Since I started this blog, my comment section has been inundated with spam. I am not talking about bona fide comments, most of which have been intelligent and useful. I’m talking about thinly disguised bids for sales of pornography, mortgage quotes, and other parasitical activities. The spam has reached 35 per night, and it is time-consuming to go through it all. For some reason I don’t understand, my software can’t filter it out, even though other bloggers don’t seem to have this problem.

Hence, reluctantly, I am turning off the comment function on my blog site. I am sorry about this. Most of my posts will be carried by Roubini Global Economics from now on (though possibly with a slight delay). Readers who have access to RGE may post comments there, and I will check periodically.