The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has created this rather fine blog to feature insight and analysis from economists working at the intersection of research and Fed policymaking. People working in the fields of public policy, economics, monetary policy, and financial services will find much to enjoy here. Visitors can comment on different posts or follow embedded links that lead to working...

From the award-winning Planet Money podcast, this six-week Summer School series gives listeners a crash course in economics and finance through entertaining stories and lighthearted conversation (with no homework required). The summer 2021 session is all about investing, from the stock market to 401Ks to cryptocurrency. For instance, in the first lesson, host Cardiff Garcia learns how stock prices...

Those who are interested in the intricacies of supply-side economics will find Jude Wanniski's Supply Side University a useful site for understanding the concepts of this theory. Wanniski, a well-known supply-side advocate, maintains SSU as a free "weekend school in supply-side economics," where the subject is taught in a political context. Included at present are four essays and 23 lessons...

Operated by the Stockholm School of Economics Library, this site provides electronic access to working papers from Swedish universities and research institutes. Currently, working papers from Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm University, the Institute for International Economic Studies, Umea University, Lund University, Goteborg University and the Research Institute of Industrial Economics...

Sponsored by the University of Nebraska at Omaha Center for Economic Education (and part of the Economic Education Web), this website offers a panoply of resources for educators who may be looking for materials that will assist them in the teaching of basic and intermediate economic principles. Teachers can peruse sections that offer dozens of classroom activities and lesson plans, complete with...

The home page of Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics at the Massachussetts Institute of technology, contains links to online articles written by him on various topical issues related to the economy. The largest number of articles at the site hail from Krugman's monthly column "The Dismal Science" in Slate (discussed in the July 12, 1996 Scout Report). Recent articles cover issues such as the...