- Aplia
- Interactive problem sets, tutorials, and experiments
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Iinternational Economics
- by Pugel published by Irwin / McGraw-Hill
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Free Online Graph Paper
- from incompetech dot com
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Fall 2008 Course List
- Healey Library, UMass Boston, Fall 08: Econ 334
- Comparative Advantage and Gains from Specialization
- A Macromedia Flash animation by K. K. Fung and Manjunath Reddy from the University of Memphis.
- Mixed Results from Anti-Coca 'Plan Colombia'
- Day to Day, December 20, 2005
- The Soaring Price of Food
- On Point, Tuesday, February 12, 2008
- Paul Samuelson: Rethinking Free Trade
- On Point on WBUR, September 27, 2004
questioning the assumptions of the Law of Comparative Advantage
- Sock Wars (Yes, we said Sock Wars)
- Marketplace, Monday, July 19, 2004
and international trade
- From the Athenian Agora to Wall Street: The World's Markets
- On Point, Thursday, July 18, 2002
- Gunrunners
- Global Crime Report from the BBC,
four 30 minute programs illustrate the laws of supply and demand
- The Body Trade
- Global Crime Report from the BBC,
four 30 minute programs illustrate the laws of supply and demand
- Indians selling human organs
- Health, Tuesday, 15 October, 2002, from the BBC News World Service
- GP - 'no problem' to arrange transplant
- Health, Wednesday, 28 August, 2002, from the BBC News World Service
- Why not allow organ trading?
- Health, Friday, 30 August, 2002, from the BBC News World Service -- not audio
- Organ trade GP struck off
- Health, Friday, 30 August, 2002, from the BBC News World Service
- Call to legalise live organ trade
- World, Monday, 19 May 2003, from the BBC News World Service
- Human smuggling eclipses drugs trade
- World, Thursday, 20 June 2002, from the BBC News World Service
- Asia-Pacific states tackle human traffic
- World: Asia-Pacific, Wednesday, 27 February, 2002, from the BBC News World Service
- The Coffee Glut
- The Connection, 2/21/2002
"Coffee prices, good till the last drop."
- Got Gas?
- The Connection, 5/20/2004
"So what happens, when the price of gas goes too high?"
- Free Trade vs. Fair Trade
- On Point, Tuesday, September 09, 2003
"...the free trade formula: let each nation do what it does best, and all will prosper."
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- On Point, Monday, March 11, 2002
"His theories attacked the basic assumptions of economics, including the assumption that markets allowed firms to compete equally."
- Milton Friedman
- On Point, Monday, January 03, 2005
"Even at age 92, Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman remains a true radical."
- Patriots Rein in Resellers
- By Curt Nickisch on WBUR 90.9 FM 31 January 2008
- Math and Economics
- NewsHour Extra A NewsHour with Jim Lehrer special for students.
- Global Perspectives: Face of Globalization
- SoundPrint, March 2002 (suggested by my student Alexander A.)
- NAFTA Turns 10
- Here and Now, Thursday, January 01, 2004
- U.S. Trade Deficit Soars
- Here and Now, Friday, March 11, 2005
- Al Qaeda and the Diamond Trade
- Here and Now, Friday, August 06, 2004
- The Roads of Mexico
- Here and Now, Monday, May 16, 2005
- Pharmaceutical Companies and Mexico
- Here and Now, Tuesday, May 17, 2005
- Corn Farmers in Mexico
- Here and Now, Wednesday, May 18, 2005
- Tourism in Mexico
- Here and Now, Thursday, May 19, 2005
- Gravity for Beginners
- a guide to the gravity model by Keith Head
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Think Economics
- "...illustrates basic economic principles that are taught in a college-level introductory economics course."
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Flash Econ
- covers profit maximization, production and cost, and comparative advantage
- Economics Materials
- from biz/ed
- Interactive Economics
- Michael Jarrett
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Massive Effort
- A global campaign agains AIDS, TB, and Malaria
- International Organizations
- International Monetary Fund
- "...was established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment..."
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- "...brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world..."
- World Bank
- "...is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world..."
- World Trade Organization
- "...the World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the rules of trade between nations at a global or near-global level..."
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