Thursday, July 27, 2006

The Best Economic Sites

Hey all!

So I've been asked to compile a list of sites that are the "best" for researching and studying economics.

Now, if you're like me, you found yourself a bevy of sites, and if those sites suit your purpose, you don't really go out and explore or look around for additional sites. And while I may have a slightly broader list than most, I'd be curious if any of you aspiring, deputy or real-life economists out there could recommend your favorites.

Thus far, some of the key ones off the top of my head are;

www.oecd.org

www.ilo.org

www.bls.gov

www.bea.gov

www.stlouisfed.org

www.nationmaster.com

www.economagic.com

www.transparency.org

www.economist.com

http://origin.www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/

Any others I'd really appreciate!

6 comments:

Mark Robertson said...

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but in one of my Political Science/Econ classes, we received a list of economics-related weblogs that I like to check from time to time. They're good for applying economic thinking in a variety of areas. (It's through one of these that I found your site, so they've got to be doing something right.)

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/

http://cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek/

The http://www.volokh.com/

I'm only an amateur economist, so these may not be the best for "researching and studying", per se.

Mahan said...

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/

How about that site?

edwardseco said...

MR is a great site. Let me add 2 more:

http://neweconomist.blogs.com/new_economist/

cato-unbound.org

Off to beantown with real college bookstores..

Anonymous said...

Obviously:

captiancapitalism.blogspot.com

Cheers!

-Ken

Anonymous said...

RGE Monitor is an economic aggregator of news and topics, spearheaded by Nouriel Roubini

Anonymous said...

try

www.bacheliercapital.com

quiet site
but it work