Sub-Topics
Economy
Also Try
- Business
- Taxes
Books
- History of Money from Ancient Times to Present Day (Davies)
Lists
- Better Business Bureaus - directory providing state by state addresses, telephone and FAX numbers.
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Business Profiles (CNet)
Provides keyword searches within the topic. 1-01
- Comprehensive Business Links (US SBA)
- Cybertown Campus - Business School
- EDGAR Database of Corporate Information (SEC Filings)
- Mutual Funds Magazine 2-01
- The Department of the Treasury
- The Federal Reserve
Materials
- Economics Test (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Provides a test of economic literacy to see how you compare to a sample of persons who completed the test. 1-03
- Economics Tests (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Provides the test questions (and answers) for the annual national contests for student knowledge of economics. 1-03
- Mortgage Loan Rates (HSH Associates)
- The American Stock Exchange (Amex)
- Tokyo Stock Exchange 9-01
News
- 09-15-03 World Trade Organization Talks Fail (CBS News)
"Talks designed to change the face of farming around the world collapsed Sunday amid differences between rich and poor nations, the second failure for the World Trade Organization in four years." 9-03
- 10-08-03 Money - New $20 Bill With Color Announced (ABC News)
"In a nationwide promotion billed 'The New Color of Money: Safer, Smarter, More Secure,' government officials said the newly designed $20 note with subtle background shades of green, peach and blue would be more difficult to counterfeit." 10-03
Papers
- Consumer Price Index and Other Leading Indicators (ACCRA)
Provides the CPI and other leading indicators of the health of the economy, such as increase or decrease on Unemployment Rate, Payroll Employment, Average Hourly Earnings, PPI, ECI, Productivity, and the U.S. Import Price Index. 12-02
- Cost of Living Index (ACCRA)
Compares cost of living by cities of your choice. 12-02
- Counterfeit Protection (Federal Reserve)
- Currency - USA (Federal Reserve)
Explains different parts of commonly used currency in the USA. 12-01
- Currency Redesign (Federal Reserve)
Describes the new designs for currency in the USA. 12-01
- Donaldson Nominated for Head of SEC (Sun-Sentinel)
"President Bush selected former investment banker William H. Donaldson to head the Securities and Exchange Commission and to restore confidence in markets shaken by a wave of corporate financial scandals." 12-02
- Dynamic Hedging (Taleb)
Discusses and explains the Black, Scholes, and Merton model for investment. 5-02
- Economics - Nobel Laureates Since 1981 (Nobel Foundation)
Provides short biographies of the Nobel laureates in economics since 1981. 9-00
- Essay - Education in Economics (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - Wirtz)
Discusses the role of high school and college economics courses as part of a general education. 1-03
- Essay - Why Recent Economies in the USA Rose and Fell (TheAtlantic.com - Stiglitz)
"The executives were being rewarded not on the basis of their companies' performance but on the basis of stock prices."
"The examples of Enron and Global Crossing prove that incentives matter, and that markets do not always provide the right incentives. That is why government has an important role. Every game has to have rules, and government sets the rules of the economic game. If the rules promote special interests, or the interests of corporate executives, then the outcomes are not likely to promote general interests, or the interests of small shareholders." 12-02
- Essays - Education in Economics (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Provides essays on the importance of understanding economics. 1-03
- Federal Economic Statistics (White House)
"The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators." 1-01
- Federal Social Statistics (White House)
"The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal social statistics." 1-01
- Freedman, Milton (Hoover Institution)
Provides a biography of the economist. "He is widely regarded as the leader of the Chicago School of monetary economics, which stresses the importance of the quantity of money as an instrument of government policy and as a determinant of business cycles and inflation." 4-02
- Glossary for Economics (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Provides an alphabetic list of words commonly used in economics, along with definitions or explanations. 1-03
- Hayek, Friedrich August Von Hayek (Mises.org - Klein)
Provides a biography of the economist who influenced the views of President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. 4-02
- John Snow - Comments on Nomination of John Snow as Treasury Secretary (Townhall.com - Novak)
"With his economic program's outlines charted, President Bush was looking for a secretary of the Treasury and National Economic adviser who would energetically sell his tax cuts." 12-02
- John Snow - Comments on Nominations of John Snow and Stephan Friedman (Townhall.com - Kudlow)
"Apparently, Vice President Dick Cheney quietly led a search team that came up with Snow. In contrast, the White House loudly leaked the name of investment banker Stephen Friedman to replace Larry Lindsey as head of the National Economic Council. Neither the stock market nor the rest of the world (nor me) knows much about these men." 12-02
- Keynes, John (Economics New School)
Provides a biography of the economist. "John Maynard Keynes is doubtlessly one the most important figures in the entire history of economics. He revolutionized economics with his classic book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936). This is generally regarded as probably the most influential social science treatise of the 20th Century, in that it quickly and permanently changed the way the world looked at the economy and the role of government in society. No other single book, before or since, has had quite such an impact." 4-02
- Labor Statistics by Industry (U.S. Department of Labor)
Provides key labor statistics by industry. 12-02
- Labor Statistics by State (U.S. Department of Labor)
Provides key labor statistics by state and city. 12-02
- Strong Dollar - Weak Dollar (Woodrow Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Describes the effect on the economy when the dollar is "strong" compared to when it is "weak." Also explains what it means to be strong. 2-01
- The History of Money (Federal Reserve)
- The Worlds Goldkeeper
- US Small Business Administration Services
Periodicals
- Entrepreneur Magazine
Projects
- Economics Challenge
- Essay Contest on Economics (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
"Select a major problem concerning the ecological environment. Using economic analysis, show how this problem could be addressed." 1-03
- What Is a Dollar Worth
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