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Currency & Foreign Exchange

Fiscal Policy

Income Distribution & Poverty
Income Inequality
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International Capital Transfers & FDI
Roubini & Setser on 'The US as a Net Debtor'
On the sustainability of current account balances.
Roubini & Setser on 'Bretton Woods 2'
An analysis of the current account balances and claims that they are sustainable.

Labor Markets
Zen & Labor Markets
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Wage Inequality (between Men & Women)
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Manufacturing & Industrial Policy
The Matter of the Color TVs
Where is that television set made nowadays?
On the Transfer Problem
What happens when on country transfers money to another?



Social Justice & Trade
The Effect of the Trade Balance on Social Security
based on research by Setser, Roubini, et al.

Stimulating Growth & Full-Employment

Unemployment & Poverty

Miscellaneous Concepts in Economics
Oral Examination
Links to several topics of research
Everything I know about VARS...
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RESOURCES


Government/Multilateral Data Sources

US DOE reports on World Energy Resources
matchless resource for  data on oil, gas.
Bank of Japan (English)
US Treasury Dep't
This is where to find data about international capital account balances and flows
Bureau of Economic Advisors
international transactions
EuroStat (EU+)
time series data for EU, non-EU countries

International Monetary Fund (statistics)
This is where to find data about international GDP statistics and current account balances
International Labor Organization (ILO)
Detailed information on labor force, wages, demographics

Historical Time Series | Papers
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
National Statistics (United Kingdom)
excellent historical data

News & Media

AME info
Middle East Finance & Economy

NGO's/Public Interest
Mark T.A.W.'s debt page
well-done page; very clear, easy to understand
Penn World Data Request Form
International time series, 1950's onward
Roubini Global Economics
excellent resources, garish color

General Reference Sources

History of Economic Thought
New School for Social Research (NY, NY)



Crucial Weblogs

Other Weblogs on Economics:
The Big Picture (Barry L. Ritholtz)
Martin J Osborne's website (University of Toronto)
MaxSpeak (Max B Sawicky, EPI)
Global Economic Forum
Morgan Stanley

Weblog / News Aggregators