Web Resources and Blogs

Lewis & Clark College’s Watzek Library Internet resources in economics and business, Kate Rubick is our contact person and a great help for econ students with research and/or library issues (email Kate, chat with Kate).

Local Blogs (Lewis & Clark Economics Faculty)

• Reports from the Economic Front (Marty Hart-Landsberg)
• New Economic Perspectives (Eric Tymoigne)

Research Resources

1. Government Data: Fed Stats, Economic Report of the President, The Census, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Reserve Board, Bureau of Economic Analysis, General Economic Data, Labor Market Data, Economic Indicators, Local Development Issues
2. Data Libraries: Resources for Economists, ICPSR (political and social research), IFPRI (food policy), Free Lunch, Population Studies Center, Economic Data on the Information Economy
3. Survey Data: Current Population Survey, General Social Survey, Health and Retirement Survey, National Longitudinal Surveys, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, China Health and Nutrition Survey
4. US Macro Data/Issues: The Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, The Levy Economics Institute, Institute for New Economic Thinking, The Centre of Full Employment and Equity, Economic Calendar, Economic Indicators Calendar, USA Spending, NBER Information on Recessions and Recoveries, Central Bank Research Hub, FRASER, FedViews, Seeking Alpha, The Global Macro Edge
5. World Macro Data: CIA World Factbook, OFFSTATS, Penn World Tables, World Development Indicators, UN Trade and Development, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, OECD, United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organization
6. Research and Policy Organizations: Brookings, AEI, Cato, Center for Global Development, Economic Policy Institute, Heritage, Institute for International Economics, Institute for Research on Poverty, Mathematica Policy Research, Milken Institute, NBER, Population Reference Bureau, The Urban Institute, Center for Economic and Policy Research, International Development Economic Associates, Oregon Center for Public Policy, Political Economy Research Institute, The South Centre
7. Environmental Economics/Issues: Environmental and Resource Economics,Climate Change and Sustainable Development, N.W. Environmental News and Information, N.W. Land Use and Sustainability Issues, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
8. Working Papers: NBER, EconPapers, SSRN, Oxford Economics
9. Economic Sites: American Economic Association, Economic History Association, Cliometric Society,  Sports Economics, Urban Economics Association, Union of Radical Political Economy, Center for Labor Economics, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
10. Economic Tools: CPI Calculator, Currency Convertor, Historical Exchange Rates, Historical GDP, Iowa Electronic Markets

A Selection of Economic Blogs

• Marginal Revolution:  An eclectic general-interest economics blog, Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok of George Mason University.
• Brad DeLong’s Semi-Daily Journal:  Economist at UC Berkeley and former Clinton Administration official.
• Beat the Press: Dean Baker’s analysis of how the media presents, and sometimes distorts, important economic issues.
• Dollars and Sense: A blog focusing on heterdox views of “Real World Economic Issues.”
• Naked Capitalism: An active blog site focusing on contemporary economic and political issues.
• TripleCrisis: A policy focused blog analyzing the ongoing crises in finance, development, and the environment.
• Real World Economics Review: Blog posts by authors published in the journal RWER.
• Greg Mankiw’s Blog:  Harvard economist, author of leading economics textbooks, and former advisor to President George W. Bush.
• Paul Krugman’s “Conscience of a Liberal:”  Nobel prize winning economist at Princeton, and New York Times columnist.
• The Baseline Scenario:  A blog that tracks the global economic crisis, authored by Simon Johnson at MIT.
• Calculated Risk:  Finance and economics blog, with up-to-date information on the state of the economy and the financial crisis.
• Economix:  The New York Times economics blog.
• Freakonomics Blog:  Blog from the authors of Freakonomics Steve Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
• Planet Money:  Blog for NPR’s thrice-weekly podcast on the economy.
• Chris Blattman’s Blog:  Chris Blattman is an economist and political scientist at Yale.
• Economist’s View:  Mark Thoma, Economist at University of Oregon.
• Megan McArdle’s Asymmetrical Information: Atlantic Monthly.
• Ezra Klein: Washington Post.
• Economic Women: A blog focusing on feminist economics.