Full list of additional resources for Economics students
- Mr Nick
- Oct 2, 2022
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Essential websites
College Board Online - AP Classroom
At the AP Economics segment of this site, you can find a collection of AP questions and problems, as well as videos and other resources. You need to have a registered account to use your AP Classroom.
IGCSE Aid - Study notes
KhanAcademy
A website with many videos to help supplement what we are learning in class. Check out other subjects and topics as well.
Practice questions
Learning resources websites
IGCSE Economics EduTainment
Past tests and study notes.
ReviewEcon - Micro
Key Points, Prices, and Quantities on Micro Graphs - ReviewEcon.com
ReviewEcon - Macro
Macroeconomics Principles Review - ReviewEcon.com
Economics Departments on the Internet: U.S.
http://www.AmosWeb.com/econdept
This site provides links to the home pages of college economics departments, at which course syllabi and materials can be found.
National Council on Economic Education
Council for Economic Education: EconEdLink
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/
Marginal Revolution University – MRU.org
High School Teaching Resources | Marginal Revolution University (mru.org)
Reffonomics Macroeconomics text book
(has short videos about economic terms and concepts)
http://www.reffonomics.com/reff/index.html
Investopedia
(great for looking up economic definitions)
Page One Economics
Page One Economics Lessons | St. Louis Fed (stlouisfed.org)
GOORU ALPHA
(search engine with many educational resources)
McConnell Brue Flynn Economics
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0217511447/
McGraw-Hill: ECONnections
Welker’s Wikinomics
http://welkerswikinomics.wikifoundry.com/page/Course+Information
Amos Web Quiztastic
http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=tst
The Dismal Scientist
http://www.economy.com/dismal/
Federal Reserve Education
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/
World Economic Forum
http://www.weforum.org/en/index.htm
EcEdWeb: University of Nebraska
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/home.cfm
Examples of dedicated online resources for IGCSE Economics can be found at:
http://opengecko.com/economics/igcse-economics/
http://www.i-study.co.uk/Economics/IGCSE%20Eco%20main%20page.html
Additional textbooks
McEachern, William A., Economics: A Contemporary Introduction 6th ed. Thomson South Western Press, 2003.
Mankiw, Gregory Principles of Economics Sixth Edition with Aplia Online Supplement. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2012
Anderson, David A. Economics by Example. New York, NY: Worth Publishers, 2006.
Stone, Gary L. Advanced Placement Economics: Macroeconomics Student Resource Manual, 4th ed. New York, NU: Council for Economic Education, 2012.
McConnell, C. R., & Brue, S. L. (2008). Economics: Principles, problems, and policies. (17th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Morton, J. S., & Goodman, R. J. B. (2003). Advanced placement economics: Macroeconomics: Student Activities 3rd Ed. New York: National Council on Economic Education.
Morton, J. S., & Goodman, R. J. B. (2003). Advanced placement economics: Microeconomics: Student Activities 3rd Ed. New York: National Council on Economic Education.
Study and prep
The Princeton Review: Cracking the AP Economics Macro and Micro Exams: 2004- 2005 Edition
Economics Cheat Sheets (dineshbakshi.com)
PrepScholar
The Best AP Macroeconomics Practice Tests You Can Get (prepscholar.com)
Courses
edX
Learn Economics with Free Online Courses, Classes, & Lessons | edX
Coursera
Best Economics Courses Online [2022] | Coursera
Lumen Learning
MIT free online course
MIT's Introduction to Economics: A Free Online Course | Open Culture
KhanAcademy
Marginal Revolution University – MRU.org
Learn Economics | Marginal Revolution University (mru.org)
EconEdLink
Podcasts
1. NPR Planet Money - https://www.npr.org/sections/money/
2. NPR The Indicator - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510325/the-indicator-from-planet-money
3. How I built this - https://www.npr.org/series/490248027/how-i-built-this
4. WorkLife with Adam Grant - https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife
Best Economics Podcasts (2022) (player.fm)
Book list
1. THE CHOICE – by Russell Roberts. David Ricardo comes back to life to campaign for Comp. Adv., #1 book
2. NAKED ECONOMICS – Charles Wheelan, No diagrams, jargon, or equations. Just economics. Correspondent.
3. THE WORLD IS FLAT by Thomas Friedman
4. GLOBALIZE IT – Brendan January, if you read The Choice last semester, give this a read.
5. FREE TO CHOOSE - Milton Friedman: conservative views on 10 or so topics of 1980, still debated
6. THE LESSONS OF HISTORY - Durant: short but dense, race, econ, religion, socialism income, biology, vocabulary a bit tough, not much econ.
7. THINKING STRATEGICALLY - Dixit and Nalebuff, Game Theory, if you love math and math games
8. HOW TO GET CONTROL OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR LIFE - Lakein: time management, goals setting
9. THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE – Thomas Friedman, how & why the U.S. is viewed, mid-east references
10. FAST FOOD NATION – Eric Schlosser, how our food and food processing has changed, a lot of non-AP economics
11. ARMCHAIR ECONOMIST – Landsburg, interesting how he uses economics to look at every day life
12. FREAKONOMICS: by Steven Levitt, on NYTimes best seller list, dubious scholarship. Peer reviews weak.
13. SUPER CAPITALISM: by Robert Reich, how capitalism has morphed. US is a. citizens, b. consumers, c. investors.
14. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS: by Daniel Gilbert, Starts with psych melds into economics (behavioral economics)
15. HARD HEADS, SOFT HEARTS – Blinder. Politics, environment, inflation, unemployment, taxation. A bit dated.
16. IN THE LONG RUN - a murder mystery, supply side, rat ex., one thumb up, one down, circular flow knowledge helps
17. NEW IDEAS FROM DEAD ECONOMISTS - comp adv., ABS ADV, Keynes vs. Monetarists, Micro and Macro, may not help for AP test as much as others
18. WORLDLY PHILOSOPHERS - 30 years old, better to choose "NEW IDEAS," on reading list from Madison
19. ECONOMICS IN ACTION - by David Anderson, Best for Mi/Ma students, a bit like a textbook.
20. PEDDLING PROSPERITY - Keynes, Friedman, sup. side, productivity, 1980-1994, Phillip's Curve, banking, stagflation
21. HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS – Gary Huff, old, simple, short-read, but you will learn a lot
22. THE CREATURE FROM JEKYLL ISLAND: A SECOND LOOK AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE -G. Edward Griffin
23. HIDDEN ORDER: THE ECONOMICS OF EVERDAY LIFE - David D. Friedman
24. SUPERFREAKONOMICS - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
25. AFTER THE MUSIC STOPPED - Alan S. Blinder, The recent financial crisis of 2007-9ish and what the government did to fight it
26. THE INSTANT ECONOMIST – Timothy Taylor, Hits on many economic concepts, but explained for average person and written with engaging anecdotal information.
27. THE SHIFTS AND THE SHOCKS – Martin Wolf, Explains the malaise in which we have been mired since 2008, but also provides a analysis of why we are likely to remain so.
28. THE ESSENTIAL KEYNES – John Maynard Keynes
29. THE WEALTH OF NATIONS – Adam Smith
30. THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS – Adam Smith
31. THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO – Karl Marx
Movies
1. Wall street (1987)
2. It's a wonderful life (1939)
3. The founder (2016)
4. The big short (2015)
5. The social network (2010)
6. Thank you for smoking (2005)
7. The Hudsucker proxy (1994)
8. Barbarians at the gate (1993)
9. Other people's money (1991)
10. In time (2011)
11. The man in the white suit (1951)
12. I’m alright Jack (1959)
13. Too big to fail (2011)
14. The company men (2010)
15. Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
16. Trading places (1983)
17. The organiser (1963)
18. The grapes of wrath (1940)
19. Salt of the earth (1954)
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