Economics

In the social sciences, economics is the study of human choice behavior and how it effects the production, distribution, and consumption of scarce resources.

General information

 * U.S. Economic Calendar
 * Economics in the Open Directory Project
 * The Economist's Economics A-Z

Institutions and organizations

 * The American Consumer Institute
 * Bureau of Labor Statistics–from the American Labor Department
 * Center for Economic and Policy Research (USA)
 * National Bureau of Economic Research (USA)–Economics material from the organization that declares Recessions and Recoveries.
 * Organization For Co-operation and Economic Development (OECD) Statistics
 * United Nations Statistics Division
 * US Department of Commerce Economics Statistics
 * World Bank Data
 * World Trade Organization

Study resources

 * KAM - Interactive database on the Knowledge Economy
 * Online edition of A Glossary of Political Economy Terms by Dr. Paul M. Johnson of Auburn University
 * Legendary TV Series "Free to Choose" by Milton Friedman
 * A guide to several online economics textbooks
 * The Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib)–Economics Books, Articles, Blog (EconLog), Podcasts (EconTalk)
 * The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics–Encyclopedia. Entries by renowned economists.
 * An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations–by Adam Smith
 * Dictionary of the history of Ideas - History of Economics
 * Economic Theories and Theorists at EconomyProfessor.com–An index of all theories and theoreticians throughout the history of economic thought.
 * Search of scientific texts on economy
 * Introduction to Economics–By Vladimir Boutiaga
 * Economics For The Citizen–By Walter E. Williams
 * Schools of Thought–Compare various economic schools of thought on particular issues
 * Economics at About.com
 * Bized–A UK-based portal site for Economics and Business Studies designed mainly for UK students.
 * Introduction to Economic Analysis–A complete introductory economics textbook under Creative Commons license by Preston McAfee.
 * Ask The Professor section of EH.Net Economic History Services
 * Introduction to Economics basic economic thinking tools skimmed: rational self-interest, opportunity cost, marginal analysis, specialization, comparative advantage, scarce resources and unlimited wants, as well as a sketch of the institutional structure of the U.S. economy.

Publications

 * American Economic Review
 * Yale Economic Review

Miscellaneous

 * Agent ecomonics model - LTKTBM/LTBTBM agent economics java applet and model description
 * Recent Trends in Economic Education. ERIC Digest.
 * Historicalstatistics.org - Links to historical economic statistics for different countries and regions
 * National Voluntary Content. ERIC Digests.
 * Smartalec Economics - Online Economics Discussion
 * St Louis Federal Reserve Gateway to the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, including working papers, links to lectures and other material.
 * XLab - UC Berkeley Experimental Social Science Laboratory: Human Subject Research in Economics