Angry Bear has three primary contributors, Angry Bear (me), Kash, and PGL. All three have PhDs in Economics. Kash’s training is in macroeconomics, mine is in microeconomics, and PGL's is in finance. We also have a regular Monday poster, CR of the blog Calculated Risk. While not an economist, CR does have an extensive background in business, finance, and economics.

I started the blog in February of 2003. At the time, I chose to use and continue to use the name of the blog, "Angry Bear" or "AB" for short, as my pseudonym. The title primarily reflects my emotional reaction (anger) to my view (bearish) of the state of the economy at the time of the founding of the blog. Neither sentiment has changed yet.

In August of 2003, Kash agreed to fill in for me while I was on vacation. He then agreed to continue posting on Fridays, and finally, by popular demand, to post as often as he wished.

Then, in August of 2004, we added a third economist, PGL, who had been an active and insightful commenter for some time. Like Kash, after a short stint as a temporary contributor PGL succumbed to crowd and peer pressure and became a regular poster.

Calculated Risk joined the blog after I noticed him, first in his comments here and then at his own blog, saying a lot of really smart and insightful things. So I asked if he'd like to post here on a weekly basis, and he agreed.