Selected Websites on Economics

 

 

The Adam Smith Institute provides full text online publications relating to government and taxation; economics and society; health, education and social issues; transport and environment and privatization and deregulation. Also available in full text are the complete works of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of the Moral Sentiments, with indexes to the chapters.

Amos Web : Contains an Economic Glossary, an economic encyclopedia, plus a very interesting Ask Mr. Economy column with some unexpected answers

Asia Regional Information Center (ARIC), provides current information and statistics on the Asian economies.

The Asia Economic Monitor is a quarterly review of economic growth, financial, corporate sector reforms and social developments in 12 Asian countries.

The Cato Journal is published by the Cato Institute, a public policy research foundation in Washington, D.C. The journal is an interdisciplinary publication in the analysis of public policy issues.

Economics as a career – covers what economists do and includes many links to other areas

Economics of Networks: This site is a collection of information on economic issues of networks, such as the telephone and fax communications networks, the Internet, financial exchange and credit card networks, as well as on "virtual networks," such as the virtual network of all Windows or all Mac computers.

EconPapers

Fed 101 – all about the history of money and its use in the United States

Fed in Print: An index to Federal Reserve Economic Research is a searchable site by keywords, authors, titles, publication year and name. Many of the documents are in full text.

Foundation for Teaching Economics – a little more advanced but this site has some opportunities for students interested in the field.

Global economic prospects: World Bank, annual, realizing the development promise of the DOHA agenda, 2004, 2005.

History of Economic Thought

The History of the World Economy

The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy is based in the University of Nottingham (England). It focuses on three areas of research: globalisation and labour markets, the internationalisation of economic policy and globalisation, productivity and technology.

National Bureau of Economic Research NBER

Performance of service index is a monthly report on the status of service industries in Australia published by the Australian Industry Group.

Princeton University Library: Pliny Fisk Library of Economics & Finance

Yale Global Online is a publication from the Yale Center of Globalization. Information is arranged by topics and regions.

The Yahoo Economics Page

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: UNECE

What’s a dollar worth? Good website for information on inflation

World Trade Organization: WTO