ECON450

Contents

-announcements

past announcements: click here

-links to class materials

homeworks: click here

-useful links

(general)

-The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online

(data)

-Gapminder: has relevant data on long-run economic growth

-OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

-WTO : World Trade Organization

-IMF: International Monetary Fund

-USITC : United States International Trade Commission

-CIA World Factbook

-Index Mundi country facts

-World Data Bank

-Principal Global Indicators

-Eurostat

-Legatum Prosperity Index

-FRED Economic Data

-Resource for Economists: portal site to economic data

(academic papers)

-Google Scholar: search engine for academic papers

(media / think-tanks)

- The Economist

- Peterson Institute

- CATO Institute: Trade and Immigration

(personal blogs)

-Paul Krugman's Blog: Author of the textbook used in class.

-Greg Mankiw's Blog: Author of the famous macro textbook.

(interview manuscripts / movies)

- Nobel Prize Lecture by Robert Mundell (1999)

- Speech by Ben Bernanke (2005) on the global saving glut

(Some basic review videos from Khan Academy)

- Micro: Profit 1 , PPF 12345 , Labor 1 2

- Int'l finance: Balance of trade 1 2 3

- Int'l trade: Comparative advantage 1 2 (4,5 of PPF above)

(interesting video)

- The Carrier Myth (The Atlantic, Dec. 28, 2016, 6:01)

(interesting article)

- Can iPhone and iPad be made in USA? (CNN, Oct. 18, 2012)

- Boxed in (Economist, Sep.8,2012)

- EU, China leaders meet amid growing trade disputes (Reuters, Sep.19, 2012)

- A Craiglist for Currency Markets (Freakonomics, Nov.1, 2011)