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Councils & Organizations
Economic
Education Resources
State of Florida
Publications & Electronic
Journals
- Museophile
Directory of Publishers
London South Bank University
Museophile
Archive. Includes Academic Publishers, Computer Book Publishers,
Scientific / Technical / Medical (STM) Publishers, Electronic
Publishing Companies, Online Publishing Projects, and Other
Commercial Publishers.
- Wall
Street Journal Classroom Edition
The Wall Street Journal Classroom
Edition is designed to help teachers improve the economic and business
literacy of students. The Classroom Edition provides curriculum
materials in a variety of disciplines, including economics, business,
social studies, government, marketing, management, vocational education,
family and life sciences, consumer education and careers. Includes
information for students, teacher guides, and videos.
- Journal of Economic
Education
This is the home page of the leading
journal focusing on economic education. Along with information
about submission and subscription, tables of content are provided
to assist you to find the topic of interest.
- The Econometrics Journal
A companion to The Economic Journal,
a new on-line journal published by The Royal Economic Society
and Blackwell Publishers. On-line access is free to RES members
and available to individuals within institutions which subscribe
to The Economic Journal.
- Houghton Mifflin
Web site for economics materials and books
from Houghton Mifflin.
- Southwestern College Publishing
Many on-line links and resources
for teaching economics.
- Opus1 Journal
Opus 1 is a free electronic journal which publishes
original economic research based on first-hand data collected
by undergraduate authors. The target readers are undergraduates
and general readers who have taken only a minimum of economics
principles.
- University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics
A refereed
electronic journal of economics run by undergraduate students.
The UAUJE offers students many benefits by providing students
with (1) a forum for exchanging ideas with their peers, (2) the
opportunity to become familiar with the submissions and publication
process, and (3) the chance to have an article published
- AgEcon Search: Agricultural
& Applied Economics Literature
Working papers on the economics of resource, agricultural,
and food issues.
Databases
General Information Sites
- EcEdWeb
Economic Education Web is a
portal to economic education resources in all forms and at
all levels.
- EcEdWeb: Economic
Data & Information
EcEdWeb extensive annotated
links to economics data sources, journals, and related information.
- Directory
of Ph.D. programs in Economics
This directory is based on
the list of all Ph.D. programs in Economics (U.S. and Canada)
in Peterson's Guide, and provides links to nearly all of
them.
- The
Infography
The Infography lists six
superlative sources of information about the subject of "Economics—Study
and Teaching-Higher Education."
- Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Index to FRBSF research
pages
- Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco
SF Federal Reserve FRBSF
Economic Letter
- Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Ask Dr. Econ! from the
Federal Reserve Banks
- ArgMax.com for Economics
John Iron's site has economics
headlines, data, a glossary of economics terms, and much
more.
- AmosWeb Glossary of Economics
Terms
Provides definitions of most
economics terms.
- The Idea Channel
Videotaped conversations with the world's leading scholars,
entry point to Libraray of Ideas Catalog for more discussions
and series Free to Choose. Idea of the Week is 15 minute audio
interview with Wall former Street Journal editor David Asman.
NBA star David Robinson in ideas for kids.
- Inomics
Inomics is a new Internet service especially tailored
to the needs of economists. At this site you can find job openings
for economists, conference announcements as well as a search
engine for economic information.
Economy-wide, Macro, and Employment
International
- EcEdWeb:
International
Contains a listing
of international data sites.
- World Bank Group
News and Information, Publications
(full-text searchable), topics in development, country-specific
information.
Government Budgets and Debt
- White House:
Office of Management and Budget
Contains the President's Budget,
Management Agenda, and additional information.
- GPO Access
Budget of the United States Government
- National Federal Budget
Simulator
An on-line National Federal
Budget Simulator lets anyone on the World Wide Web attempt to
balance the budget. Your choices and the actual budget can be
shown graphically also.
- Budget
Explorer: The Complete U.S. Federal Budget
Contains a simple, neat, point-and-click
presentation of the entire Federal budget. To explore the budget,
click the button. When downloading is complete (buttons take a
few minutes), explore choices to balance the Federal budget. Find
solutions to reduce the National Debt. Learn how Federal budget
dollars are spent on Education, Health Care, Defense, and the
Environment.
- Concord Coalition on
National Debt
The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan, grassroots
organization dedicated to eliminating federal budget deficits
and ensuring Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are secure
for all generations. Has lots of information and data on the
budget and debt.
Money and Finance
- Educational
Resources in Finance
This page references
online finance courses, multimedia & software,
downloadable slides, textbooks, bookstores, articles, simulators
& games and information on publishers. From Ohio State University.
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange
The CME is the first futures and
options exchange on the World Wide Web. Here you can find daily
settlement prices of all CME futures and options, marketing
page with product information, educational programs, and more.
Stocks, Mutual Funds, Company Information
- Stock Trak(TM)
Stock Market Simulation
STOCK-TRAK
is a comprehensive financial markets simulation featuring: stocks,
options, futures, mutual funds, bonds, and international stocks.
College students use this in class under the auspices of their
teacher for guided learning.
- StockMaster Graphs
This site has nice graphs of price and volume
of stock market outcomes.
Personal Finance
Population and Places
- U.S. Department of Commerce
Entry point to Bureau of the
Census (household and business demographic data).
Also to STAT-USA (information on economic, business, and social/environmental
program data from over 50 Federal sources), and Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) (domestic, international, and regional economic
accounts).
- City.Net: International Guide to Communities around the World
City.Net is a comprehensive international guide to communities
around the world. City.Net provides timely access to information
on travel, entertainment, and local business, plus government
and community services for all regions of the world. A great
source for information about other countries and cities.
- U.S. Census: Demographics
Demographic profiles are available for states,
metro areas, counties, and cities.
Government and Political
- Whitehouse Online
The White House Web site provides
text of releases on economic policy, environmental policy, foreign
affairs, jobs, healthcare, science and technology, and other
current news items. The speeches of the president, proposed budget
for 1996 are also on this site.
- THOMAS: Library of Congress Legislative Information on the
Internet
The Library of Congress Web site
provides the full text of legislation for House and Senate bills
searchable by keywords or bill number, the full text of the Congressional
Record, daily accounts of proceedings on House and Senate floors,
and the text of How Our Laws Are Made by Edward F. Willett, Jr.,
House Law Revision Counsel. More generally, the Library of Congress
Web pages also provide historical collections and descriptions
of some of the Library’s special collections,
and several exhibits. Also very useful is LOCIS, the Library of
Congress Information System, which is searchable by keywords.
Syllabi
- The Just-in-Time
Syllabus
The Just-in-Time Syllabus
(JiTS) is a pedagogical device that enables the Economics instructor
to incorporate time-sensitive data, on-line discussions as well
as links to freshly-mounted websites into the delivery of most
of the undergraduate courses in economics. This method of syllabus
construction not only provides the students with a multifaceted
arena of on-line materials but also helps to enrich and energize
standard textbook presentations.
- Economics Syllabits
MANY Economics Syllabi, and
you can add yours.
General Social Sciences /
General Educational Interest
- National Council for the Social
Studies
NCSS Online features information
and news for social studies educators in the United States
and internationally.
- ERIC Clearinghouse
for Social Studies/Social Science Education
The ERIC Clearinghouse for
Social Studies/Social Science Education (ERIC/ChESS) is
one of the 16 subject specialty clearinghouses in the ERIC
system. ERIC/ChESS monitors issues about the teaching and
learning of history, geography, civics, economics, and
other subjects in the social studies/social sciences.
- Einet
Galaxy Social Sciences Educational Web
Einet is a huge source for information
on education, with topics such as curriculum and instruction,
adult education, higher education, K12, history and philosophy,
and much more.
- A
Field Trip for Social Sciences
Every Tramline Tour takes
you to a series of preselected Web pages that are related
by topic. A separate window is used to describe what you're
seeing or tell you what to do next.
Teachers' Economics Pages:
Courses, Projects, Useful Information
Online Textbooks
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