A micro and macroeconomics course for 21st century learners. 28 half-hour videos sessions with text and guides regarding markets, firms, supply and demand, perfect competition and inelastic demand, economic efficiency, monopolies,...

This article discusses the importance of understanding economics. Has three main sections: economic education, the evidence, and the consequences.

A paper issued by the World Bank on the role of private sector enterprise in "Power development," in China. The full report is in PDF format. (Published in 2000)

In this chapter, you will learn about the following: The Federal Reserve banking system and central banks, bank regulation, how a central bank executes monetary policy, monetary policy and economic outcomes, and the pitfalls for monetary...

The IDB is a long-standing initiative of the Latin American countries as a multilateral finance institution for the development of the region. This site offers basic data on Argentina as well as economic data. It also covers the...

Students track inflation in the United States and across the world. The resource consists of articles on economic trends, economic commentary, charts, and graphs.

This lesson plan focuses on the May 1, 2013, press release by the Federal Reserve System's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on the current Federal Reserve monetary policy actions and goals, and specifically, the federal fund's rate...

Find out what a bank panic is and read about why the bank panic of 1907 was one of the worst in U.S. history.

Explains how resources, goods and services, and payments flow through the economy using the economic model of circular flow.

With files in many categories, FRED offers a wealth of historical US data on interest rates, business indicators, balance of payments, exchange rates, and lots more.

This U.S. Fed white paper defines the reasons for this decade of high inflation.

This 1997 article covers Alan Greenspan's career and analyzes the economic climate (past, present, and projected future) during the boom years of the 1990s.

If you don't know what the economy is or how it works, this site is for you. It is broken into subsections that make it easy to understand the economy.

This site covers many aspects of the Great Depression and the New Deal programs meant to address the terrible economic issues.

An interesting look at the economy of Djibouti, a tiny country that takes full economic advantage of its strategic location on the Horn of Africa.

Get the facts about the life and administraton of Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), the 8th President of the United States (1837-1841).

Find out about the industrialization of Liechtenstein's economy and its relationship with Switzerland. A chart gives quick facts about the economy as a whole. From the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

A description of the changing ideas of the young Democratic Republicans and the three men who, in the 1820s, supported those values. These three men would be important players in the national government for the next 40 years.