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A - F

  1. Ask an Expert :
    • Ask an Economist ! [1]
      ‘Do you have a question you would like an economist to answer ? Try us …’ From an American university.
    • Ask an Economist ! [2]
      Part of UNICEF’s Voice of Youth.
    • Ask Dr. Econ
      ‘I am Dr Econ, and I specialise in clarifying topical and challenging economic quandaries.’
  2. Australian Links :
  3. Blogs, Economics :
    • Best Economics Blogs
      A very clearly annotated listing of the best of the best [author, information, emphasis, etc.]. Click on ‘Click here for the Best Economics Blogs’ link after the introductory comments.
    • Blogs, Commentaries and Podcasts
      ‘These blogs cover a variety of economic issues; the topics tend to be either policy or education oriented. This section also includes commentaries on economic issues from non-blogs.’
    • Dr. T’s EconLinks
      A listing of blogs in the Economics area. Get a sample by hovering over each title.
    • Economics in the News
      ‘Britain’s most popular Economics blog.’
    • New Economist
      ‘New economic research, data, events and analysis from a London-based macroeconomist.’
  4. Capitalism :
  5. Dictionaries & Glossaries :
    • Financial Dictionary
      [Babylon]
      ‘A collection of Finance Dictionaries covering fields like Mutual Funds, Futures, Options Trading, Banking, and general financial terms. You will find here detailed explanations of words, acronyms and definitions belonging to the finance jargon.’
    • GLOSSarama [AmosWEB]
      ‘The AmosWEB GLOSS*arama is a searchable database of 1 800 economic terms and concepts.’ Use QuickSearch, or check alphabetically for terms & ’concepts.
    • Hypertextual Finance Glossary
      ‘Over 8 000 entries and 18 000 hyperlinks. The largest financial glossary on the Internet.’ Compiled by a person at Duke University.
    • Investorwords
      ‘The biggest, best investing glossary on the web.’ Search, use alphabetical listings, Term of the Day, recently improved terms and more.
    • Personal Finance Glossary
      A glossary of more than 700 financial terms.
    • SFB504
      ‘In the Sfb 504, researchers from different disciplines [social psychology, economics, and business administration] work together. It is the purpose of this glossary to establish a common core of scientific concepts that are used in our research. These concepts might not be common to all disciplines, but we hope the glossary forms a basis for communication between different disciplines.’ There are a large range of groupings within the glossary.
  6. Economic History :

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G - L

  1. General Sites & Portals :
    • AmosWEB
      ‘AmosWEB is an Internet-based resource of economics information, established to publish economics information and instructional resources through the World Wide Web. At AmosWEB, we take economics seriously, but with a touch of whimsy. We recognize the importance of economics to our lives, careers, and citizenship, but we try to have a little fun with it along the way.’ Several links to subsites have also been included on this page.
    • BankSITE
      World banks and consumer guides for banking, calculation tools and more.
    • Biodiversity Economics
      ‘The leading on-line resource for biodiversity economists. We promote economic approaches to conservation by sharing documents, contacts and information about upcoming events.’
    • BUBL LINK 330 Economics
      Directories on economics, each with annotated links to further information.
    • Dismal Scientist
      Gives economic releases, an economic tool kit, calendar, dictionary, calculators, data, articles and on.
    • Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centres
      ‘There is now an amazing number of economics institutions on the WWW. Currently 10 561 institutions in 229 countries and territories are listed.’
    • Dr. T’s EconLinks
      ‘Provides a directory of links for economists, economics students and anyone interested in economics. The directory compiles the best economics sources available, including links to news, data and analysis. Dr. T also maintains an online economics glossary and makes book recommendations.’
    • Economics Internet Library
      Links to economic assistance.
    • Economics Network - Resources
      ‘Find [a significant range of] resources by theme or by subject area.’ Several sections of the main site are also included in other areas.
    • Econphd·net
      Includes online Lecture Notes [see Tutorials section below], Journals, Graduate Textbooks [with comments], Rankings [covering 63 journals over roughly ten years], plus several other sections.
    • Grassroots Economic Organizing Newsletter
      Related to alternative economic styles such as the barter system, co-operatives, etc..
    • Information Economy, The
      Information about economics of the internet and information.
    • JokEC
      Have a laugh !
    • Mint, The
      The basics of economics, how to put it to use and become an entrepreneur.
    • Money - Past, Present & Future
      Coins and notes, monetary frauds and scandals, monetary systems, another perspective on today’s economics and the politics of money.
    • MultiφinanceIT
      A mix of financial information and IT. Concentrates on the US and Norway but there is a huge amount of information which could be useful.
    • Repec Ideas
      ‘Welcome to the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available freely on the Internet. Over 500 000 items of research can be browsed or searched, and over 400 000 can be downloaded in full text !’
    • RFE [AEAWeb]
      ‘This guide … lists more than 2 000 resources in 97 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics. Almost all resources are also described. In selecting resources for RFE, I exercise some editorial judgment and select items that either offer a substantial amount of information, or are specialized to a given area.’
      Highly Recommended !
    • WebEc
      No longer being maintained, but it still conatains a vast array of links to all areas of Economics and resources related to it.
  2. Globalisation
    An overview as well as views from both sides.
  3. International Groups & Information :
  4. Journals, Economic :

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M - R

  1. Macroeconomics :
    • B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, The
      Full text articles from this online journal [.pdf downloadable].
    • Economics : Macroeconomics
      Annotated links to papers, research and more.
    • Handbook of Macroeconomics
      Fee-based book downloadable by specific chapter [.pdf]. Abstracts available for each chapter.
    • Macroeconomics
      ‘We have designed this book to be a supplement to Robert J. Barro’s Macroeconomics, which is the textbook that is used in introductory macroeconomics courses at the University of Chicago.’ Chapter downloads in .pdf format.
    • Macroeconomics Glossary
      ‘This is an online version of the draft glossary for my Irwin-McGraw-Hill macroeconomics textbook, called [surprisingly] ‘Macroeconomics’. The hope is to make this webpage serve many more functions than those a glossary is usually called on to serve.’
    • Macroeconomics Resources for Students
      ‘While the features of this site are geared to be used alongside the second edition of Macroeconomics by Manfred Gärtner, they should also prove useful and fun if you are working with any other introductory or intermediate macroeconomics text - or if you are just curious.’
    • Quantitative Macroeconomics and Real Business Cycles
      Data for researchers in the field, directories and bibliographies.
    • What is Macroeconomics ?
      A good introduction for those beginning work in this area.
  2. Microeconomics :
    • Lecture Notes on Microeconomic Theory
      From Harvard University [updated 2006]. Done in multiple .pdf downloads - 9 in all, from ‘The Economic Approach’ to ‘Monopoly’.
    • Microeconomics
      An extensive range of lessons.
    • Microeconomics [Pinciples of]
      ‘From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection. The goal of this book is to explain how people interact economically, understanding the relationship between people, supply and demand, markets, and efficiency.’
    • Microeconomics, Introduction to
      A good basic introduction to resources.
    • Microeconomics Lecture Notes
      Complete notes for an introductory microeconomics course in the US. Each topic is a .pdf download. 16 course material topics, several handouts.
    • Online Microeconomics Textbook
      ‘Online Microeconomics Textbook is a set of links to resources on various Microeconomics topics. Each Microeconomics textbook covers the core material in a different order. The order here is adapted from Parkin and Bade’s text Economics but it should be fairly close to those in other Microeconomics texts.’
    • Online Text and Notes in Intermediate Microeconomics
      Well annotated links to an extensive range of information. UK developed.
    • Problems in Microeconomics
      ‘ Problems in Microeconomics is a set of practice problems and interactive lecture displays for students and faculty in introductory courses in microeconomics. The problems were written by Byron W. Brown, Professor of Economics at Michigan State University.’ Some difficulties with IE, use Netscape [or Firefox ?] in preference.
  3. Progressive Economics :
    • Progressive Economics : A Field Guide
      Check the Table of Contents on the left for details of the extensive information contained on this site.
    • Progressive Economics Forum
      Canadian site that has information about progressive economics including .pdf articles, links, course outlines, books, columns and more. If interested in progressive economics, visit this site.
  4. Research, Economic :
    • Business and Economics Research Resources
      Library databases, electronic journals, web and print resources. In the latter three, there are multiple sub-sections. All links are annotated.
    • RePEc
      ‘Is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 55 countries and 34 US states to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. All RePEc material is freely available.’ 400 000+ items are included.
  5. Reserve Banks
    Information about Reserve Banks which set interest rates, etc..

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S - Z

  1. Search Engines :
    • EconDirectory
      Multiple search options provided.
    • Economics Search Engine
      ‘ESE uses Google to search the contents of nearly 12000 economics web sites [selected from RFE and EDIR] using a Google Custom Search Engine.’
    • NBER Search Engines
      Search multiple aspects of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
  2. Tools :
    • Economic Terms A - Z
      Listed alphabetically. Also provides access to Economics articles and ‘backgrounders’. Done by Economist.com.
    • ECON*World
      ‘The AmosWEB ECON*world is a searchable database of economics and related websites’. Search alphabetically or by using the Quick Finder.
    • EcoSim : The Economic Simulation
      Play and learn facts from economic principles to public sector economics.
    • FreeLunch.com
      ‘Finding and downloading economic data has never been this fast, simple, or free !’ Most is Free though you can pay for other material if you wish. Searchable and browsable options.
    • S Morgan Friedman’s Inflation Calculator
      Predict & discover inflation rates.
  3. Tutorials, Texts & Other Documentation :
    • Economic Education Web
      ‘The mission of the Economic Education Website is to provide support for economic education in all forms and at all levels. Select from the menu to find exciting material for teaching economics’.
    • Economic Literature, Bibliography of
      American Economics Association. Access via your university library.
    • Economics Revision
      Revision material from Bized. While the top section offers books/material for purchase scroll down to a significant range of Free information.
    • Economics Revision Notes [1]
      ‘Links to Free, award-winning revision notes for economics.’ Covers from ADAs through to Unemployment.
    • Economics Revision Notes [2]
      Done by The Student Room Wiki. Topics grouped both under education levels and under topics. Very extensive.
    • Interactive Tutorials, Audio & Video
      Listings under specific topic headings [e.g. Principles of Microeconomics = 14 sites]. Done for both Introductory and Intermediate levels. UK developed.
    • International Economics Study Centre
      International trade theory and policy analysis. Free online text which supports this area.
    • Lecture Notes Online
      Done by econPHd and grouped under 5 major headings from Microeconomics to Software. Notes are drawn not only from the US but also Europe, Canada, Israel, New Zealand and Australia. Really extensive. Useful for both graduate and postgraduate levels.
    • Library of Economics and Liberty
      Modern economic works plus some classic texts, links and more.

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