Social Sciences

Economics

Databases

• Issues & Controversies - Updated weekly, this resource presents key facts, arguments, history, and current context of current events and important issues.
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Explore multiple viewpoints on popular controversial topics. Information is presented in a pro and con viewpoint format with additional reference articles that provide context.
• National Bureau of Economic Research - The National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Browse nearly 700 full-text NBER Working Papers are published each year by NBER researchers aimed at other professional economists.
• World Bank Open Data - Find access to a wide range of datasets covering worldwide economics, finance, development, health, education, and environmental topics.
• ABI/INFORM - Covering business and management topics, this resource contains full-text journals and much sought-after titles from the business press as well as key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports.
• Census.gov - The U.S. Census Bureau is the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people, economy, and health.

Websites

• Concise Encyclopedia of Economics - Developed and maintained by EconLib. For students and practitioners in the discipline of economics.
• Trading Economics - Trading Economics provides its users with accurate information for 196 countries including historical data for more than 300.000 economic indicators, exchange rates, stock market indexes, government bond yields and commodity prices. Their data is based on official sources, not third-party data providers, and their facts are regularly checked for inconsistencies. TradingEconomics.com has received more than 100 million page views from more than 200 countries.

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