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Economics

Great Web Sites

  • Washington Post Business Glossary
    Short definitions of over 1,000 business and finance terms.
    (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/index.html)
  • Fed 101
    Who decides how much money there is? And why do we pay interest when we borrow money? Why do checks work like real money? The Federal Reserve makes it all happen. Great timeline for monetary history in the US. Really, it's fascinating! (http://www.kc.frb.org/fed101/)
  • FleetKids
    Interactive games let you make money on the stock market, start your own business, manage a baseball team and more. Learn more about saving and earning and sharing. (http://www.fleetkids.com/)
  • The Mint
    How to make a million! How long will it take you to save for that special purpose? How much is that credit card going to cost you? Would you make a good entrepreneur? All sorts of quick quizzes and interactive calculators. (http://www.themint.org/)

Big sites with lots of links!
These resources have loads of links to all sorts of additional resources

  • History of Economics Internet References
    Classical political economy, Marxism, Neoclassical economics, Keynesianism - links to sites with background on these topics. (http://home.tvd.be/cr27486/hope.html)
  • Economics - Homework Central
    Links to over 50 resources for Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, major schools of economic thought and specific economists. (http://www.bigchalk.com/)

Books in Your Libraries

  • Links to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson Library System.
  • Or enter your own keywords in the search box to search the catalog:
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Top Business Headlines
(Headlines from Moreover.com. These articles change frequently)