Economics Links

Economics and Business Magazines on the Web

• Wall Street Journal - continuously updated business news, company reports, and personalization tools. Subscription required.
  
• Fortune Magazine - market and business news updated throughout the day, feature columns, screening tools, and more.
  
• Forbes - table of contents, cover story, and selected columns from Forbes, Forbes FYI, and Forbes ASAP.
  
• Business Week - requires registration. complete contents of current issue, both domestic and international editions, plus BW Daily Briefing, BW Enterprise for small business, and more.
  
• Money Magazine - features text from Money Magazine, guides to mutual funds, company reports, the best loan rates in your area, and more.
  
• Barron's Online - electronic edition of Dow Jones & Company's business and financial weekly magazine with added research capabilities.
  
• The Economist - offers access to many articles of the print magazine.
  
• Investors Business Daily - a daily business journal similar to the WSJ but with some distinctly unique features.

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Newspapers and Commentary on the Web

• USA Today
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Washington Times
• Orlando Sentinel
• Townhall.com - Conservative News and Commentary
• Salon.com - Liberal News and Commentary
• Drudge Report

A Random Sampling of Blogs

Free market, libertarian...

• The Austrian Economists
• Cafe Hayek
• Division of Labor
• Kids Prefer Cheese
• Marginal Revolution
• The Sports Economist
• Carpe Diem

Liberal, socialist, left-wing...

• Talk Left
• Oliver Willis
• The Left Coaster
• Eric Alterman
• The Nation

Conservative, right-wing...

• The Patriot Room
• The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid
• Little Green Footballs
• Rightwing Nuthouse
• Michelle Malkin
• Atlas Shrugs
• The Volokh Conspiracy

More Data Sources from the Web

• The Junkscience Website - Go here to get "another side of the story"
• Dismal Scientist - Economic analysis and data for the world
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) Data - hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
• Producer Price Indexes
• Consumer Price Indexes
• Institute for Economic Affairs

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• The Public Debt of the United States, posted every business day here by the Department of Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt.
• Did you Know? By 1997, after the first 30 years of the "War on Poverty," $5.4 Trillion in tax dollars had been spent on poverty programs, and the national debt had risen to (guess what? yep...) $5.4 Trillion.  And the poverty rate? Uh-huh, EXACTLY THE SAME as it was 30 years before.

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A Bit of Economic History

• The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith  
  Read the magnum opus of modern free-market economics and capitalism. Click here for a brief biography and several excerpts from his works.

• The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, by David Ricardo  
  Must read for understanding the classical theories of economics.

• The Principles of Political Economy, by John Stuart Mill  
  Another of the founders of the classical school.

• History of Money From Ancient to Modern Times

• Say's Law and Supply Side Economics

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Interesting Essays

• Biography of Friedrich Hayek 
  In the nineteen-thirties, the "Austrian" over-investment theory of the business cycle was the chief rival of Keynes' theories. The best known of the Austrians was Friedrich Hayek, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1974 for his theories on the use of knowledge in society. 

• I, Pencil, by Leonard Read
  An interesting essay explaining the miracle of economic specialization and trade.

• Money, by Ayn Rand (From the novel "Atlas Shrugged")
  Excellent excerpt explaining why money, rather than being evil or the root of evil, is actually the incentive for all progress.

• Persuasion versus Force, Dr. Mark Skousen, Rollins College
  Very well written essay explaining why force is the wrong approach to the solution of most problems.

• The Hidden Burden of Taxation  
  Worthwhile reading for a better understanding of taxation and its many ramifications.

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Additional Sites for Economic Resources, Data, Information