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This page is a work in progress. It is a gathering place for
resources and links on topics related to the economy to assist in
research projects.
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Planet Money
(http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/) The authoritative
in-depth journalism of National Public Radio is combined here with
audio, video, and web components in this frequently-updated blog
about money matters. It includes many interactive elements like maps
showing economic impacts on states and locales, and exchanges via
blog, Twitter and Facebook. Podcasts of news stories are also
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Investing
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 Ceres
(www.ceres.org)
offers news and information through its function as a coalition
of investors, environmental organizations and other public-interest
groups. "Sustainability" both in terms of climate change in terms of
stable financial institutions working with companies and investors
to address issues such as climate change.
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The Motley Fool
(http://www.fool.com/) provides sound investing news
with a humorous approach. “The company's name was taken from
Shakespeare, whose wise fools both instructed and amused, and could
speak the truth to the king—without getting their heads lopped off.” |
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Social Investment Forum
(http://www.socialinvest.org/)
is a trade group for socially responsible investment companies |
Legislation and Administration
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The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
is an independent agency of the federal government, created in 1933
to prevent a repetition of the thousands of bank failures that
occurred in the 1920s and early 1930s. its funds come from insurance
premiums paid by banks and from earnings on investments in U.S.
Treasury securities. It insures individual bank deposits up to a
specified level. This is the agency that closes down banks that
fail.
Deposits in federally-chartered credit unions are insured by the
National Credit Union Administration and deposits in state-chartered
credit unions are insured by agencies such as the DIFM (Deposit
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Federal
Reserve System
(http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/default.htm)
is the national bank created by Congress in 1913. The reserve banks
in major cities in each of its 12 districts oversee banking
regulation and monetary policy. FED 101 explains the role and work
of the “Fed” |
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 State
Oversight of Federal Stimulus Funds
(http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/stimulusoversight.htm)
is hosted by
the National Conference of State Legislatures. This site links to
each state’s website tracking the expenditures of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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Recovery.gov
is the U.S. government’s official website providing
easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending and allows for
the reporting of potential fraud, waste,
and abuse. |
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White House
economy agenda
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/economy/) posts messages, news
conferences, speeches, including video clips. Live-blogging of
administration activities puts snippets of ongoing events out to the
public over the web. |
Watchdogs
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Center for
Economic and Policy Research
(http://www.cepr.net/)
CEPR’s Co-Director Dean Baker is widely credited for spotting and
warning of the housing bubble. |
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Congressional Oversight Panel
chair Elizabeth Warren reports about the committee
established by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Use
any of those key words in a web or database search for reports, news
items and transcripts. On YouTube, her videos are found with the
term “oversightpanel.“
The
First Report appears on December 11, 2008
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-C4c2rGbIc),
the Second Report on January 9, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h595zaHzyqM&NR=1)
and the Third Report, February 6, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7PCWTqBGQ&feature=channel). |
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Massachusetts Budget and
Policy Center
(http://www.massbudget.org/)
This public service, nonprofit organization has text, calculators,
charts, and other features to explain and illustrate the role of
taxation, other sources of state funds, and the uses to which they
are put. Their purpose is to provide clear and accurate information
to allow citizens to make wise decisions about fiscal policy. |
Humor
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Political Humor
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(http://politicalhumor.about.com/).
Much of the political news right now relates to the economy, so
Daniel Kurtzman’s compilations of late-night entertainers’ jokes and
humor from TV and newspapers often address economic topics. |
Main Street
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NOW
(http://www.pbs.org/now/)
on Public Broadcasting System has reported extensively on the impact
the economic downturn has had on ordinary Americans, from California
housing speculators to renters in Ohio. They also look at green
jobs. |
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Project
Money (http://www.projectmoney.org/)
A people-to-people exchange for financial literacy hosted at the San
Francisco Public Library. This includes definitions, strategies for
saving, investing, buying a home, dealing with taxes and other
everyday money issues. |
 
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Marketplace
(http://marketplace.publicradio.org/)
from Public Radio International offers daily economy information in
a short Morning Report and a half-hour evening broadcast.
Marketplace Money is a more focused discussion of economic issues
and the Marketplace Decoder (http://marketplace.publicradio.org/collections/coll_display.php?coll_id=20198)
provides audio and
transcripts of
interviews with business owners, faculty, and industry observers. |
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