Economics Department
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Links
This page is not complete, I haven't had time to hunt down all the links and pages I have found useful, but the links below take you to a small selection of potentially useful or interesting sites. This page will gradually grow, as I remember good sites! Obviously, over time, sites move causing the links to break. If you find a broken link, please let me know at simon.harrison@doverbroecks.com. Thanks.
General Tutor2u; The most wide ranging collection of revision notes and analysis available for A level economists. Paul Krugman's official website; The man is a genius. For plain speaking comprehensible analysis of economic folly, there is no better place to look. Also a set of older articles can be found at his old web site. J Bradford-Delong; Articles about every Economic subject under the sun. Prolific doesn't even begin to describe it. Some useful macro data: Some charts on the UK's recent and not so recent) Economic performance.
Alphabetical list, by broad subject area
Development Economist Country briefings A wide variety of countries are covered, and there is a good deal of up to date information, especially in the "Economic data" and "Economic structure". Look for current events and changes to show good contemporary knowledge. Eight broken promises; why the WTO isn't working for the world's poor. What it says on the tin. The CIA world factbook. A neutral look at the world's economies. The global economy. Very basic revision
Fiscal Policy Budget 2005; a summary of the key tax and spending changes.
Market Failure The benefits of education; what we know and what we don't. An interesting article on the external benefits of education by Nicholas Barr of the London School of Economics. Important if you plan to answer an essay on market failure in your exam
Minimum Wage In praise of cheap labour; Paul Krugman argues that bad jobs at bad wages are better than no jobs at all.
Monetary Policy Bank of England; This part of the site gives a good overview of current Monetary Policy; when you reach the page follow the links on the left sidebar. The main site is www.bankofengland.co.uk
Monopoly Microsoft and Standard Oil; A comparison of large corporations with monopoly power, and a discussion of what true monopoly power might mean.
Privatisation Privatisation in the UK 1979-1999; All you ever wanted to know about privatisation, but were afraid to ask.
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