Economic Links
Economics and Business Magazines on the Web
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A Bit of Economic History
- Wall Street Journal - continuously updated business news, company reports, and personalization tools. Subscription required.
- 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.
- 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.
- USA Today
- New York Times
- Washington Post
- Washington Times
- Townhall.com - Conservative News and Commentary
- Salon.com - Liberal News and Commentary
- Drudge Report
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- The Austrian Economists
- Cafe Hayek
- Kids Prefer Cheese
- Marginal Revolution
- The Sports Economist
- Carpe Diem
- Atlas Shrugs
Conservative, right-wing...
More Data Sources from the Web
- The Junkscience Website - Go here to get "another side of the story"
- Economy.com- 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
A Bit of Economic History
- 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
- History of Money and Credit with a Mortgage Calculator
- Say's Law and Supply Side Economics
- 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, division of labor, 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.
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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.