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| St. Louis Fed Announces Collegiate Contest for Top Economic Concept Video
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Economic Education group is sponsoring its first ever economics YouTube contest for college students. The Bank is seeking online videos that illustrate one or more of these three economic concepts for a high school audience: scarcity, factors of production, or opportunity cost. Savings bonds will be awarded to the top four videos.
The contest runs through Dec. 18, 2009. To compete, entrants must be 18 years or older and enrolled part or full-time at a U.S. college or university. Submissions can be from an individual or from a team. For more information, see the contest site. (2009-10-29) (2009-11-02) |
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| Liber8® Economic Information Newsletter |
How Would Modern Macroeconomic Schools of Thought Respond to a Recession? — November 2009
What would some of the most famous economists, such as John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, and Adam Smith, and their followers say about the current financial and economic crisis? The November Liber8 newsletter essay by Michelle Armesto—"How Would Modern Macroeconomic Schools of Thought Respond to the Recent Economic Crisis?"—outlines their probable responses.
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| Featured Resource |
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
In 2003, PBS aired a series called "Command Heights:The Battle for the World Economy." The series was designed to "promote better understanding of globalization, world trade and economic development, including the forces, values, events, and ideas that have shaped the present global economic system." This website was developed from the television series. The site includes a time-map, countries, people, and ideas sections, an educator's guide, glossary and video clips. The video clips give an excellent overview of the different modern schools of economic thought. Take a look.
Source: Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
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| Resources |
| International Economy |
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, 2nd edition
The Encyclopedia features easy-to-read articles by over 150 top economists, including Nobel Prize winners, over 80 biographies of famous economists, and many tables and charts illustrating economics in action.
Source: The Library of Economics and Liberty
 More International Resources
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| National Economy |
Educational Resources from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
This site includes a wide variety of economic education information including the "International Economic Summit" which is a world trade simulation for high school students, "Fedville," for Elementary school students, "Ask Dr. Econ," The Fed Chairman Game" and more.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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| Regional Economy |
Regional Resources from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
This section of the BLS site offers employment, productivity, inflation and other data and information by broad region, metropolitan statistical area and state.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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| Recent Research Articles |
| International Research |
"Great Economists and Their Times"
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 1990.
This publication describes the work of ten important economists. These economists were the leading exponents of their schools, and their ideas represent the major contributions to economic thought made by each school.
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| National Research |
"The "Man-Cession" of 2008-2009: It's Big, but It's Not Great"
By Howard J. Wall
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2009.
That men are losing jobs at a much faster rate than women during this recession shouldn't be a surprise. The pattern is typical. And it's not just the men in the hard hats who are out of a job—men in almost all categories of work are being affected disproportionately.
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| Regional Research |
"Sports Still Draw Fans Despite Recession"
By Charles Davidson
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta EconSouth, Volume 11, Number 3, Third Quarter 2009.
In sports, nothing succeeds like success. Buoyed by fan loyalty, teams at larger colleges and pro levels have mostly thrived despite the challenging economic climate. Smaller teams, though, are feeling the brunt of the down economy.
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