Gapminder World offers graphic presentations of economics. For an introduction to this amazing presentation click here.
The Council for Economic Education provides a list of economics resources on the web. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s website is here.
Economics topics (from The EDvantage, a project of IHS)
- Accounting
- Applied Economics
- Behavioral Economics
- Business Cycles
- Comparative Economic Systems
- Competition
- Consumer Choice
- Creative Destruction
- Development Economics
- Discrimination
- Economic Fallacies
- Economic Freedom
- Economic History
- Economic Models
- Economic Principles
- Economics of Education
- Elasticity
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Economics (Environmentalism)
- Finance
- Fiscal Policy
- Game Theory
- Globalization
- Great Depression
- Health Care
- History of Economic Thought
- Inequality
- Inflation
- Labor Markets
- Law and Economics
- Macroeconomics
- Marginal Analysis
- Market Efficiency
- Market Failure
- Market Models
- Market Morality
- Microeconomics
- Money and Banking
- Monopoly
- Poverty
- Trade
- Taxes
- The Price System
- Unemployment
- Unintended Consequences
- Voting
- Supply-Side Economics
- Production and Growth
- Property Rights
- Public Choice
- Production
- Privatization
- Social Security
- Self-Interest
- Supply and Demand
- Regulations
- Schools of Economic Thought
- Price Controls
Credit Card Information
The Center for Responsible Lending
The Four Really Costly Myths About Credit Cards, from The Wall Street Journal
Smart Money website from The Wall Street Journal
Credit and Loan information from the Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Reserve’s Guide to Credit Cards
Housing & Transportation
Buying, financing, leasing, and renting a car from the Federal Trade Commission
Auto loans and insurance: The Wall Street Journal’s Smart Money site
For real estate information, use a newspaper from the geographical area you are interested in living.
Investments
The Motley Fool, the “World’s Greatest Investing Community”
Standard & Poors S&P 500 Index
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), tips on investing
Investment publications from the SEC
Investment firms: Business Insights
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Career Information
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Loans
Credit and Loan information from the Federal Trade Commission
Repaying Student Loans after Graduation, from CNN Money
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