University of Hawai'i Department of Economics

Ilan Noy

Links

General:

• Idealist.org: a portal for nonprofits, anywhere (by far the largest and best portal of its kind). Has information on organizations, jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities, interesting articles, events, campaigns, etc. Also available in French, Russian and Spanish. Has a special site for kids.

Economics:

• History of Economic Thought (Maintained by The New School in NYC)
• Nobel Prize winners in Economics
• Finding Economists or Departments of Economics
• Economic Journals on the WWW

Economic Data:

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Foreign Labor Statistics (maintained by the BLS)
• U.S. trade and foreign direct investment statistics (from the BEA)
• International Data and Statistics (the World Bank)
• Penn World Tables
• The Economist Intelligence Unit
• An Alternative Measure of GDP: A site on sustainable development maintained by Redefining Progress (a non-profit).
• A comprehensive list of Central Banks (each with its own data)
• Harvard-CID-World Bank Datamart: Good for political data.
• U.S. recent macroeconomic data (from the Cleveland Fed).
• U.S. historical macroeconomic data (FRED).
• Exchange rates (from the U of British Columbia)
• Excellent current Info and many articles on international macro (Nouriel Roubini’s website)

Popular Media Sources for Economic Analysis

• The New York Times (daily)
• The Financial Times (daily)
• The Washington Post (daily)
• The Economist (weekly)
• Newsweek (weekly)
• Foreign Affairs (monthly)
• Finance & Development (monthly)
• Journal of Economic Perspective (quarterly)

Economic Blogs

• Econbrowser
• Freeexchange
• Brad DeLong
• Economist's View
• Greg Mankiw
• Nouriel Roubini

Institutions and Associations of Economics:

• American Economic Association
• European Economic Association
• Federal Reserve Board
• IMF
• Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association
• World Bank
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
• International Financial Institutions Research Site
• Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
• Economics Research Network (ERN)
• 50 Years is Enough (anti-IMF/WB organization based in Washington DC)
• The Paris Club
• OECD
• Santa Cruz Center of International Economics - Univ. of Cal., Santa Cruz
• Center for Economic Development –Harvard
• G8 – a Univ. of Toronto site on the G8
• University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization – (UHERO)

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