Economics Resources

Economics Resources

Unbiased reports and information about products and services, prepared by the Consumers' Union. "You'll find Consumer Reports advice, ratings and recommendations, based on [their] independent testing of consumer products and services. You'll find no advertising on this site."

"The Better Business Bureau provides instant access to business and consumer alerts as well as helpful resources. Plus, you can file a complaint online and more." Includes the latest consumer warnings and other news from the BBB, consumer buying guides and business publications, and related information.

The Economic Report of the President includes current and foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals on topics such as employment, unemployment, production, real income and the labor force. Click on the 1998 Statistical Tables for Income, Employment, etc. then you can click on the specific data that you want.

The terminology of the science of economics is explained here in a very readable and understandable format. For example, you can dind out the meaning of GDP here, thoroughly explained.

A wonderful collection of easily understood information about economics, including definitions and data. A superb starting place for economics research, especially for those who want to become familiar with the basic terms and concepts of economics.

A large set of links to Internet resources related to the study of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

This simple simulation should give you a better feel of the trade-offs which citizens and policy makers will need to make to balance the budget. This simulation asks you to cut the 1995 fiscal deficit in order to achieve a balanced budget. In order to make the choices we face in the budget clearer, we assume that you make the cuts all in one year. Use the pop-up menus to increase or decrease as many of the budget items as you'd like. When you're finished, click the button at the end of the document.

This simulation is a longer and more detailed version of the one directly above.

An amazing collection of links and searchers related to stocks, bonds and economics. A commercial site, but most of the data appears to be free, including stock market data.

An extremely useful and comprehensive daily summary of data related to stock exchanges, as well as other useful economic data.

A major place where stock is traded, in New York City.

A place to find out information about companies (stocks, reports, industry snapshots, and much, much more.)

Obtain the latest stock quotes just 20 minutes after the latest transaction on the stock market.

Edustock is an educational web page designed to teach what the stock market is, and how it can work for them. It includes tutorials on the stock market and how to pick good stocks.

This page includes information on both for-profit and not-for-profit companies and organizations, primarily in the U.S. but with strong emphasis on organizations world-wide.

Links to information about businesses around the world. A great place to start researching international companies.

Stockmaster allows you to find data on stocks. Click on a letter to view company names that start with that letter. Click on a company name below to view its current stock quote and one year chart.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates public companies, provides this site to allow the public access to information on companies.

"Since it's founding in 1983, The Annual Reports Library has built a collection of over 1.45 million original reports (and proxies) from corporations, foundations, banks, mutual funds and public institutions."

Lots of links to Internet economics statistical resources are available from this site.

Using the Koblas Currency Converter is very simple. Just select the desired currency and all other currencies will be converted relative to the one you selected. The name of the currency will also appear at the top of the message.

Lots of information related to patents and getting patents.

The Gopher site dedicated to providing informational resources related to world hunger.

Choose from 12 different types of geographies (cities, states, regions, etc.) and 12 different kinds of reports on various qualities of the place selected.

This online "calculator" will allow you to calculate how much salary you would need in order to equal that of another city.

Click on CPIcalc. Then choose one of ten consumer price index variables (e.g. all items, food, medical care) and then the U.S. or one of twenty regions/cities, then enter a dollar amount for a beginning year and obtain its value in another year. Beginning years vary but range from 1913 to 1976.

Find out about home and apartment rental costs for many cities in the United States, online.

Basic statistics on people in cities and regions of the U.S. Just click on a state, then narrow your search down to the area you want data about.

This resource provides WWW access to the electronic versions of the 1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books. You will need to check some boxes to get the data. First specify data desired, and ask for only California data, and submit. Then specify data for city only.

An officially adopted and mapped line dividing land to be developed from Greenbelt land to be protected for natural or rural uses. Urban growth boundaries are regulatory tools, designated for long periods of time - 20 or more years. In order to provide greater certainty for both development and conservation goals they are rarely subject to revision and can be made permanent over time.

Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Transportation: Covers many factors related to transportation as it affects the environment and humans. Includes topics such as: Energy, Parking, Congestion, Air pollution, Urban Sprawl, etc.

A collection of newspaper and magazine articles about urban planning and the environment.

Article: "With crime and taxes topping citizen concerns, few feel urgent about urban sprawl. But decisions being made now about sprawl are likely to affect those issues, and many more, in major ways."

Five part radio program series on Urban Sprawl. Requires Real Audio to hear the sound.

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