Economics instructors, book publishers,
and on-line services are developing useful Web-based tools for helping students better
understand economics. Use the following sample of economics-education-related links to
supplement your in-class learning and increase your understanding of economics.
Samples of On-Line Economics Textbooks and
Courses
Listing of On-line Textbooks (John
Kane - SUNY Oswego)
CyberEconomics
Developed by Robert Schenk at St. Joseph's College in
Indiana, the purpose of this on-line text is "to provide an interactive supplement to
a principles of economics course. ...on these pages you will find a complete, two-semester
course in introductory economics. ... After almost every reading selection there are
questions which ask the reader to respond in some way, either by simply remembering what
was presented in the text, or by applying the ideas of the text in some way."
HyperStats
Online
HyperStat Online is an introductory-level hypertext
statistics book developed by David Lane at Rice University. The site contains the
basic text, as well as interactive analysis tools and instructional demos.
Essential
Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text
Based on Roger A. McCain's lecture notes at Drexel
University, this site contains complete on-line texts for Principles of Microeconomics and
Macroeconomics. The text includes multiple-choice questions, "overheads"
for each chapter, and links to background reading within the text.
Principles of Macroeconomics
(Beth Ingram, U. of Iowa)
Beth Ingram has made available her lectures for the
Principles of Macro course in RealAudio format, synchronized with Powerpoint slide shows.
Macroeconomics:
Understanding the Wealth of Nations
An MBA-level text from England with the following aim: not
to create economists but to make students think about economic issues like economists.
"One of the distinguishing features of this text is an exhaustive focus on the data
and the detail of the world economy – we use these facts as our entry point into the
world of theory." (Andrew Scott and David Miles)
Principles
of Macroeconomics (J. Bradford DeLong,UC-Berkeley)
Brad DeLong has a multifaceted economics site, including
on-line lecture notes, animations, and other information for his Principles of
Macroeconomics course. In addition, he has suggestions for economic reading and
papers he has written.
Understanding the World Macroeconomy
Material from Nouriel Roubini's MBA Macroeconomics course
at the Stern School of Business at New York University is available at this site,
including a reading list, lecture notes, class handouts, readings on policy debates, and
more.
The
World Lecture Hall - Economics
A listing of on-line economics courses and course material
from instructors around the U.S. and the world.
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants:
Historical Reading in Economics
History of Economic Thought Archive
The History of Thought Archive represents an attempt to
gather all material for the study of the history of economics at one site. This includes
both primary texts, studies of those texts and of their authors.
The
Library of Economics and Liberty
"The Library of Economics and Liberty is dedicated to
advancing the study of economics, markets, and liberty." Full versions of a
number of historical economics texts are provided at the site.
Using and Practicing Your Economic Skills:
An Eclectic Collection of Web Sites
AmosWeb
AmosWeb contains a wide collection of instructional
economic information, including reference material, economic statistics, A
Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy, Ask Mr. Economy, and a weekly economic
issue.
Political Cartoons (New
York Times)
View a wide selection of current and archived political
cartoons to accompany your economics courses.
Economics Interactive
Tutorials
A collection of interactive tutorials on a variety of
economic concepts, including cost curves, demand and supply, elasticity, discounting, and
risk.
Tutor2U (England)
An extensive British study portal for students studying
economics.
BizEd (England)
Biz/ed is a unique business and economics service for
students, teachers and lecturers, with learning materials, data, and a catalog of
high-quality Internet resources by topic.
Virtual
Developing Country
This site introduces you to many of the issues and ideas
that are of interest in the field of development economics. You can take a series of
virtual field trips throughout Zambia visiting a number of places and people. At each stop
on the way you will be able to gain access to key data and economic theory, a glossary,
pictures and have the opportunity to complete worksheets.
Eur Macro Tutor
An online tutorial for Intermediate Macroeconomics courses,
this site explains the essentials of macroeconomics and shows how different models relate
using animations and graphs, as well as interactive numerical exercises.
EconEdLink's
Economic Lessons
These real-life economic lessons explore the relationship
between economics and real-world issues. This site contains three different types of
lessons that use economic theory to bring current events to life.
- EconomicsMinute
- MillionaireMinute
- NetNewsLine
oo_Micro!
Developed by Joe Daniel at the University of Delaware,
"oo...Micro! is a multimedia world wide web site designed for teaching, learning, and
applying intermediate microeconomic theory. It integrates a textbook, a mini-lecture
series, a graphical calculator, an animated drawing program, a spreadsheet, and an
econometrics package."
Problems
in Microeconomics
Problems in Microeconomics is a set of practice problems
based on Excel worksheets that are designed to help students learn "more easily and
completely" the concepts in an introductory microeconomics course. Students
download the Excel worksheets and change default settings to see the effect on various
curves illustrating economic concepts. The problems were written by Byron W. Brown from
Michigan State University.
Classroom
Expernomics
"Classroom Expernomics is a newsletter
dedicated to the use of economic experiments as a teaching tool for the classroom."
Developed and maintained by Greg Delemeester at Marietta College and John Neral at
Frostburg State University.
Iowa
Electronic Markets
"The Iowa Electronic Markets are real-money futures
markets in which contract payoffs depend on economic and political events such as
elections. These markets are operated by faculty at the University of Iowa College of
Businessas part of our research and teaching mission."
Presidential Election Calculators
These pages allow you to enter economic data and predict
presidential vote-share outcomes. Compare the model forecasts to those of opinion
polls.
Big
Mac Index (from The Economist)
The Economist's Big Mac index measures
purchasing-power-parity exchange rates using world-wide prices of Big Macs. It is a
useful tool for understanding exchange-rate theory and the concept of
purchasing-power-parity.
EuroGame
You can join this interactive Web-based simulation game
that seeks to replicate the business decisions of firms in a competitive economy.
Compete against teams of students from around the world as you manage your own
company.
Improving Study, Math, and Graphing
Skills
The following sites provide students with
pre-tests, tutorials, and general study tips for students taking economics courses.
Some of the sites focus primarily on graphing skills, an important capability in most
economics courses.
Miscellaneous Links of Interest to Students
RefDesk.com
Provides extensive searching capabilities to find facts on
the Web.
CollegeJournal.com
CollegeJournal.com is a free site from The Wall Street
Journal for undergraduate, graduate and MBA students who want job-search and
career-guidance information. Content is updated daily and includes news, features and
trends that will help you land a job or internship, as well as launch your career and grow
it successfully.
Comments or questions, broken links? Send
an e-mail message to Scott Simkins at
simkinss@ncat.edu
Last modified: March, 2001 |
