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Steve Randy Waldman (born 1970) is a computer programmer and writer known for his commentary on contemporary economics at his blog Interfluidity. Educated at the New College of Florida, and University of Kentucky, Waldman is a Java programmer and wrote the c3p0 tool. He is most well known for his economics posts at Interfluidity, which have been cited by Paul Krugman,Tyler Cowen, Simon Wren-Lewis, The Economist, CNBC, the National Review, and Justin Fox of Time magazine.Waldman supports a basic income (or other ways to provide a strong social safety net) and otherwise describes himself as "Danish libertarian".
Waldman is known for his criticism of financial regulation: James Kwak quotes“An enduring truth about financial regulation is this: Given the discretion to do so, financial regulators will always do the wrong thing.” Paul Krugman of the New York Times often cites Waldman; he talks about him 'going medieval' on Ezra Klein, and another time: "we are indeed, as Steve Randy Waldman says, all dorks".
The writer and novelist Adelle Waldman isWaldman's sister. His mother, Jacqueline Waldman, was a chemistry professor at Goucher College.