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- Economics Resources
- Consumer Reports
Online
- Unbiased reports and information about products and services,
prepared by the Consumers' Union. "You'll find Consumer
Reports advice, ratings and recommendations, based on [their]
independent testing of consumer products and services. You'll
find no advertising on this site."
- The Better Business Bureau
- "The Better Business Bureau provides instant access
to business and consumer alerts as well as helpful resources.
Plus, you can file a complaint online and more." Includes
the latest consumer warnings and other news from the BBB, consumer
buying guides and business publications, and related information.
- Economics
Definitions: From "The Dismal Scientist"
- The terminology of the science of economics is explained
here in a very readable and understandable format. For example,
you can dind out the meaning of GDP here, thoroughly explained.
- The Dismal Scientist
- A wonderful collection of easily understood information
about economics, including definitions and data. A superb starting
place for economics research, especially for those who want to
become familiar with the basic terms and concepts of economics.
- NAFTA, The North American Free Trade
Agreement
- A large set of links to Internet resources related to
the study of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
- National
Budget Simulation: Short Version
- This simple simulation should give you a better feel
of the trade-offs which citizens and policy makers will need
to make to balance the budget. This simulation asks you to cut
the 1995 fiscal deficit in order to achieve a balanced budget.
In order to make the choices we face in the budget clearer, we
assume that you make the cuts all in one year. Use the pop-up
menus to increase or decrease as many of the budget items as
you'd like. When you're finished, click the button at the end
of the document.
- National
Budget Simulation: Long Version
- This simulation is a longer and more detailed version
of the one directly above.
- Wall Street
Research Net
- An amazing collection of links and searchers related
to stocks, bonds and economics. A commercial site, but most of
the data appears to be free, including stock market data.
- Holt
Stock Reports
- An extremely useful and comprehensive daily summary of
data related to stock exchanges, as well as other useful economic
data.
- The New York Stock Exchange
- A major place where stock is traded, in New York City.
- Hoover's Online
- A place to find out information about companies (stocks,
reports, industry snapshots, and much, much more.)
- Stock
Quotes From CNN/SI
- Obtain the latest stock quotes just 20 minutes after
the latest transaction on the stock market.
- EduStock
- Edustock is an educational web page designed to teach
what the stock market is, and how it can work for them. It includes
tutorials on the stock market and how to pick good stocks.
- Companies
and Organizations
- This page includes information on both for-profit and
not-for-profit companies and organizations, primarily in the
U.S. but with strong emphasis on organizations world-wide.
- Center
for International Business Education and Reseach
- Links to information about businesses around the world.
A great place to start researching international companies.
- Stocks
By Name
- Stockmaster allows you to find data on stocks. Click
on a letter to view company names that start with that letter.
Click on a company name below to view its current stock quote
and one year chart.
- EDGAR Database
- The Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates
public companies, provides this site to allow the public access
to information on companies.
- The Annual Reports
Library
- "Since it's founding in 1983, The Annual Reports
Library has built a collection of over 1.45 million original
reports (and proxies) from corporations, foundations, banks,
mutual funds and public institutions."
- Statistical
Resources: Comprehensive Economics
- Lots of links to Internet economics statistical resources
are available from this site.
- Currency
Converter
- Using the Koblas Currency Converter is very simple. Just
select the desired currency and all other currencies will be
converted relative to the one you selected. The name of the currency
will also appear at the top of the message.
- Patenting
Issues
- Lots of information related to patents and getting patents.
- HungerNet
- The Gopher site dedicated to providing informational
resources related to world hunger.
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- Urban Issues: Growth and Urban Sprawl Resources
- City
& County Reports and Analysis
- Choose from 12 different types of geographies (cities,
states, regions, etc.) and 12 different kinds of reports on various
qualities of the place selected.
- Relocation
Salary Calculator
- This online "calculator" will allow you to
calculate how much salary you would need in order to equal that
of another city. (i.e., If you make $20,000 in Johnstown, how
much of a salary would it take to have the same standard of living
if you moved to Seattle?)
- Cost-of-Living
Calculator
- Click on CPIcalc. Then choose one of ten consumer
price index variables (e.g. all items, food, medical care) and
then the U.S. or one of twenty regions/cities, then enter a dollar
amount for a beginning year and obtain its value in another year.
Beginning years vary but range from 1913 to 1976.
- Rent.Net: Apartment Guide
On The Internet
- Find out about home and apartment rental costs for many
cities in the United States, online.
- State,
Metropolitan Areas and County Profiles
- Basic statistics on people in cities and regions of the
U.S. Just click on a state, then narrow your search down to the
area you want data about.
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- County
and City Data Books
- This resource provides WWW access to the electronic versions
of the 1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books.
- Factsheet:
Urban Growth Boundaries
- An officially adopted and mapped line dividing land to
be developed from Greenbelt land to be protected for natural
or rural uses. Urban growth boundaries are regulatory tools,
designated for long periods of time - 20 or more years. In order
to provide greater certainty for both development and conservation
goals they are rarely subject to revision and can be made permanent
over time.
- The
Price of Mobility:
- Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Transportation: Covers
many factors related to transportation as it affects the environment
and humans. Includes topics such as: Energy, Parking, Congestion,
Air pollution, Urban Sprawl, etc.
- Articles
on Sustainability (Planning)
- A collection of newspaper and magazine articles about
urban planning and the environment.
- Urban
Sprawl: The Invisible Crisis
- Article: "With crime and taxes topping citizen concerns,
few feel urgent about urban sprawl. But decisions being made
now about sprawl are likely to affect those issues, and many
more, in major ways."
- Urban
Sprawl: Radio Series
- Five part radio program series on Urban Sprawl. Requires
Real Audio to hear the sound.
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