- Aplia
- Interactive problem sets, tutorials, and experiments
On Point is public radio's live evening news program - covering each day's important news developments and conducting conversations with newsmakers and thinkers from all around the world."
The Connection from WBUR and NPR..."is energetic, edgy, outside-the-beltway American talk."
- Candy Freak
- On PointMonday, September 06, 2004 Steve Almond, author of "Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America", "...has crisscrossed America visiting small-town candy factories, relishing the sweets that never make it to the shelves of Wal-Mart and Stop & Shop."
- Drug Industry Under the Microscope
- On PointThursday, September 16, 2004 "Click one of the "listen" links for a hard look at the truth about the drug companies: what it means for you, your health, and your pocketbook."
- California's Electricity Shock
- The Connection "The story's got everything... it's a shocking man-made disaster in the hotbed of hi-tech, surging power politics, greedy utility executives, and irate rate payers."
- May the Best Team Win
- Only A Game, 4/19/2003, "In the preface to May the Best Team Win, Andrew Zimbalist, an expert on the economics of The Pastime, maintains that baseball's 'recurrent problems have a common cause: monopoly.'"
- The Economics of Mergers
- Here and Now, Tuesday, February 01, 2005 "Corporate America is riding on a new wave of mega-mergers and some analysts are predicting the ride will be a long one. This is expected to be the hottest year for mergers and acquisitions since the stock market correction began five years ago."
- Strike!
- Only A Game, Saturday, August 17, 2002, "Strike Economics" Talk of competitive balance and luxury taxes can sometimes sound like gobbledygook. Bill Littlefield turns to James Meehan Jr., Professor of Economics at Colby College in Waterville, Maine for an explanation.
- Monopoly, Present at the Creation
- Morning Edition, November 25, 2002, from National Public Radio
It's the most-played board game in the world. Though it's considered the ultimate contest of money and power, it started out as a cautionary exercise to make Americans aware of the excesses of capitalism. On Morning Edition, NPR's Juan Williams reports on Monopoly's humble roots, as part of the Present at the Creation series. (8:38)
- The Economics of Mergers
- Here and Now Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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Flute of the Loom
- Outsourcing
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PepsiWorld
- Thirsty?
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Cost Curves and How the Relate
- Click here to find an article about how long-run and short-run
cost curves relate.
- Sony and BMG merger faces probe
- BBC News UK Edition, Thursday, 12 February, 2004
- Indies challenge Sony BMG merger
- BBC News UK Edition, Wednesday, 3 November, 2004
- Sony-BMG deal gets US go-ahead
- BBC News UK Edition Business, Thursday, 29 July, 2004
- Oil industry deregulation: Was it a policy mistake?
- By Myrma M. Velasco, Manila Bulletin, found by Yahoo! Jan 12 7:05 PM 2005
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