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General Economics Links
| Resource Name | Comments |
| “This authoritative site (CH, Sup'99, 36Sup-409) of the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is divided into four main categories of statistical data called economic accounts. The National Accounts section provides quantitative data on US domestic production, consumption, and investment; exports and imports; national and domestic income and saving; and estimates of GDP. Regional Accounts provides data on economic activity by region, state, metropolitan area, and county.” – Choice | |
| “Canadian Economy Online (CEO), a member site of the mother Canadian government portal, provides quick and easy access to key economic indicators, delivering information on Canada's economy and incorporating an educational component in an elegantly designed Web site.” – Choice | |
| Center for Global Development. |
“The Center for Global Development (CGD) is an "independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community."” – Choice |
| DataPlace. |
“This resource, created by an affiliate of the Fannie Mae Foundation, is designed to serve as a "one-stop source for housing and demographic data" for the US affordable housing industry.” -- Choice |
| Economicae is a concise compendium of economics that provides 2-3-sentence definitions of fundamental terms in the field. In addition, many of these brief definitions contain links to pagelong entries with charts, graphs, and mathematical formulas when needed to explain the term. | |
| “The Economics and Statistics Administration within the US Department of Commerce produces this site providing "timely access" to key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the US Census Bureau. The timeliness is critical because indicators, while reflecting business activity, also impact business, financial, and policy decisions. The initial search page displays each indicator, its source (i.e., the Census Bureau and/or the BEA), the frequency (monthly or quarterly), and the time of release.” – Choice | |
| The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is one of 12 entities that make up the Federal Reserve System, which is the central bank of the US. Each regional bank has a Web presence and research agenda; links to all are available on the Federal Reserve System Online site http://federalreserveonline.org/. In general, their research agenda is international, national, and regional in scope. The regional banks differ, however, in how they present their data, publications, and research services." -- Choice | |
| “PricewaterhouseCoopers' EdgarScan is an interface to US SEC EDGAR filings. The mostly quarterly/annual filings offer key financial tables such as income statements and balance sheets. Using the Benchmarking Assistant Java interface, users may select a set of companies (a peer group) and create bar/pie charts comparing the financial performance of the group for various measures. Hyperlinks lead to specific sections of the filing, including financial statements, footnotes, extracted financial metrics, and computed ratios. EdgarScan also provides a glossary of form types (defining types of filings).” – Choice | |
| Food Navigator-USA.com. | “A resource for the food products and food manufacturing industry, Food Navigator USA and its companion site for Europe http://www.foodnavigator.com are exclusively electronic outlets for industry news published by Decision News Media.” – Choice |
| Free the World.com. |
“Free the World.com is the Web site of the Economic Freedom Network, whose purpose is to bring the "topic of economic freedom into mainstream public debate."” -- Choice |
| Globalization101.org. |
“Created in 2000 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies to foster better understanding of globalization, this authoritative site is now directed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Its goal is to "to challenge [readers] to think about many of the controversies surrounding globalization and to promote an understanding of the trade-offs and dilemmas facing policy-makers." Major sections of the site include Issue Briefs, News Analyses, Ask the Experts, For Teachers, and Useful Links.” – Choice |
| Groningen Growth & Development Centre |
"Once one starts peeling the layers of the GGDC site, the trail of discovery seems infinite. Affiliated with a top research institution, the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, GGDC is a farm of nine online services providing economic and industry data available in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets." -- Choice |
| International Monetary Fund: Country Information. |
“The International Monetary Fund (CH, Feb'03, 40-3527) was established in 1945 to ensure the stability of the international monetary system, including foreign exchange and the balance of payments between countries; to promote growth; and to prevent global financial crises. To help reach these goals, the IMF tries to make the financial and economic information of its 185 country members more transparent, and a major component of its site is devoted to supplying information on these countries.” -- Choice |
| Household Products Database. |
“This consumer-oriented National Library of Medicine database makes information about chemical ingredients in specific brands readily accessible. Health effects and toxicity data for products' specific chemical ingredients come from Material Safety Data Sheets, manufacturers' Web sites, and NLM toxicology databases.” – Choice |
| Liber8 |
"This indispensable portal to economic information was designed by librarians at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's Research Division. This site's goal is to provide information professionals and the academic community with centralized access to important free online economic materials, databases, and Web sites." -- Choice |
| The Online Library of Liberty | “This award-winning site offers full-text access to various classic and contemporary books related to individual liberty, limited government, and the free market. Currently it contains 464 authors and 1,450 titles, ranging from classical Greece to the 20th century. Provided by the Liberty Fund, a private educational fund devoted to promoting "a society of free and responsible individuals," the offerings relate to those values rather than to all points of view.” – Choice |
| Resources for economists on the Internet |
"This is the preeminent site for finding economic links on the Web. Originally constructed by Bill Goffe of the University of Southern Mississippi, the site now receives support and oversight from the American Economic Association. It lists more than 1,000 resources, conveniently organized by category: data, economists, forecasting, general interest, jobs and grants, Internet discussion groups, conferences, news media, organizations, scholarly communication, software, teaching resources, links to other guides, and neat stuff (including jokes)." -- Choice |
| Trendwatching.com. |
“Trendwatching.com is "an independent and opinionated consumer trends firm" headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The site provides a free monthly Trend Briefing and offers for sale an annual trend report in PowerPoint format.” – Choice |
| The UC Atlas of Global Inequality. |
“This site was created by the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for use by students and faculty at the University of California campuses. The UC Atlas, which examines globalization's impact on inequality, is now available to researchers worldwide. It is divided into several categories: Health, Income Inequality, Economic Globalization, Gender, Connections (phone and digital divide), Inequality and Growth, and Country Pages.” – Choice |
| United States Patent and Trademark Office. | “The United States Patent and Trademark Office site provides online access to basics about patents, trademarks, and copyrights; and use of the electronic submission process in obtaining any of these, along with the current status of an application.” – Choice |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce. | "Representing more than 3 million businesses, the US Chamber of Commerce "includes hundreds of associations, thousands of local chambers, and more than 100 American Chambers of Commerce in 91 countries." Primarily an advocacy and lobbying group for American businesses, the Chamber also provides information useful to the general public and entrepreneurs on its site." -- Choice |
| The Wall Street Journal: Markets Data Center. | “Although it originated as part of the online version of the venerable daily newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Markets Data Center (MDC) bears little resemblance to its siblings from Dow Jones & Company (e.g., Dow Jones Newswire, MarketWatch). This free, advertising-supported service of the WSJ contains data that used to be available in the daily print editions of that newspaper prior to 2007.” – Choice |
| Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. | “Developed in 2001 to initiate a dialogue on globalization at Yale University, the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization is a valuable resource for individuals interested in core issues surrounding globalization.” – Choice |
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