Contents
-announcements
(May 26)
the grades are now posted (building 2N, second floor)
-links to class materials
-useful links
(general)
-The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online (http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/dictionary)
-FRB: FOMC website (http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomc.htm)
(data)
-Resource for Economists web site (http://rfe.org/): links to data / information that helps in your project
-Gapminder (www.gapminder.org/): has relevant data on economic growth
-Economic Data FRED (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/): all sorts of U.S. macro data.
-CIA World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)
-Index Mundi (http://www.indexmundi.com/): country facts
-World Data Bank (http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do)
-Principal Global Indicators (http://www.principalglobalindicators.org/default.aspx)
-Eurostat (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/euroindicators/peeis)
(journals)
-Economist.com: Authoritative weekly newspaper focusing on international politics and business news and opinion (http://www.economist.com/)
-WSJ Blogs: Real Time Economics (http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/): Economic insight and analysis from The Wall Street Journal.
(academic papers)
-Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/): search engine for academic papers
(personal blogs)
-Greg Mankiw's Blog (http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/): Author of the famous textbook. Writes everyday on current topics
(interview manuscripts / movies)
- Nobel Prize Lecture:
1996 Robert Lucas
1999 Robert Mundell
2004 Finn Kydland / Ed Prescott
2006 Edmund Phelps
- Speeches / remarks by Fed officials
Remarks by Ben Bernanke (May.22.09)