I. Introduction
- Syllabus | Textbook Website | D2L | Class Pictures
- Project 1 Guideline | project1.xls
- Project 2: Research Paper Guidelines
II. Textbook Powerpoint
III. On-Line Journals and Blogs
- The Wall Street Journal | The Financial Times | Business Week
- The Economist | CNN Money | Bloomberg
- WSJ Economics Blog | Greg Mankiw | Economist’s View | Becker-Posner | VOX | Brad Setser
- Nouriel Roubini | Library of Economics and Liberty | Global Economic Blog
IV. Data Resources
- Yahoo Finance
- White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room
- Bureau of Economic Analysis | Bureau of Labor Statistics | CPI News Releases
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
- Economagic | CIA the World Factbook | Index of Economic Freedom
- Center for International Development | Human Development Index (HDI)
- Penn World Table International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices PWT 6.2
- US Inflation from 1800 - 2006
- US Budget Historical Data 1962-2006 from Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
V. Useful Links
- Federal Reserve Speeches '07 | Testimony '07 | Monetary Policy Report
- Federal Reserve Board | Federal Reserve Banks | FOMC Meeting | The Beige Book
- Council of Economic Advisers Publications
- World Development Report by World Bank | Finance & Development | World Economic Outlook 07 by IMF
- Finance Education for All from New York Fed
- Personal Financial Education (Great links)
- Journal of Economic Perspectives | Journal of Economic Literature (through JSTOR: Winona access only)
- 3D Production Function by William Yu
- Global Rich List - How rich are you? | US Cities Cost of Living
VI. Articles and News (Some are posted on D2L)
- FOMC Monetary Policy Statement 10/31/07 | Parsing The Fed from WSJ (10/07)
- Financial Globalization's New Power Source from WSJ (10/07)
- Six Fingers of Blames in the Mortgage Mess by Aln Blinder from NYT (09/07)
- Monetary Policy Views: Martin Feldstein vs Robert Lucas (09/07)
- FOMC Monetary Policy Statement 9/18/07
- The World in 2030 from "The Age of Turbulence" by Alan Greenspan (09/07)
- Global Imbalances: Recent Developments and Prospects by Ben Bernake (09/07)
- It's Monetary Policy, Not a Morality Play by Tyler Cowen from NYT (09/07)
- The Fed vs the Financiers by Kenneth Rogoff (09/07)
- House, Housing Finance and Monetary Policy by Ben Bernake (08/07): Great Introduction to US Credit History
- How to Save Africa? by G. Clark (07/07)
- A Psychology Lesson From the Markets by Robert Shiller from NYT (08/07)
- Fed 8/17/07 Statement 1 | Fed 8/17/07 Statement 2 Fed's Reaction to 07' Credit Crunch. Story from WSJ.
- Fed Policy Actions in August 2007, FAQ by Stephen Cecchetti (08/07)
- How Credit Got So Easy And Why It's Tightening? from WSJ (08/07)
- Credibility and Commitment by Charles Plosser (04/07)
- As Inflation Soars, Zimbabwe Economy Plunges from NYT (02/07)
- Made in China by Jagdish Bhagwati (02/07)
- Betting with the House's Money by Kenneth Rogoff (2/07)
- Gambling Against the Dollar by NYT (11/06)
- Milton Friedman from NYT (11/06)
- Friedman Completed Keynes by Brad Delong (11/06)
- Dynamic Capitalism by Edmund Phelps (10/06)
- The Global Middle Cries Out for Reassurance by Larry Summers (10/06)
- Globorization: A Force for Good? from Fed Board (10/06)
- Modern Macroeconomics in Practice: How Theory Is Shaping Policy by Chari and Kehoe 2006 (08/06)
- Is the U.S. Trade Deficit a Problem? from Mankiw's blog (03/06)
- Headline Versus Core Inflation from Comerica Bank (03/06)