to the Clinton Council of Economic Advisers, where a key patron and ally was Vice President Al Gore, who admired Stiglitz's environmental work. Elevated to council chair in 1995, Stiglitz in 1997 became chief economist of the World Bank, a position typically filled at the pleasure of the U.S. government. There, he did not hesitate to criticize U.S. policies on Third World debt and development. He had several public disagreements with Summers, and his position became untenable.
By contrast, Krugman's only work in government was a sabbatical at the Council as a professional staffer in the Reagan years. In the mid-1990s, while still mainly a technical economist at MIT, Krugman concluded that Americans just didn't understand economics. It annoyed him that non-economist crackpots of the right and left were gaining a hearing as serious thinkers. So he systematically set out to write for a broad audience. He proved to be good at it, contributing to The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harper's, Slate, and The American Prospect as well as writing popular books.
When the Times offered Krugman a job as a staff columnist in 1999, the editors were expecting an articulate, moderately liberal economist expert at translating economic topics to a general readership. What they got was America's pre-eminent progressive polemicist. Krugman's radicalizing experience was George W. Bush. His choice not to pull punches has caused some detractors to criticize him as shrill. In a 2005 farewell column, then–Times Public Editor Daniel Okrent wrote that Krugman has "the disturbing habit of shaping, slicing and selectively citing numbers in a fashion that pleases his acolytes but leaves him open to substantive assaults." Okrent provided no documentation for the assertion. It's not clear that a more circumspect Krugman would have more direct impact on national policy: He is marginalized for the content, not the tone.
Yet influence can be exerted in more than one way. Krugman is closely read at the White House, and I'd like to believe that his views give ammunition to the administration's budget doves and regulatory hawks. Both men have prior relationships with several senior officials. Former budget chief Peter Orszag was a student of Stiglitz's. Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chair, and Alan Krueger, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, are former Krugman colleagues at Princeton. Stiglitz has immense impact on thinking about economic development, though mostly outside the United States; his influence at home operates circuitously, through the actions and diplomatic demands of foreign governments. The two, though not close, respect each other's work. Both men, with large audiences, influence the broad public's grasp of economics, though that has yet to translate into policy.
Taken together, Stiglitz and Krugman occupy something like the indispensable role that John Maynard Keynes played in the period between 1919 and his death in 1946. Keynes's sheer intellect and deftness at translating abstruse economics into wry English won him a wide readership. In a time like our own, when austerity was peddled as the cure for depression, his was the voice in the wilderness whose theoretical insights about the need for public outlays to maintain demand kept being vindicated by events.
Yet except for the accident of massive wartime deficit spending and a burst of practical influence late in life, when Keynes designed a new international monetary system for the postwar era, his ideas were purged of their radicalism by governments and economists alike. In recent decades, mainstream economics has turned his broad theories of the instability of capitalism into a cookbook on the occasional usefulness of deficits, while too many policymakers have reverted to a pre-Keynesian obsession with budget balance.
In this orthodox climate, Stiglitz and Krugman are excluded much as Keynes was. The practical reforms that logically flow from their ideas would include drastically increasing regulation of finance, creating a medley of measures to promote equality, and massively increasing public spending. None of this has been on the table for a Democratic president since Lyndon Johnson.
In their new books, Krugman and Stiglitz both argue that the income distribution in America is outrageous, with economic as well as social consequen-ces. Krugman, in End This Depression Now!, a primer on how Keynesian economics applies to today's circumstances, offers a smart explanation of why the dynamics of this slump are reminiscent of the 1930s, with a downward spiral of depressed purchasing power reinforced by debt overhangs, especially in housing. In fact, Krugman first warned of the risk of "the return of depression economics" in his 1999 book by that title, which dealt in part with Japan's deflationary slump. Here he unpacks the central role of deregulated finance and exotic speculation in the current crash, drawing on the late economist Hyman Minsky's work on the fragility of financial systems. Krugman argues that a moderate dose of inflation would be preferable to prolonged depression, and he's right.
Stiglitz, delivering on his title, The Price of Inequality, catalogs the economic inefficiencies caused by an extreme income distribution. The mega-rich can't spend all of their income; depressed aggregate demand causes high unemployment; human potential is wasted; corporations rig competitive markets to reap monopoly profits; the immensely wealthy engage in speculation rather than productive investment. As the political system mirrors the economy's inequality, financial elites keep their thumbs on the scale of policy. The result, writes Stiglitz, is "our under-investment in the common good."
Though similar in their basic views, Stiglitz and Krugman are not interchangeable. Stiglitz's particular interest these days is in global poverty, debt relief, and Third World development. Krugman, as a close student of strategic trade, is more inclined to criticize China as a violator of trade rules, whereas Stiglitz tends to view the Chinese as a largely successful and deserving case of reduced Third World poverty. Stiglitz also has more of an environmental focus than Krugman. There's little in either of these books that the other author wouldn't endorse, but each adds his own value.
Curiously, temperate economists of the sort appointed to serve in Democratic administrations agree with most of this critique at the level of economic theory. None would deny that the income distribution is a disgrace with macroeconomic consequences. There is little doubt that unregulated financial markets set off calamitous crashes, or that the economy is filled with Stiglitz's "asymmetries" of information, leading to inefficient outcomes. As Stiglitz observes, "No large nation has ever used austerity as a strategy of economic recovery." Most moderately liberal economists accept that truth, too. Even Larry Summers has been writing op-eds on it.
If these eminent thinkers are at the edge of economic orthodoxy, why are they marginalized within the corridors of power? One reason is that politics, not surprisingly, tends to get personal. Both Stiglitz and Krugman have decided to air their views in public rather than operating as discreet outside members of a kitchen cabinet, as former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker has. (Despite Volcker's greater discretion, his views are mostly honored in the breach, too.) Stiglitz, even more than Krugman, has not been shy about criticizing Summers and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner by name, and the disfavor has been richly returned. Though Krugman's column praises the Obama administration when the president gives Krugman half a reason to do so, the White House accurately perceives him and Stiglitz as off-message and part of the opposition.
More fundamental to their marginalization is the relative radicalism of what Krugman and Stiglitz are advocating in our conservative era, one in which even Democratic presidents have done little to reverse unconstrained finance, shrunken government, and deepening inequality. To embrace their wisdom would require something close to a political revolution. So two of our most lauded economists remain prophets with little power to change events. America would be a far healthier country if they broke through.
Mon, 2012-06-04 15:58
One area you did not cover in this piece is how accurate a forecaster Krugman in particular has been. I think many Democrats and liberals have felt uncomfortable with his alarmist and sometimes bombastic columns during the Bush administration and early Obama years. But he has turned out to be pretty much right on most matters, especially the housing bubble, insufficient size of the stimulus package, and the myth that cutting government spending would instill confidence and initiate economic recovery.
Perhaps some research that "scored" how these two economists have done at predicting the effects of recent economic policies vs. a selection of more mainstream economists is in order to demonstrate their track record.
Mon, 2012-06-04 21:26
Krugman's pleas for additional stimulus and debt are falling on deaf ears because Europe is providing the example of where we are headed if we keep up the "broken window" spending.
Henry Hazlitt, who discredited Keynes thoroughly in the 1950's, explained through his broken window allegory that funds diverted to projects which are not selected by free markets are a net loss to the economy.
Krugman's Keynesian dogma is not only unintuitive, it's been proven wrong many times by many solid studies. It's so wrong that one can't help but think it's a deliberate attempt to cause a general collapse of the banking system so that government has an emergency pretext for taking control of all major industries, as was attempted by Obama in the wake of the 2008 collapse. "Never let a crisis go to waste" as Rahm Emmanuel famously said.
Krugman is a Fabian socialist who is salivating over the possibility of causing this fiscal crisis and getting closer to his utopian paradise of egalitarian tyranny. The problem is that too many people are alive today who saw what happened in the Soviet empire and Maoist China: 100 million dead by mass execution, enslavement, or deliberate starvation. That is the result of killing free markets, but Krugman and many other Fabians still somehow believe there is a way to equalize without genocide. This fantasy needs to be killed before millions of real people are.
I think his ideas are terrorizing him. We need to save him. We need to hire a Psychic Seal Team to hypnotize him, go into his subconscious during the night, shoot all his collectivist ideas dead, and bury them in a philosophical unmarked grave.
Tue, 2012-06-05 00:18
@coachpanto: oh my. Europe is in fact providing ample proof that Krugman and Stiglitz are absolutely correct and that people like you are totally and completely wrong. With the exception of Greece, who really was irresponsible, is not a story of government profligacy. In fact, the countries suffering most (Spain and Ireland) are the ones who were paragons of virtue prior to the crisis. In fact, they were better even than the Germans! What's happening in Europe is really quite simple: Spain, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, etc. all imported German (and to some extent French) monetary policy when the euro come into being. Too easy money inflated gigantic housing bubbles. The private sector took on huge debts to finance future returns that would never materialize because along came the 2008 financial crisis and the bubble burst. Now debtors are trying to pay down debts, and of course not everyone can do that. It''s not a family, it's an economy. My spending is your income, and vice versa. It just makes us all poorer. On top of it, by being stuck on the euro the periphery has no means to adjust. except through grinding deflation and 30%+ unemployment as far as the eye can see.
The solution is simple: the public sector must step into the breach and fill the hole in demand left by the private sector. They must do this until full employment is restored and there is inflationary pressure again. When that happens, THEN the public sector can pull back . In the case of Europe, there is an additional requirement for the some kind of fiscal union. Basically German taxpayers are going to have to pay for unemployed Spanish workers benefits.
If they don't do these things the euro will come crashing down on itself, and if that happens, God help us all. It'll make Lehman look like a walk in the park, and I for one am not at all sanguine about the Feds ability to save the world under those circumstances.
Tue, 2012-06-05 19:11
1. Agree that financial crisis and easy money accelerated Ireland and Spain's failures. And even assuming that the govts didn't give implicit backing to the bad loans, is bailing them out going to solve the problem? Is printing Euros gong to solve it? No, at best it will stagnate the economy with distorted prices and zombie banks that only loan to cronies like it has here and in Japan for many more years than necessary. Can you say "lost 3 decades"?
2. "It''s not a family, it's an economy. My spending is your income, and vice versa. It just makes us all poorer." This is Kindergarten Zero-Sum Econ. It's true that more save in a recession, but some defect from that fear and spend when prices deflate. Your math can only work if you assume zero wealth is created in any trade. This zero sum fallacy is the number one propaganda tool of the Collectivist Left. Check out your TV. In Wisconsin, the public union jig is up.
3. "the public sector must step into the breach and fill the hole in demand left by the private sector. They must do this until full employment is restored and there is inflationary pressure again. When that happens, THEN the public sector can pull back". This is not only broken window spending writ large, it implies you want then to print Euro's and spam them all over the place. This is criminal counterfeiting, which will create more price distortion and deter more investment and entrench more oligarchs. Can't wait to kiss the ring of Jeffrey Immelt.
4. "Basically German taxpayers are going to have to pay for unemployed Spanish workers benefits." This is not just silly collectivist altruism, it's national suicide. Can we agree that being your brother's keeper can end when your brother drains your bank account and shags your wife?
5. "the euro will come crashing down,...I for one am not at all sanguine about the Feds ability to save the world under those circumstances." Good and good. Taking the bad medicine now is better than waiting until there is a simultaneous and complete collapse of the inflated Euro and the inflated Dollar simultaneously. That is where Keynesian spending and borrowing and printing leads. Then we will have millions dead as law and military people will not be paid, and warlords will set up perimenters and run checkpoints and carryout massacres to raid whatever foodstuffs are left. Other than that, Keynesianism is a pretty good idea with beautiful egalitarian intentions. Two stars for happy thoughts!
Wed, 2012-06-06 19:18
coachpanto wrote,
2."Your math can only work if you assume zero wealth is created in any trade. This zero sum fallacy is the number one propaganda tool of the Collectivist Left."
You follow the classical, neoclassical and Austrian error of conflating "wealth" with "money". Nobody is denying that value or wealth is usually created in trades. I pay you $10 for your used lamp. You "value" the $10 more than you value the lamp, so you gain in "wealth". I value the lamp more than I value the $10, so I gain in wealth. Our trade has made us both wealthier. BUT THERE IS STILL ONLY $10 OF "MONEY" IN THE EQUATION.
Debts are not denominated in "wealth". They are denominated in "money". If I borrowed $10 to buy the lamp, I cannot repay that $10 of money with the additional "wealth" I feel I made in the trade. I have to pay with money. And if the money value of the lamp is only $10 to a buyer who is willing to part with his money, then the only way I can repay my debt is to sell the lamp for $10 and LOSE the additional "wealth" that I felt I'd gained in the transaction.
Money is numbers, and numbers obey the rules of arithmetic. Addition and subtraction is a zero sum function. In our trade you gained $10 of money only because I lost $10 of money. My spending of $10 becomes your income of $10. The economy had that $10 of money before we did our deal, and the economy still has the same $10 of money after our deal is completed and the money has changed hands. There is no additional money created by our trade, even though each of us feels we have increased our wealth.
Your economic logic assumes we are bartering goods values. In fact we are doing no such thing. I did not "trade" $10 "worth of" potatos for your lamp. I "paid" $10 of money. We were not "bartering" over how many potatos the lamp is "worth". By producing potatos I added exactly zero "money" into our economy, though I did add "wealth", and if we don't use money then I can trade my wealth for your wealth and we can both feel better off from the trade.
But in fact we are not trading. We are buying and selling stuff "for money". Producing real wealth like potatos and lamps produces no "money". Money is created by the institution called "banking", in a process that is entirely separate from what goes on in a farmer's field or a lamp factory. Outside of the banks where money is created as loans of newly minted bank deposit balances, money does not multiply itself. Money is added to the seller equally as it is subtracted from the buyer. It is a zero sum equation. Krugman is finally beginning to understand that a real world money economy works by zero sum arithmetic, my spending is your income, whereas a classical or neoclassical or Austrian imaginary barter economy works by "creating value". Welcome to the real world of monetary arithmetic.
Bill Neil
Tue, 2012-06-05 11:29
I would agree with most of this assessment, including the relationship of our two Nobels to this administration. Yet there is something missing and a recent Krugman column in May of 2012 helps explain what it is. I include a passage from the last section of my essay "The Costs of 'Creative Destruction': Wendell Berry vs. Gene Sperling." A good part of this essay, which is a small book of 110 pages, is also devoted to the underestimation of "automation" by mainstream economists, and on this topic I would include Krugman, but can't speak about Stiglitz on that issue.
"It may help to clarify where most of these "progressive economists" stand, and how accepting they are of most of the dominant features of the economic system, by understanding what the phrase "structural problem" has come to mean in today's economic discussions. Paul Krugman's column of May 11, 2012, "Easy Useless Economics," offers a pretty good illustration of the problem here at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/opinion/krugman-easy-useless-economics.html
It begins with a discussion of a paper claiming that America's high unemployment rate "had deep structural roots in the economy and wasn't amenable to any quick solution. The author's diagnosis was that the U.S. economy wasn't flexible enough to cope with rapid technological change." It turns out the paper was from 1939, and the complaining economist was against unemployment insurance and thus the term structural problem had already taken on its current usage in economics: that labor markets and workers weren't being flexible enough; the economy needs skill "X" but workers have skill "Y." Krugman goes on to shred the idea that there are structural unemployment problems of this type in his usual way, by stating that if this were true, we would expect to see "a, b and c" - but we don't - steering his column to the grand refutation that there weren't structural problems either in 1939 or 2012, because the old ones, like the alleged current ones, were symptoms of inadequate demand, and were rapidly cured – in two years – by the proper, massive scope of Keynesian demand creation, the military preparations for World War II.
But what Krugman doesn't tell his readers about is the historical shift of the context surrounding the term "structural problem." Once the term was central to the vocabulary mainly of progressive critics of capitalism, even here in the U.S.: the populists of the late 19th century and the progressives of the first decades of the 20th. It's close to the heart of the message of Alan Brinkley's book about The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War (1995). Brinkley is drawing a contrast between the ideas circulating in the early New Deal, and a major shift that emerged after the recession of 1937-38, which turned into a more resigned attitude to the flaws of capitalism, and which sought to contain them by working the levers of fiscal policy rather than intervening directly in its structures. Here's what the original meaning was:
"One broad assumption was particularly important to the early New Deal notion of reform, just as it had been of special importance to most American reformers since early in the twentieth century: the assumption that the nation's greatest problems were rooted in the structure of modern industrial capitalism and that it was the mission of government to deal somehow with the flaws in that structure."
Chief among liberal and progressive complaints about the flawed structures of capitalism were its strong tendencies to oligopoly and monopoly, its overproduction and imbalances between demand and supply (almost always too little demand) and imbalances between sectors, as I have been stressing in this paper, and the sheer chaos released by creative destruction and technological change, to be countered by planning and co-operative structures – and public employment programs like the CCC and WPA, and whole regions where these efforts were pulled together in vast public works programs, mainly in the South and West, like TVA and the rural electric co-operatives.
I have argued in this essay, implicitly at least, that we ought to consider the impacts of technological change, including automation and its displacement of the work force, and its psychological demands and stresses upon individuals and communities, as one of the main structural faults of capitalism, walking just on the other side of the street named "abundance" from the positive effects of greater efficiency and new technologies. I believe that most mainstream economists, including many of the progressives I have listed just above, underestimate it scope and impact, hoping, and believing, that sufficient demand can overcome its effects without the type of interventions that the early New Deal offered, or the sweeping change in processes, scales and goals being called for by Klein, Berry, Daly, and before them Christopher Lasch (See his The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics, 1991). In several ways, then, these progressive left economists could benefit from the insights and questions raised by the most sophisticated Marxist analysts, like Harvey, who can see structural problems in the very glories of capitalism's most sacred interior processes."(That's David Harvey, author of The Enigma of Capitalism, The Condition of Postmodernity, the two I cover the most extensively in my essay; but he has written much else.) But I have to wonder if Robert Kuttner can cross that line to consider him seriously. I include him not for his Marxism , but rather for his breadth of scope.
A fuller discussion of the "economic left" and its economists is contained in Part IV of the Essay, subtitled "The American Left in the 2nd Great Crisis of Capitalism, 2008...????
Tue, 2012-06-05 22:15
Bill Neil
Tue, 2012-06-05 14:27
I should make explicit, what is only implicit in the title of my essay just above, "The Costs of Creative Destruction": Wendell Berry vs. Gene Sperling," that Wendell Berry could fit into Mr. Kuttner's title and theme very well.
What's that you say, wasn't Berry awarded the nation's hightest award in the humanities, the invitation to deliver the Jefferson Lecture at the Kennedy Center on April 23rd, 2012, which he did? Yes, now try Googling "Wendell Berry, Jefferson Lecture, 2012," and see how many serious journals or newspapers covered him. The food editor at the NY Times did; First Things in Princeton did; The American Spectator did...and who else? Good luck with that.
And Berry's lecture was about the economy, and not just the rural one which has been the focus of so much of his lifetime's work; he's bumped the generalization level up to the point where he says that "the nation and its economy will conquer and destroy the country." Now what in the world does he mean by that? Doubt Krugman or Stiglitz could answer it.
Thu, 2012-06-07 00:43
The Nation and its unchecked militarism and incarcerationism are destroying the country, places far away from D.C. (where I hear money is everywhere).
Places far from D.C. are going to have to get creative.
Local Depression scrip is still traded on the internet. We could look at some of that for inspiration.
Say, did you hear about the engineering student the DEA locked up for five days and forgot? He was in kidney failure when they finally remembered about the cell they put him in. His lawyer says he will sue the feds for $20 million. He should get something for the torture, but the feds limit their liability.
If we ended all the crazy wars, incarceration schemes and subsidy-seeking, we could start to recover from our nightmares.
Krugman and Stiglitz get plenty of attention. Krugman's refrain is the same, over and over, and still he gets plenty of print. What he does not effectively address is corruption, consolidation, militarism, and the incarceration nightmare. Having the government float more lucre does not address these issues.
Don Steele
Thu, 2012-06-07 12:32
Warren Buffet states that significant changes have occurred in the past and in record time due to the weight of public opinion, but neglected to mention how that opinion was gathered. Being a senior I can recall fair media, that peoples champion, that conscience of nations with history of inspiring citizens to use overwhelming public opinion to force change. Maybe Warren has media plans!
John Steinsvold
Fri, 2012-06-08 23:02
An Alternative to Capitalism (if the people knew about it, they would demand it)
Several decades ago, Margaret Thatcher claimed: "There is no alternative".
She was referring to capitalism. Today, this negative attitude still persists.
I would like to offer an alternative to capitalism for the American people to consider. Please click on the following link. It will take you to an essay titled: "Home of the Brave?" which was published by the Athenaeum Library of Philosophy:
John Steinsvold
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."~ Albert Einstein
Hey There
Sun, 2012-06-10 22:56
Technological change is a part of it, sending jobs overseas is another,and some members of congress intent on decreasing the number of government workers even at expense to public service is another reason.
An example of this is HR2309 and S1789 , the first bill introduced by Issa and the second by Lieberman.
After setting the USPS up for financial failure by passing the PAEA which required the USPS to fund 75 years of retiree benefits in 10 at 5.5 Billion a year, the proposed solutions of HR2309 and S1789 is to push 100,00 employees out, cut compensation for their injured workers, increase control of passage of union contracts,cut service to the public by closing smaller post offices,and slowing mail delivery by closing 200+ Distribution Centers.
It is a direct attack on workers employed by the USPS that is NOT supported by taxes, but had it's costs covered by income until 2006 when Congress passed the PAEA .
Congress caused the problem and SOME members of Congress are "working hard" to "Save and Reform the USPS" by putting it on the road to privatization
with lower paid workers and less service to the public.
Tue, 2012-07-10 16:43
I fully agree with your selection of economists, but a thousand times more beneficial and educational to Americans, nine to ninty, would be to read the works of the following: HOWARD ZINN, NOAM CHOMSKY, RICHARD DAWKINS, CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, LAWRENCE KRASS, NINA JOBLONSKI. While there are a few others, finish the above and the TRUTH will set you free. Then all that will remain to be done is to figure out how to get all the rats out of Washington, DC and Wall Street.
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No one is born knowing how to file down rings or torque down main caps, so there's nothing wrong with being an engine-building virgin. Who cares if your more experienced gearhead buddies might bust your chops about it? We all have to start somewhere, and with enough research and practice, you'll be able to smoke those fools with a kickin' engine combination that you built with your own two hands. Perhaps the greatest attribute of Chevy small- and big-blocks isn't so much their prolific horsepower potential, but rather how easy and affordable they are for anyone to build right in your own garage. As hot rodders, the urge to plan and execute your first engine build is only natural; however, knowledge is the best defense against making costly mistakes. Fortunately, help is only a couple of paragraphs away.
In reality, explaining how to build an engine one step at a time is beyond the scope of any single magazine story. Instead, we'll walk you through the logistics process that every engine build must go through before a single wrench is turned. The first step involves establishing a budget, then determining horsepower and streetability targets. From there, it's a matter of deciding upon a cubic-inch tally that best suits your needs, then selecting a block, rotating assembly, camshaft, valvetrain, and cylinder heads to make it all happen. Then comes the fun part: turning a pile of parts into a running engine. As anyone who has ever built a motor will attest, there's nothing like cracking the throttle on an engine you built yourself for the very first time.
Instead of masquerading as engine builders, we acknowledged our status as scribes, and tapped into the expertise of Smeding Performance. The company has been building turnkey crate motors for over 20 years, and boasts an impressive product line ranging from 360hp small-blocks to 900hp-blown big-blocks. Smeding Performance builds more engines in one week than most hot rodders build in their life, and as such, it has a wealth of insight and expert tips in its data bank to share with enthusiasts.
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Race motors are interesting specimens of engineering that boast insane horsepower. The only thing more insane is how much they cost to build, and the amount of maintenance they require. Sure, it's easy to be wowed by the 11,000-plus rpm that NHRA Pro Stock engines turn while producing nearly 3 hp per cubic inch. However, the only reason teams must abuse their motors so thoroughly by turning so many rpm is due to rules and restrictions that limit maximum displacement. The good news for street cars is that there is no sanctioning body that limits the number of cubic inches you can pack into your street machine. Since larger motors produce more torque, and horsepower is nothing more than torque multiplied by rpm, they can make the same horsepower as smaller displacement motors without having to turn as many rpm. The net effect of keeping the rpm down is vastly improved valvetrain reliability, smoother idle quality, and the ability to run taller gearing for more relaxed freeway cruising and increases in fuel mileage. Likewise, turning fewer rpm means that you can get by with a less aggressive camshaft, which substantially improves driveability in addition to fattening up low and midrange torque. Consequently, if you use the largest cubic-inch short-block that you can afford as the foundation for your engine build, it's hard to go wrong. "Our goal is to design a motor to be as efficient as possible for the rpm range we want to run it in, then to use the best cylinder heads available," Ben Smeding explains. "That way, you don't need to run a big cam, which makes an engine combination much more streetable."


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Calgary, AB (SportsNetwork.com) - The Calgary Flames have re-signed center Paul Byron to a one-year contract.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Byron appeared in 47 games for the Flames last season and compiled career highs of seven goals, 14 assists and 21 points.
The 25-year-old Ottawa native made his NHL debut during the 2010-11 season with Buffalo and was traded to Calgary in June 2011. He has 11 goals and 29 points in 81 NHL games for the Sabres and Flames.


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Friday, April 5, 2013
Review: Bontrager Race X Lite TLR Wheelset
The first time I tried tubeless tires was about ten years ago. I had purchased a top of the line pair of Bontrager mountain bike wheels. These were the ones with the Chris King hubs and the ceramic coated rims. These wheels were, and still are, hot stuff, but I wanted to try tubeless. So I marched into my local bike shop and asked what I needed to do to go tubeless. To my surprise, they sold me a pair of simple plastic rim strips that were designed to make my wheels to tubeless compatible. I easily inserted the rim strip, which required no adhesive, and never used a mountain bike tube again. The rim strip goes from bead hook to bead hook, and has the appropriate valve hole as well. And, it is removable and reusable when a spoke needs replacement.
Flash forward ten years, and I have just received a pair of Bontrager Race X Lite TLR road wheels and TLR tires (look for a review of these tires here soon). TLR stands for Tubeless Ready, and they come with the exact same plastic strip as I still use on my Bontrager mountain bike wheels.
And do you know what? It works as good on my road bike today as it did on my mountain bike over the last ten years.
Unlike conversion strips, there is no time consuming installation to worry about, it just pops on. And it only gets easier from there. I then proceeded to quickly install a the included Bontrager tubeless valve and a pair of Bontrager TLR Road tires. In fact, I was able to inflate the tires with a hand pump instead of a compressor.
Some background
The company's namesake Keith Bontrager, was a pioneer in mountain bike tubeless tires. Nevertheless, the company, now owned by Trek, made some early missteps in the area of road tubeless. The company hoped it would find success by re-branding tires from another manufacturer for use with wheels from a third party. When this strategy did not meet their expectations, the old product was pulled and they went back to the drawing board.
Their new TLR line contains three dedicate road tubeless wheelsets, the entry level Race TLR, the mid level Race Lite TLR, and their top of the line Race X Light TLR.
My impressions
Several things jumped out at me about the Race X Lite TLR wheels. At 23mm, the rims are wider than most road clinchers, usually 19-21 mm wide. The result is that the tires have a greater volume and width when inflated. Therefore, cornering is naturally enhanced. There is a reason that road racing motorcycles have such wide tires.
Next, I noticed that while wide, these rims are not very deep or pointy. The 23mm wide rim and and 23mm wide Bontrager TLR tires I tested had a cross section that might look like that of an egg, In contrast, I would describe most aerodynamic clinchers wheels and tires have these days as having a cross section like a big scoop of ice cream on a pointy cone. So with Bontrager's design, you get a wider, more stable feel without really sacrificing weight.
Another interesting feature of these wheels is what Bontrager calls "Locally reinforced spoke nodes [that] reduce rim weight without sacrificing strength." Translation: there is extra aluminum around the spoke holes where you need it, and less material between the spokes where you don't.
These wheels feature 18 spoke front and 24 spoke rear DT 14/17 bladed spokes in a straight pull configuration.
In fact, these are the same Shimano/SRAM compatible, 10/11 speed hubs featured on their Aeolus line of carbon rimmed wheels, which retail for over $2,000 a pair.
Few downsides
I really like these wheels, but I have a few minor quibbles that are worth mentioning. First, it comes with quick release skewers, but they seem a little on the heavy side.Actually, they appear to be the same skewers included on many of their less expensive wheel sets.Therefore, skewer sommeliers out there might not find them to be a very good match for a wheel set of this caliber. I would be just as happy to see these wheels sold without quick release skewers in the same way that most high end bicycles are now sold without pedals. This would save money and allow the rider to choose his or her favorite skewers.
Next, this was actually my first experience with straight pull spokes, and I had an issue. The wheels were almost perfectly true out of the box, and I first went to make some minor adjustments. Note, a little truing is common with new wheelsets, at least those built with metal spokes.
Anyways, what I found was that these straight pull spokes were more prone to twisting when adjusted with a spoke wrench then traditional bent spokes. I was still able to true the wheels easily enough, but some of the blades where no longer pointing in the right direction. I suppose this is an issue for all wheels with straight pull spokes.Note that the Race TLR and Race Lite TLR wheels use traditional bent spokes.
And finally, these rounded, low profile rims probably won't be the choice for those more concerned with aerodynamics than weight. But for my rides in Colorado Rockies, they were perfect.
Like much of the bicycle industry, the team at Bontrager didn't seem to focus on road tubeless technology when it was first introduced. But recently, they have come back to the market in a way that seems like they are here to stay. The Race X Lite TLR wheelset is their top of the line road tubeless offering that combines an innovative design, light weight, and a competitive price.
The race to perfect road tubeless wheels is not over, and the team at Bontrager is trying hard to lead the pack.
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I am running bontrager r3 25s on my giant pslr1 tubeless-ready wheels. The tires feel great but leak 25 psi over the course of a 2 hour ride and another 15 psi overnight. A dunk test revealed the sidewalks are leaking air like crazy. I have plenty of sealant in there and have tried to get it all around on the sidewalks but this doesn't seem to help. The rubber is just too porrous, I suppose because its too thin (and hence why this is one of the lightest road tubeless on the market). Bontrager told me to return em thru my LBS and that they have not heard of this being an issue.ReplyDelete
I have noticed similar, but not as dramatic air loss. I will be posting a review of these tires soon, with more detail.ReplyDelete
I had similar results with the air loss using R3's 25's and the Bontrager juice. Once I switched to Stan's sealant, air loss was eliminated. I air up once a week, only needing to add a few psi.ReplyDelete
Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic.ReplyDelete
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I'm posting here becasue of an issue that I've been having with Bontrager TLR tires having blister/bubble problems. I have also posted to the slowtwitch.com website where a few others have reported the issue. http://www.slowtwitch.com/Products/Things_that_Roll/Bontrager_TLR_2013_Review_3043.html
I have had 5 tires have this problem in the last 3 months, 4 of them being rear tires.
I love the setup but this is getting to be a real pain. I'm trying to get some response from Trek but they aren't really even working with the dealer to try and get more information about the details of the failure. They are warrantying everything, but I'd like to see the issue get solved and don't think that will happen unless they reach out to the folks having the issues and get more information about the riding conditions, temperature, etc., etc. Trek says that they have seen a few of these, but not many. The person I spoke with on the phone said maybe one a month. That they have maybe seen 4. I've had 5 just myself!
I think that all of my issues are heat related (I live in the Phoenix Arizona area). I have been riding tubeless since last November and this issue did not start until April, on the first ride where it was at, or over, 100 degrees.
FYI - I weigh about 160lbs. and am running the 700x25 TLR R3 tires (I've had it happen to an R2 tire also). I am running the tires at about 85psi rear and 80psi front.
Anyone else out there having any similar issues.
My husband is having the blistering problems. 7 new tires. Our Trek store warranties them, but they keep saying no one else is having that problem. Glad to know that we aren't the only ones.Delete
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Hey Jason, thanks for writing this one up. I tested out the RXL's for just one big ride and really liked them. I do wish however, that I would have run 25's instead of 23's. I rode 25c R3 TLRs when I demoed the Race Lite set and loved it. Check out my review when you have time and let me know what you think: http://tubelessready.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-bontrager-race-lite-tlr-wheelset.htmlReplyDelete
What are you running as your personal road wheelset and what kind of tires (and width) are you preferring?
Thanks again for the review,
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I too have been having separation issues, in Perth, Western Australia (it gets hot here too). My last lot of tyres (all warranted) were in the "new batch". I noticed the separation this morning on my front tyre.. I'll be going away from these until the problem is solved. This one has gone on the front, it has always been on the front, and it's only been on since it cooled down.ReplyDelete
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The balance of trade (or net exports, sometimes symbolized as NX) is the difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time. A positive balance of trade is known as a trade surplus and consists of exporting more than is imported; a negative balance of trade is known as a trade deficit or, informally, a trade gap. The balance of trade is sometimes divided into a goods and a services balance; especially in the United Kingdom the terms visible and invisible balance are used.
The trade balance is identical to the difference between a country's output and its domestic demand (the difference between what goods a country produces and how many goods it buys from abroad; this does not include money re-spent on foreign stocks, nor does it factor the concept of importing goods to produce for the domestic market).
Measuring the balance of trade can be problematic because of problems with recording and collecting data. As an illustration of this problem, when official data for all the world's countries are added up, exports exceed imports by a few percent; it appears the world is running a positive balance of trade with itself. This cannot be true, because all transactions involve an equal credit or debit in the account of each nation. The discrepancy is widely believed to be explained by transactions intended to launder money or evade taxes, smuggling and other visibility problems. However, especially for developed countries, accuracy is likely.
Factors that can affect the balance of trade figures include:
The balance of trade is likely to differ across the business cycle. In export led growth (such as oil and early industrial goods), the balance of trade will improve during an economic expansion. However, with domestic demand led growth (as in the United States and Australia) the trade balance will worsen at the same stage in the business cycle.
Strong GDP growth economies such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong run consistent trade deficits, as well as poorer countries also experiencing a lot of investment.
Developed nations such as Canada, Japan, and Germany typically run trade surpluses. China also has a trade surplus. A higher savings rate generally corresponds with a trade surplus. Correspondingly, the United States with its negative savings rate consistently has high trade deficits.
Modern economists are split on the economic impact of the trade deficit.
Some economists believe that GDP and employment can be dragged down by an over-large deficit over the long run.
Those who ignore the effects of long run trade deficits may be confusing the David Ricardo's principle of comparative advantage with Adam Smith's principle of absolute advantage, specifically ignoring that latter. The economist Paul Craig Roberts notes that the comparative advantage principles developed by David Ricardo do not hold where the factors of production are internationally mobile. Free trade concepts presume free floating currencies; however, in the real world, currencies such as China's are not free floating, while others may be manipulated by governments. Since the stagflation of the 1970s, the U.S. economy has been characterized by slower GDP growth. In 1985, the U.S. began its growing trade deficit with China. Over the long run, nations with trade surpluses tend also to have a savings surplus while the U.S. has been plagued by persistently lower savings rates than its trading partners which tend to have trade surpluses with the U.S. Germany, France, Japan, and Canada have maintained higher savings rates than the U.S. over the long run. In 2006, the primary economic concerns have centered around: high national debt ($9 trillion), high non-bank corporate debt ($9 trillion), high mortgage debt ($9 trillion), high financial institution debt ($12 trillion), high unfunded Medicare liability ($30 trillion), high unfunded Social Security liability ($12 trillion), high external debt (amount owed to foreign lenders) and a serious deterioration in the United States net international investment position (NIIP) (-24% of GDP), high trade deficits, and a rise in illegal immigration. These issues have raised concerns among economists and unfunded liabilities were mentioned as a serious problem facing the United States in the President's 2006 State of the Union address.
Those who defend this position revert to explanations of comparative advantage. Buyers in the receiving country send the money back. A firm in America sends dollars for Brazilian sugarcane, and the Brazilian receivers use the money to buy stock in an American company. This may lead to profits leaving the U.S however as Americans may forfeit control. Although this is a form of capital account reinvestment, it may not be a liability on anyone in America.
Such payments to foreigners have intergenerational effects: by shifting the consumption schedule over time, some generations may gain and others lose . However, a trade deficit may incur consumption in the future if it is financed by profitable domestic investment, in excess of that paid on the net foreign debts. Similarly, an excess on the current account shifts consumption to future generations, unless it raises the value of the currency, detering foreign investment.
However, trade inequalities are not natural given differences in productivity and consumption preferences. Trade deficits have often been associated with international competitiveness. Trade surpluses have been associated with policies that skew a country's activity towards externalities, resulting in lower standards. An example of an economy which has had a positive balance of trade was Japan in the 1990s.
Milton Friedman and Dewly Tiwana argued that trade deficits are not important as high exports raise the value of the currency, reducing aforementioned exports, and visa versa for imports, thus naturally removing trade deficits not due to investment. This opinion is shared by David Friedman, who has said that they are 'fossil economics', based on ideas obsolete since David Ricardo.
Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and father of Monetarism, argued that many of the fears of trade deficits are unfair criticisms in an attempt to push macroeconomic policies favorable to exporting industries. He stated his belief that these deficits are not harmful to the country as the currency always comes back to the country of origin in some form or another (country A sells to country B, country B sells to country C who buys from country A, but the trade deficit only includes A and B). In fact, in his view, the "worst case scenario" of the currency never returning to the country of origin was actually the best possible outcome: the country actually purchased its goods by exchanging them for pieces of cheaply-made paper. As Friedman put it, this would be the same result as if the exporting country burned the dollars it earned, never returning it to market circulation.
However, Friedman's argument may have been a short term argument that has not proven valid in the long run. It is equivalent to saying that it doesn't matter if you get indebted, because eventually you will have to pay the money back. The obvious counterargument is that once a significant debt has been accumulated, paying it back may be painful. Friedman's supporters retort that when the money returns, the demand for foreign currency will make the exchange rate better for trade deficit country. Additionally, Friedman opposed large-scale borrowing to fuel consumption. He argued that a balance of payments (should be trade?) deficit was a symptom of this, and that if it was caused by incoming investment, it was not a bad thing
Those who assert Friedman's view as if it were a long run view may be ignoring the intergenerational or long run consequences of deficits, low savings, and borrowing to fund consumption. If country A has a trade deficit because of large imports of consumer goods, other countries accumulate cash from country A. That money can be used to purchase existing investment assets and government bonds within country A. As a result, the return from those assets will accrue not to citizens of country A but to foreigners. The consumption standard of future generations in country A may therefore potentially decline as a result of the deficit. In particular, Americans are increasingly paying taxes to finance the interest on federal bonds held by foreigners. However, a criticism of this argument notes that all transactions are win-win. In the case of foreign investment in American assets, it helps fuel American economic growth and keeps US interest rates low. This argument is more appealing in the case of foreign direct investment, and less obvious when foreigners simply purchase the existing stock of assets.
Friedman also believed that deficits would be corrected by free markets as floating currency rates rise or fall with time to encourage or discourage imports in favor of the exports, reversing again in favor of imports as the currency gains strength. A potential difficulty however is that currency markets in the real world are far from completely free, with government and central banks being major players, and this is unlikely to change within the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, recent developments have shown that the global economy is undergoing a fundamental shift. For many years the U.S. has borrowed and bought while in general, the rest of the world has lent and sold. However, as Friedman predicted, this paradigm appears to be changing.
As of October 2007, the U.S. dollar has grown weaker against the euro, British pound, and many other currencies. For instance, the euro hit $1.42 in October 2007, the strongest it has been since its birth in 1999. Against this backdrop, American exporters are finding quite favorable overseas markets for their products and U.S. consumers are responding to their general housing slowdown by slowing their spending. Furthermore, China, the Middle East, central Europe and Africa are absorbing more of the world's imports which in the end may result in a world economy that is more evenly balanced. All of this could well add up to a major readjustment of the U.S. trade deficit, which as a percentage of GDP, began in 1991.
Friedman and other economists have also pointed out that a large trade deficit (importation of goods) signals that the country's currency is strong and desirable. To Friedman, a trade deficit simply meant that consumers had opportunity to purchase and enjoy more goods at lower prices; conversely, a trade surplus implied that a country was exporting goods its own citizens did not get to consume or enjoy, while paying high prices for the goods they actually received.
Perhaps most significantly, Friedman contended strongly that the current structure of the balance of payments (should be trade?) is misleading. In an interview with Charlie Rose, he stated that "on the books" the US is a net borrower of funds, using those funds to pay for goods and services. He pointed to the income receipts and payments showing that the US pays almost the same amount as it receives: thus, U.S. citizens are paying lower prices than foreigners for capital assets to exchange roughly the same amount of income. The reasons why the U.S. (and UK) appear to earn a higher rate of return on their foreign assets than they pay on their foreign liabilities are not clearly understood. An important contributing factor is that the U.S. has investment primarily in stocks abroad, while foreigners have invested heavily in debt instruments, such as U.S. government bonds . Other reports contend that U.S. net foreign income has deteriorated, and appears set to stay in deficit in the future .
Friedman presented his analysis of the balance of trade in Free to Choose, widely considered his most significant popular work.
It is worth noting on the graph that the deficit slackened during recessions and grew during periods of expansion. Also of note, many economists calculate trade deficits and/or current account deficits as a percentage of GDP. The U.S. last had a trade surplus in 1991, a recession year. Every year there has been a major reduction in economic growth, it is followed by a reduction in the US trade deficit.
Warren Buffett has proposed a tool called Import Certificates as a solution to the United States' problem.


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Minnesota Wild (37-26-11) at Phoenix Coyotes (36-26-12), 9 p.m.
(SportsNetwork.com) - The current occupiers of the two wild card spots in the Western Conference square off on Saturday night as the Minnesota Wild visit the Phoenix Coyotes.
Just one point separates the Wild and Coyotes in the standings with eight games to play for both teams. Minnesota's 85 points are just ahead of Phoenix as the clubs are trying to hold off a number of teams in the standings, with the biggest threats the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks.
The Stars are three points back of the Coyotes and have played one fewer game than both of the current wild card leaders. The Canucks are five points out of a playoff spot, but have just seven games left on the schedule.
The Stars visit the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, while the Canucks are hosting the Anaheim Ducks.
The Coyotes have closed the gap with the Wild by going 5-1-1 in their last seven games and 9-3-1 over the past 13. That includes back-to-back wins with backup goaltender Thomas Greiss in net after Mike Smith was hurt in an overtime loss to the New York Rangers on March 24 that began a recently- wrapped three-game swing.
Greiss helped Phoenix notch a regulation victory in Pittsburgh on Tuesday before stopping 26 shots faced and another three in a shootout to top the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Thursday.
After New Jersey's Damien Brunner came up empty to start the shootout, Mikkel Boedker followed with a nifty backhander over Martin Brodeur before Greiss turned away the final two Devils.
Kyle Chipchura and Chris Summers supplied a goal and an assist apiece as the Coyotes got some needed offensive support after David Moss suffered a lower- body injury during the game.
"We score by committee," Phoenix head coach Dave Tippett said, referring to the fact that Chipchura and Summers had combined for just four goals this season coming into the game. "That's who we are. As long as it keeps coming it doesn't matter who scores."
It is unknown when Smith will be able to return to action from a lower-body injury, meaning Greiss could start again tonight. He is 1-1-0 with a 2.53 goals against average versus the Wild.
Minnesota is coming off its ninth loss in 12 games (3-5-4) and was routed 5-1 by St. Louis on Thursday.
Rookie Darcy Kuemper came up with just 19 saves and Zach Parise accounted for the lone Wild goal.
"That's a team we could face in the first round and we wanted to make it tough on them," said Parise. "I don't think we did that, at all, tonight."
Minnesota lost the opener of a four-game road trip one night after suffering a 5-2 loss at home to the Vancouver Canucks.
Kuemper has never before faced the Coyotes, while backup Ilya Bryzgalov is 9-3-1 with a 2.20 GAA in 14 career starts versus his former club.
The Wild and Coyotes have split two meetings this season, with each team winning once on the road. Minnesota has won four of its last five trips to Phoenix.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
CrockPot Crème Brulee Recipe
42 comments:
- Canadian Saver said...
Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh man... *drools* I LOVE crème brûlée too :-) I'm definitely going to try this!!!
- February 12, 2008 at 6:47 AM
- The Dukes Family said...
That's my favorite dessert too and I can't believe you made it in the crockpot!! I'll definitely be trying that one.
- February 12, 2008 at 7:05 AM
- Jennifer P. said...
I will HAVE to try this one. Except no way am I going to put it under the broiler to melt the sugar--I live for any excuse to pull out my little hand flame and torch away :)! Guess that's the pyro in me!
- February 12, 2008 at 7:59 AM
- Crockpot Lady said...
ah, Jennifer, if I had one of those cute little torches, I totally would have used it. I always wanted one!
- February 12, 2008 at 8:04 AM
- Shelly said...
Wow, cool blog! Thanks for all the great recipes. I found you through my friend Jerrie at "A Little Bit of This and That". I'm adding you to my fave foodie blogs. Wahooo.
- February 12, 2008 at 10:04 AM
- Katrine said...
I can't believe you made creme brulee in the crockpot!
- February 12, 2008 at 11:36 AM
- jilly said...
Oh what a find and what a treat, this is my favorite treats as well!
- February 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM
- Anu said...
Just the title and the picture made my day! And to think I had plans for a light lunch today..
Love your recipes! I'm definitely going to try this one.
- February 12, 2008 at 6:52 PM
- Amy said...
creme brulee is my favorite dessert also...and really you have got to stop...oh this looks so good!
- February 12, 2008 at 8:11 PM
- Ginger Carter Miller, Ph.D. said...
WOW. I am drooling over this one.
- February 13, 2008 at 6:48 AM
- Stef said...
Hahaha! I can't believe you made a whole crock pot of creme brulee. I've never seen anything like it! That's awesome!
- February 21, 2008 at 3:32 PM
- Disneypal said...
Crème Brûlée is my favorite dessert! I have never thought it could made in the crockpot - I cannot wait to try this.
- February 22, 2008 at 1:16 AM
- sherrieg said...
I made this yesterday - you can see my post about it here: http://frenchyfinds.blogspot.com/2008/02/crme-brule.html
Heavenly! Thanks for the recipe!
- February 24, 2008 at 3:25 PM
- Divine Diva In NC said...
I, like you, am a creme brulee fiend that scours menus for it's existence. I could eat all of this myself, and just not tell my family it was ever at our home *weg*
- March 5, 2008 at 3:09 PM
- SudsMuffin said...
Oh that sounds amazing! Mine was busy all day today with a roast of beef and is doing duty all day again tomorrow with beef barley soup. I can't wait! I've got the 12 grain sourdough loaf at the ready.
- March 17, 2008 at 5:17 PM
What size is the container you used inside the crockpot?
- May 27, 2008 at 2:18 PM
- Shawn said...
I just want to thank you for this. I"m basically speechless. And, drooling.
- July 10, 2008 at 9:56 AM
- Jaelyn's Fairy Dust Cupcake Blog said...
Where do I even begin... I am so in love with this! It was so easy to make, and it is to DIE FOR. Don't slip broiling the sugar (and raw sugar makes a difference) because it really makes it. Thank you for another great recipe!
- July 17, 2008 at 10:34 PM
- Finleypotamus said...
L-O-V-E Creme Brulee! Must. Try. This. Soon.
- November 12, 2008 at 5:23 PM
- graceling said...
I made this last night. OMG. Sooooo good! I am thinking of making this as a second dessert for my MIL's b-day (she requested coconut cake, which many of us don't really like.)
Steph, I am pretty sure that once you have made creme brulee in the crock pot, the only thing left is taking over the world. Which you should totally do.
- August 21, 2009 at 6:28 AM
- Charlene said...
Absolutely amazing taste and so easy to whip up. Made it for my in-laws tonight and they couldn't stop saying how good it was. Thanks for the recipe!
Made it in 4 ramekins and it took about 1hr 45min on high for them to set but still be jiggly.
- January 5, 2010 at 12:00 AM
- Terry said...
I made this today and it was unbelievably good. Many thanks for the recipe. It's a winner.
- April 6, 2010 at 8:36 PM
- Sunfall_E said...
I have done this with regular custard for a long time. 2 cups skim milk, 3 eggs, 1 tsp. vanilla, and 1/3 cup of sugar. I sprinkle nutmeg on top before baking. I put it in a quart bowl, with water in the crock, and cover it with foil. I use canning jar rings to keep it up off the bottom. It takes about 2 hours on high. More recently, I've had a nonstick double boiler thing that I put on top with the custard in, and put the crockpot lid on the double boiler. It is nordic ware, and it works great. Wouldn't be good with little kids in the house, though for this, it gets hot.
- April 11, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- Olga said...
Hi! I made this for my parents' anniversary a little while ago. Well, I couldn't find a baking dish to fit my 4-qt oval crock, so I baked it in the oven (I know, shame!). But! I used your recipe - halving vanilla because mine is from Madagascar and apparently very strong - and it turned out AMAZING. I had much better luck with a hand-held torch than my broiler (I think because my apartment broiler doesn't actually broil, but bake....).
Also, I talked about it so much to my coworkers, my course coordinator/boss asked me for the recipe to make for her family!
Best to you,
- May 30, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Sam said...
My husband has a similar love for creme brulee, and yesterday was my first time attempting to make it, using THIS recipe. He LOVED it! I can't believe how easy and tasty this was! Thank you SOOOO much!
I got your book as a gift, and I immediately sat down and marked all the recipes I HAD to make right away. There were a LOT. :)
- September 9, 2010 at 8:34 AM
- Missy said...
This worked perfectly! I used little ramekins, and it took an hour and 45 minutes, just as a previous poster said. Thanks so much for sharing! I've loved all of your recipes so far...and I've tried a few! Ha, ha.
- September 29, 2010 at 4:07 AM
- Amanda said...
you are my new best friend on the internet. First I find your blog (2 years after you started-grad school had me searching for academic articles for way to long!) looking for a 20 garlic chicken recipe, and now I find creme brulee! I am loving the site and plan on checking in daily from now on! Thank you!
- October 21, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- Rebecca T said...
I think I will have to buy a dish to place into my crock just to make this delectable delight!
- November 29, 2010 at 8:32 PM
- Jessica said...
Hi Steph!
I just made little minis...and they took just as long :) Thanks for the idea!
- January 14, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- Becky said...
This stuff is ADDICTING! Oh, man...I never should have tried it. I think I may like it even better than chocolate, and that is saying something.
Oh, and I didn't try it, but it occurs to me that my little heat tool for melting embossing powder might be a tad easier to use than the propane torch my brother-in-law pulled out to melt the sugar on top, lol.
- January 17, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Has anyone tried substituting a lower fat milk for the heavy cream? I know it won't be as rich and creamy, but would it cook the same way?
- February 21, 2011 at 8:35 AM
Great recipe and so easy. Here's a tip that might help somebody. Use a turkey baster to fill and remove water from the crockpot.
- August 27, 2011 at 4:07 AM
- TexasRed said...
SHUT. UP. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!! I'm going to gain a billion pounds and love every second of it!!! :o)
- September 26, 2011 at 11:52 AM
- Lat said...
OMG! I love Creme Brulee. My absolute favourte dessert. I always seems so complicated but your recipe look amazingly easy. Guess what I'm making tonight!! :) Thanks for the recipe.
- October 3, 2011 at 6:40 AM
- thecrunchysoup said...
It was so yummy thanks for the recipe. I had a little problem though. The condensation dripped into my brule and made it a little "juicy" around the edges. I just wicked it away with a paper towel. Still delicious, just wondering if you or any of the readers have a solution or have run into this problem. More of a cosmetic detail vs. a taste thing. Thanks for the recipe. Your book is seriously rocking my world! THANK YOU!
- December 7, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- h2e said...
I just tried this... people are taking third helpings! Mmmmmm, thanks!!!
- April 9, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Oh my gooooodness! I realize you posted this MIRACLE of a recipe 4 years ago!! BUT ... i am absolutely insanely excited to try this! I also frantically search for creme brulee at every restaurant i visit...and THIS, im sure will blow my mind-socks!! And the slow-cooker is my absolute favorite appliance!! I CANT WAIT
- August 9, 2012 at 7:48 AM
- MommySetFree said...
That is too funny! I saw the picture for Creme Brulee and said out loud "Oh no you didn't!" (All my children looked at me funny because I was sitting in the middle of my kitchen talking to my computer.) Then scrolled down to read your first words. "Oh, yes I did" I cracked up! Great minds....I am trying this ASAP! THANKS a billion!
Pamela at www.HomeShalom.blogspot.com
p.s. I don't know if anyone mentioned this in your comments or not - but do you know how they get that crispy crust in resturants? They use a blow torch and just run it alone the top instead of putting it in the oven...at least they did in the resturant I worked in San Francisco. :-)
- September 10, 2013 at 2:09 PM
- Artyone said...
Add me to your list of estactic samplers! I made this in individual ramekins for my husband on Valentine's Day. I've made creme brulee before, but not like this (in his word)....perfection! The biggest problem I had with the brulees? Not large enough ramekins, and the ramekins were hard to put in and lift out. I'll add that the timing for the individual ramekins, is spot on at 1 hr. 45 min., because they thicken a bit in the refrigerator. I'm buying new ramekins for these worthy creme brulees. Merci beaucoup!!!
- February 16, 2015 at 11:42 AM
- Rachel Page said...
This looks unbelievable…my mouth is watering
- April 16, 2015 at 8:14 AM
- Ron Deering said...
Oh boy I just can't wait to try this.... it sounds amazing...
- June 12, 2015 at 12:43 PM
- sundancer55 said...
I noticed a few people here asking about using skim milk or low fat milk. WHY would anyone want to continue to buy into that low-fat, no-fat BS doled out to us? Besides how can creme brulee be creme brulee - without the creme?!! It's just nutz. Some day people will wake up and smell the - well, cream! Even cardiologists (some of them) are starting to fess up to the fact that all this low-fat, no-fat nonsense was really bad for people. No more eating a diet of cardboard foods - eat real fats (cream, butter, lard, bacon grease from pastured animals). Those are the real health foods.
- June 15, 2015 at 7:39 AM
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Jackson snatches late point for Barrow AFC
Last updated at 17:51, Wednesday, 05 December 2012
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AFC Telford United 1 Barrow AFC 1
BARROVIAN striker Joe Jackson ended a three-month goal drought to snatch his hometown club a share of the spoils at AFC Telford United last night.
The 19-year-old on loan from Burnley came off the bench to score a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw.
Jackson – without a goal since early September – had been on the New Bucks Head pitch less than 20 minutes when Sean Hessey unleashed a free-kick too hot for Telford keeper Ryan Young to handle, and the teenager pounced on the rebound to smash it in from eight yards out.
It was, on reflection, a fortunate point gained for the Bluebirds who, after an evenly-matched first half, rode their luck in the second period as the Bucks missed a host of good chances.
Bluebirds boss Dave Bayliss, sticking with a 4-4-2 formation, made two changes to the side which beat Hyde 1-0 in an FA Trophy first round replay at Holker Street a week earlier, with defender Sean Hessey and midfielder Garry Hunter recalled at the expense of Gavin Skelton and Sean McConville.
Hunter, usually a central midfielder, started wide on the right, with Paul Rutherford on the left wing. Telford manager Andy Sinton, the former Tottenham and England winger, selected an unchanged starting XI, which included Jordan Rose, who had a trial with Barrow in the summer, at centre-half.
Barrow started positively and a tame shot by Louis Almond, just 30 seconds after kick-off, brought a comfortable save from home keeper Young.
The lively Almond then sprinted down the left flank and pulled the ball across for Adam Boyes, whose effort went wide of the near post.
Telford's first shot at goal arrived on 11 minutes with a long-range drive from Steven Leslie, which Barrow keeper Danny Hurst gathered down low.
Two minutes later a slip by on-loan teenage centre-half Tom Anderson allowed Bucks striker Chris Sharp an effort on target. Again Hurst made a routine stop.
Anderson remained heavily involved as the hosts upped the pressure and increased the number of high balls hitting strikers Sharp – the son of ex-Everton and Scotland great Graeme – and strike partner James Spray.
Barrow, having lost their way following a bright start, eased the pressure slightly on 26 minutes with the game's first corner, which resulted in a well-placed Matt Flynn getting the ball stuck under his feet.
The Bluebirds gathered momentum and, from another Richie Baker corner on the half-hour mark, Anderson won a header six yards out but saw his powerful effort turned onto the crossbar by Young before Telford scrambled it clear.
Moments later, Boyes fired a 20-yard shot straight at the home keeper, who made an easy save.
Barrow continued to enjoy the lion's share of the possession but struggled to carve open a Telford outfit often getting all 11 men behind the ball. A prime example came on 40 minutes when, following plenty of keep-ball, Almond tried a long-range shot, which Young comfortably gathered.
The half looked set to end goalless until one minute before the break when, after a fine save by Hurst, the ball broke to 25-year-old Leslie. The former Shrewsbury Town midfielder's 25-yard shot took a wicked deflection, wrong-footing the Barrow number-one, who, despite getting his hand to the ball, was unable to keep it out.
The hosts started the second half the stronger but it was Barrow who were the first to go close when Boyes broke down the right and crossed for Rutherford, whose curling effort was turned round the post by Young.
Telford responded and on 55 minutes, following a knock-down by Rose, Sharp let fly with a half-volley that fizzed over the crossbar.
Bayliss then introduced McConville for Hunter before Telford's Luke Hubbins shot wide when in a great position 10 yards from goal.
Leslie went much closer than team-mate Hubbins on 69 minutes with a swerving drive that Hurst, who seemed to lose the flight of the ball, palmed out.
Moments later, Spray wriggled into space on the edge of the box but curled his shot straight at Hurst.
Telford continued to ramp up the pressure and, but for a flying save by Hurst, would have doubled their lead through Spray on 72 minutes.
Jackson then replaced Boyes but wasted a two-on-two breakaway when accompanied upfield by Almond. At the other end, Hurst dropped a high ball but instantly saved his own blushes by blocking with his legs to deny Rose a goal.
Hurst then made a more orthodox save on 82 minutes, bravely getting down low to prevent Spray doubling the home team's advantage.
And still Telford piled forward in search of a second goal, with substitute Jon Brown shooting wide before, on 86 minutes, forcing another superb stop by Hurst.
The Bucks were, however, made to pay for those missed chances when poacher Jackson snatched the never-say-die Bluebirds another late goal in season in which they have scored many.
Telford (4-4-2): Ryan Young; Will Salmon, Ryan Valentine (captain), Dan Preston, Jordan Rose; Phil Trainer, Steven Leslie, Nathan Rooney (Richard Davies 82), Luke Hubbins (Jon Brown 73); Chris Sharp (Keiron St Aimie 86), James Spray.
Subs not used: Danzelle St Louis Hamilton, Michael Wylde.
Barrow (4-4-2): Danny Hurst; Matt Flynn, Sean Hessey, Mike Pearson (captain), Tom Anderson; Alex-Ray Harvey, Garry Hunter (Sean McConville 63), Richie Baker; Paul Rutherford; Louis Almond, Adam Boyes (Joe Jackson 72).
Subs not used: Shaun Pearson, Gavin Skelton, Neill Byrne.
Goals: Telford: Steven Leslie (44). Barrow: Joe Jackson (90+1).
Attendance: 1,333.
First published at 18:42, Tuesday, 04 December 2012
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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Considering the financial constraints that Dave Bayliss has to cope with. He has developed a fairly good footballing team. They can turn out a good performance most games. Just to be let down by very poor Ref'ing. Keep at it lads fortunes will turn.
i agree with wat bayless has said, its peeple like that pocher who posts all the time on here whinge whinge whinge thats all he duz he shud get behinde his team like wot i do. if they coud do better theyd be managing a teem and not playing world of warcraft all day long instead.
sort it out pocher.
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