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Ideas
Quiggin, John. 2010. Five Zombie Economic Ideas That Refuse to Die. October 15. Foreign Policy.

Select Blogs
Lissack, Michael. 2010. Fix Housing -- Fix the Economy. Naples, FL: fixhousing.blogspot.com

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. Grading Econ Textbooks on Climate Change. December 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. Greg Mankiw's Blog: Random Observations for Students of Economics. ("Professor of economics at Harvard University, where I teach introductory economics (ec 10) among other courses."). (gregmankiw.blogspot.com). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.

Smith, Yves. 2010. Naked Capitalism:. nakedcapitalism.com

Select Book Reviews
Solow, Robert M. 2011. Working in the Dark. (Book review of Syliva Nassar's Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius). September 28. www.tnr.com.

Whitfield, John. 2011. Libertarians With Antlers: What Robert H. Frank's The Darwin Economy Gets Wrong About Evolution. Sept. 28. slate.com.

Select Books
Congdon, William J. Congdon, Jeffrey R. Kling, and Sendhil Mullainathan. 2011. Policy and Choice: Public Finance through the Lens of Behavioral Economics. (Free Book). (http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/04/free-book-well-worth-your-time.html). Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press.

Coyle, Diane. 2011. The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Greco, Thomas H. 2009. The End of Money and the Future of Civilization. White River Jct., Vt: Chelsea Green Publishing.

Ip, Greg. 2010. The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in The Real World. New York, NY: Wiley.

Morgenson, Gretchen. 2011. Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon. Times Books.

Schiller, Robert. 2011. Robert Shiller on Human Traits Essential to Capitalism. (Yale economist Robert Shiller argues that rising inequality in the US was a major cause of the recent crisis, and little is being done to address it. He chooses books that give insight into human nature). The Browser.

Freshman Economics

Harvard Professor of Economics' 2009 Freshman Seminar:

The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbroner

Spin-Free Economics, by Nariman Behravesh

Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman

Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, by Arthur Okun

Nudge, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

The Return of Depression Economics, by Paul Krugman

Animal Spirits, by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller

The Myth of the Rational Voter, by Bryan Caplan

Economic Gangsters, by Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel

The Price of Everything, by Russell Roberts

Superfreakonomics, by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt

Greg Mankiw's 2009 Harvard Ec 10 course - http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/08/impossible-task.html

Harvard Professor of Economics' 2010 Freshman Seminar: Here are the books we are reading this year (in this order):

The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbronr

Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets, by John McMillan

Thinking Strategically, by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff

Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman

Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, by Arthur Okun

Nudge, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

How the Economy Works, by Roger E.A. Farmer

The Return of Depression Economics, by Paul Krugman

The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek

The Myth of the Rational Voter, by Bryan Caplan

The Big Questions, by Steven Landsburg

Greg Mankiw's 2010 Harvard Ec 10 course - http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-years-freshman-seminar.html

Economics' Books for Children

Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen. 2010. Yana van der Meulen Rodgers on Economics Books for Young Children. The Browser.

Select Competitions
Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Economics Video Contest. February 8. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com

St. Louis Fed 2010. National Economic Education Video Competition for College Students. St Louis, MO: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.

Select Countries
Cochrane, John H. 2010. Geithner's Global Central Planning: The Chinese government's accumulation of U.S. debt represents a tragic investment decision, not a currency-manipulation effort. October 26. New York, NY: online.wsj.com/article

Select Economics Humor
Mankiw, Greg, and Harvard economics' Students. 2010. [The Colbert Effect http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/10/colbert-effect.html]. October 26. (and Harvard's Respectably French - http://respectablyfrench.com/rfv2/). Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/10/colbert-effect.html.

Select Games
Economic Games. 2010. Economic Games. Queensland, Australia: Griffith University and Australian Learning and Teaching Counsel.

Select Journals, Serials, etc.
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. (Open Access). Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. BPEA is open access. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com

McAfee, R. Preston. 2010. EDIFYING EDITING. (on editing articles in Economics' journals). Vol. 55, No. 1 (Spring 2010). American Economist.

Select Libraries, Archives, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

Select Museums
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).

Select Programs, Applications, Software
Daily, Gretchen. 2011. InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs. Stanford, CA: Stanford University - The Natural Capital Project.

Select References
Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. [http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/08/economics-of-paying-for-disaster-relief.html The Economics of Paying for Disaster Relief: Paul Krugman discusses. Steve Landsburg responds]. August 31. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011.Hayek and Keynes: An excerpt from Silvia Nasar's new book, The Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius. September 14. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. How to Break Bread With the Republicans. January 1. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. If You Have the Answers, Tell Me. May 7. (also, Macroeconomic Uncertainties - http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/05/macroeconomic-uncertainties.html). New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. The Rate of Return on Human Capital - David Leonhardt reports. June 27. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

theodp. 2011. Google/Facebook: Do-Not-Track Threatens CA Economy. May 7. yro.slashdot.org.

Bioregionalism

Greco Jr., Thomas H. 2010. Proposal – A Bioregional Economic Development Program Based on Mutual Credit Clearing. beyondmoney.net.

Indigenous Peoples of Canada. 2010. Bioregional Economics. Chase, B.C.: Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty.

Blogosphere and Economics

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. [http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/11/department-of-huh-why-oh-why-cant-we.html Department of "Huh"? (Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Blogosphere? Brad DeLong Edition)]. November 23. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

California

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. Fun Fact of the Day: California Edition. May 12. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Capitalism

Harvey, David. 2010. The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism. Profile Books.

Consumers

Revkin, Andrew C. 2010. A Black Friday Push, From Twitter to Beijing. November 26. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. [A Behavioral Econ Business Plan http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/02/behavioral-econ-business-plan.html]. February 7. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Debt

Graeber, David. 2011. [http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/what-is-debt-%E2%80%93-an-interview-with-economic-anthropologist-david-graeber.html What is Debt? – An Interview with Economic Anthropologist David Graeber]. August 26. nakedcapitalism.com.

Developing World and Risks of Markets

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. [http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/06/are-emerging-and-developed-economies.html Are emerging and developed economies switching place? Alan Taylor ponders the question]. June 8. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Economic Competition

Krugman, Paul. 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/opinion/24krugman.html The Competition Myth]. March 26. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Economics and the Future

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. It’s 2026, and the Debt Is Due. March 26. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Our Negative Bequest to Our Children. May 12. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Economic Growth

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. The Disappointing Recovery. July 8. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. How to Grow the Economy: Bruce Bartlett takes on Tim Pawlenty. June 11. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Fred Bergsten on Net Exports. September 28. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Economic Optimism

Tierney, John. 2010. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/science/28tierney.html Economic Optimism? Yes, I’ll Take That Bet]. December 27. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Economic Stimulus

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Peter Diamond on Stimulus. September 28. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Tyson, Laura. 2010. Why We Need a Second Stimulus. August 29. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Economic Theory

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Empiricists versus Theorists: Christy Romer on the monetary policy debate. February 27. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Economics of Philanthropy

Economics Teaching

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Economics Teaching Conference. August 17. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Economists

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. A Poll of Economists: Who are economists' favorite economists?. May 15. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Segal, David. 2010. The X Factor of Economics: People. October 16. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Environment

Moir, John. 2011. An Economist for Nature Calculates the Need for More Protection. (See Stanford's Gretchen Daily's "InVEST - Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs" software above). August 8. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Revkin, Andrew. 2010. Seeking a Meaningful Price on Carbon/. December 22. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Federal Reserve

Bernanke, Chairman Ben S. 2010. Causes of the Recent Financial and Economic Crisis. September 2. (Before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Washington, D.C.). Washington, DC: federalreserve.gov/newsevents/testimony

Diamond, Peter. 2011. When a Nobel Prize Isn’t Enough. June 5. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Lebleu, Guillaume. 2011. Reading notes on Bernanke’s roadmap speech. September 17. lebleu.org

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Kevin Warsh: An interview with the departing Fed governor. June 3. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Financial Crises

Chan, Sewell. 2011. Financial Meltdown Was ‘Avoidable,’ Inquiry Concludes. January 25. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Financial System

Donadio, Rachel and Elizabeth A. Harris. 2011. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/world/occupy-wall-street-protests-worldwide.html Rallies Across the Globe Protest Economic Policies]. October 15, 2011

Forests and Economics

Free Trade

Reinhardt, Uwe E. How Convincing Is the Case for Free Trade?. February 18. New York, NY: economix.blogs.nytimes.com.

Fixing the Economy

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Fixing Our Sick Economy. September 10. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Grading and Economics

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Partisan Grading. May 20. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

The Great Depression

Barro, Robert. 2009. Macroeconomic Effects from Government Purchases and Taxes. (Related paper here: http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/15369.html). National Science Foundation.

Bernanke, Ben S. 2004. Essays on the Great Depression. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Cole, Harold and Lee Ohanian. 2003. The Great Depression in the United States from a Neoclassical Perspective. (Also here: http://www.economics.hawaii.edu/research/seminars/02-03/02-21.pdf). (Research Department Staff Report XXX.). Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Friedman Milton and Anna Jacobson Schwartz. 1971. Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. The Mistake of 1937: Gauti Eggertsson of the NY Fed examines an historic parallel to our current macro situation. June 3. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Ramey, Valerie. 2009. Identifying Government Spending Shocks: It’s All in the Timing. (http://econ.ucsd.edu/~vramey/research/IdentifyingGovt.pdf). University of California, San Diego.

(Harvard Professor Robert Barro’s Five Great Books on the Depression - http://five-books.com/interviews/robert-barro)

Happiness

Norberg-Hodge, Helena, Steven Gorelick & John Page. 2011. The Economics of Happiness. (Documentary). theeconomicsofhappiness.org

Healthcare

Holtz-Eakin, Douglas, Joseph Antos and James C. Capretta. 2011. Health Care Repeal Won't Add to the Deficit. January 19. New York, NY: Wall Street Journal.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Health Inequality Via Peter Orszag. June 22. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Seriously, Some Consensus About Health Care. June 18. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. What would repeal of Obamacare do to the budget deficit?. January 19. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Palfrey, Judith. 2010. The Ballot Box and Health. (With cost estimates). November 01. Cambridge, MA: The Harvard Crimson.

History of Economics

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. An Animated 4-Minute History of Econ. August 26. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Households

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Household Expectations. May 31. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Inequality and Redistribution

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Increasing Inequality around the World. May 4. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

International Economics

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Choices for Greece: Tyler Cowen tells us not to expect much happy news.. July 5. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/07/choices-for-greece.html.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. The European Debt Crisis: As seen by economists Francesco Giavazzi and Anil Kashyap. July 21. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com/

Internet and Economics

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Google Plays the Yield Curve. May 17. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com

Jobs

Greenstone, Michael and Adam Looney. 2010. The Long Road Back to Full Employment: How the Great Recession Compares to Previous U.S. Recessions. August 6. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.

Job Program for the Supercommittee (editorial). 2011. Job Program for the Supercommittee. September 08. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Leopold, Les. 2010. When Will We Face Up to the Enormity of the Jobs Crisis?. November 12. White River Jct.: VT: Chelsea Green.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. February 11. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Striking Fact of the Day - about Total Employment Level. March 09. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Why aren't businesses hiring?. July 15. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Reich, Robert. 2011. The State of Working America. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Labor

Card, David. 1991. The Effect of Unions on the Level and Distribution of Wages: A Longitudinal Analysis. Number 287, July 1991, revised March 1995. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Working Paper.

Card, David. 1987. Supply and Demand in the Labor Market. Number 228, November. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Working Paper.

Card, David, (with Orley Ashenfelter). 1981. Using Longitudinal Data to Measure Minimum Wage Effects." September 1981. London, UK: Center for Labour Economics, London School of Economics Discussion Paper.

Freeman, Richard, with Eve Gerber (interviewer). 2011. Richard B. Freeman on Labour Unions: Harvard professor discusses the history and theory of unions – and explains why Wisconsin governor Scott Walker should heed the example of Australia’s ex-PM, John Howard. March 6. thebrowser.com

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Incentivizing Customers to Monitor Workers. February 9. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Leftists and Economics

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Even leftists believe in property rights. October 14. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Manufacturing

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. The State of U.S. Manufacturing. February 6. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Money

Hamilton, James. 2011. How the Fed prints money without any ink: If the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program is printing money, why is the growth of new currency in circulation below average?. February 18. finance.fortune.cnn.com

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?. 2011. What does one TRILLION dollars look like?. pagetutor.com

Pigou Club and Economics

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. A Reading for the Pigou Club. August 15. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Poverty

Eckholm, Erik. 2010. Recession Raises Poverty Rate to a 15-Year High. September 16. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mandell, Betty Reid. 2011. The Media, the Poor, and SSI. January 22. New York, NY: New Politics.

Wen, Patricia. 2011. The Other Welfare. January 22. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe.

Prices

Gopinath, Gita. 2011. Chasing prices: Economist Gopinath uses both theory and data to learn truths. February 22. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Gazette.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. I agree with Paul Krugman. May 7. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Productivity

Rogoff, Kenneth. 2010. An Age of Diminished Expectations?. August 3. New York, NY: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rogoff71/English

Recessions

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Lucas on the Great Recession. June 2. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Rent Control

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. The Lucky Break of Rent Control. February 5. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Small Business

Hassett, Kevin and Alan Viard. 2010. Counting Small Businesses. September 3. (see also: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703959704575454061524326290.html). Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/09/counting-small-businesses.htm.

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. A Small Step in the Right Direction. September 07. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Social Security in the U.S.

Mandel, Marvin. 2011. Simple Solutions: to the deficit, Medicare, and the Social Security problems. February 26. New York, NY: New Politics.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Paul Samuelson on Social Security. September 10. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. The Simpson-Bowles Social Security Plan - Chuck Blahous explains it.. November 11. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. The Simpson-Bowles Social Security Plan Reform. November 29. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Spreading Wealth Around

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2010. Presidential Address: Spreading the Wealth Around: Reflections Inspired by Joe the Plumber. (www.palgrave-journals.com/eej/) 36, (285–298). Eastern Economic Journal.

Stocks

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Robert Shiller on Stock Valuations. September 28. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Stop Coddling the Rich

Buffett, Warren. 2011. [Stop Coddling the Rich]. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Taxes

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. The Blur Between Spending and Taxes. November 20. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/business/economy/10view.html I Can Afford Higher Taxes. But They’ll Make Me Work Less]. October 9. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. The Progressivity of the Tax System. September 20. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. The Tax Deal. December 7. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. A Conservative’s Case for a Gas Tax. June 24. New York, NY: The New York Times.

U.S. Federal Budget

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Alternative Fiscal Futures. April 22. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Former Fed Officials Opine. August 6. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. President Obama's Budget. February 17. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. CEA Chairs on the Budget Deficit. (Unsustainable budget threatens nation - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51864.html - An important article signed by a bipartisan group of ten former chairmen and chairwomen of the Council of Economic Advisers. I have never before had such a large and distinguished group of coauthors). March 24. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. A Budget Map Reveals a Troubled Future. February 21. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Samuelson, Robert. 2011. A Missed Opportunity On the Budget. January 27. Real Clear Markets.

Unemployment

Barro, Robert. 2010. The Folly of Subsidizing Unemployment: My calculations suggest the jobless rate could be as low as 6.8%, instead of 9.5%, if jobless benefits hadn't been extended to 99 weeks. August 30. New York, NY: Wall Street Journal.

Bartlett, Bruce. 2011. Misrepresentations, Regulations and Jobs. October 4. New York, NY: economix.blogs.nytimes.com.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. How much unemployment is structural?. January. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. A Plan for Zero Unemployment. September 10. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Virtual Economy

Castronova, Edward. 2010. An Exodus Recession?. November 10. terranova.blogs.com

Select Simulations, Applets and Visualizations
U.S. Federal Budget

Carter, Shan, Matthew Ericson, David Leonhardt, Bill Marsh and Kevin Quealy. 2010. Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Lyman, John. 2010. New in Public Data Explorer: Visualize the US Budget. December 1. Moutain View, CA: googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com

Select Study Guides
Mankiw, Greg. 2008. Study Guide for Mankiw's Principles of Economics (5th ed.). South-Western College Pub.

Select Textbooks
Colander. 2009. Economics (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill.

Krugman and Wells. 2009. Economics. (2nd ed.). Worth.

Mankiw, N. Gregory, and Laurence Ball. 2011 (forthcoming. Macroeconomics and the Financial System. (Free Chapter 19). Worth Publishers.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Principles of Macroeconomics (6th ed.). Cengage Learning.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. What's new in the new edition?. March 11. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Select Video and Audio
Benkler, Yochai. 2009. After Selfishness - Wikipedia 1, Hobbes 0 at Half Time. (July 24). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.

Cassidy, John, and James Surowiecki;The Political Scene: John Cassidy and James Surowiecki on the politics behind Obama’s new economic proposals. (The Political Scene, A weekly podcast about Washington). September 13. New York, NY: The New Yorker.

Ferguson, Charles. 2010. Inside Job Trailers & Video Clips (6 videos). ("A wake-up call of macroeconomic proportions"). Belgium.

Hazard, Merle. 2010. Double Dippin' (music video). http://www.merlehazard.com/

Hazard, Merle. 2011. Feelin' Lousy - Financially Groov in Song. March 3. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. The Challenges Facing Monetary and Fiscal Policy. April 15. Cincinnati, OH: The University of Cincinnati.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. I talk to Reuters. August 8. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2010. Laura Tyson and Me on NPR- Obama's Economic Plan Face Gridlock in Congress. (NPR's All Things Considered). Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. NPR reports ... on a meeting of economists at MIT. January 28. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Tax Justice - PBS Video. January 29. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2010. Taxing Times for Americans - Hear Me Squawk. (CNBC). Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Morgenson, Gretchen. 2011. How 'Reckless' Greed Contributed To Financial Crisis. May 24. National Public Radio.

NPR: Planet Money Podcast. 2010. NPR: Planet Money Podcast. National Public Radio.

Papola, Papola and Russ Roberts. 2010. "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem. Youtube.com.

Papola, Papola and Russ Roberts. 2011. Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two. April 28. (Greg Mankiw's blog) Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com

Perry, Mark. 2010. Follow the Money: Human Mobility and Effective Communities. gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/05/follow-money.html

Reich, Robert E. 2011. The Truth About the Economy. MoveOn.org.

Schumacher, E.F. 1977 -ish. E.F. Schumacher on Economics as if People Mattered, Buddhist Economics, etc.. archive.org/search.php?query=e.%20schumacher

Economic Stimulus

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Peter Diamond on Stimulus. September 28. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Economics' Humor

Bauman, Yoram. 2010. 2010 American Economic Association humor session. American Economic Association.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Finally, some good economic news: Manufacturers of Downward Arrows Post Record Profits. August 28. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, Greg, and Harvard economics' Students. 2010. The Colbert Effect. October 26. (and Harvard's Respectably French - http://respectablyfrench.com/rfv2/). Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/10/colbert-effect.html.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Ten Principles of Economics, in Limericks: From Dr. Goose. September 1. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Economics' Videos for Children

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. The Rainbow Fish, Revised. July 27. gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Healthcare

Goodman, Amy. 2011. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin Moves to Create Single-Payer Healthcare System. January 21. DemocracyNow.org

Internet and Economics

Hugh, Edward. 2011. How Life In The Internet Changes The Practice Of Macroeconomics. February 14. London, UK: London School of Economics.

Jobs

Brancaccio, David. 2010. Fixing the Future: NOW visits US communities using innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity. (Local, sustainable jobs and cooperatives). PBS.

Symposiums

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. MIT Symposium of Macroeconomists. February 25. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com

Tax Justice

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. Tax Justice. January 29. Cambridge, MA: PBS.

Select Wikis
Austrian Economics' Wiki: http://austrianeconomics.wikia.com

World University and School Links
Business Management: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Business_Management

Cooperatives: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Cooperatives

Economics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Economics

Entrepreneurship: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Entrepreneurship

Finance: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finance

Finding / creating a job you really love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love

Fundraising: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Fundraising

Labor Economics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Labor_Economics

Political Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Political_Science

Small Business: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Small_Business

Social Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Social_Science

Urban Studies and Planning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Urban_Studies_and_Planning

WUaS Job Hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting

Academic Press at World University and School
Academic Press at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Press_at_World_University_and_School

Access to Live, or Email, University Technical Expertise
Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.

Admissions at World University and School
Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

Blog at World University and School
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/

Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS

with educational electronics, as well; with musical instruments; value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently; available via mail and electronically;

Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)
Join the World University and School Google + Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/.

Careers
Finding / creating a job you really love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love

WUaS Job hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting

Counseling
Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling

Credits
Many thanks to each of you!

Please feel free to hyperlink your name to a location of your choice (or tell WUaS where to link to - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com). Please do not hesitate to let WUaS know if you think that somebody (including yourself) has been forgotten, now or in the future; please include a URL, which is, of course, one main way identity created on the internet.

Digital To Do
Android

Broadcast to radio frequency

Create EMail group for page

Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)

Print

Publish to DVD

Recommend

Send to phone

Translate

Videophone

Free Degrees / Credit
Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning

The College at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School

Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School

World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School

World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School

World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School

WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme

In Google Earth
Google Earth.

In Virtual World
OpenSim. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page

ScienceSim. 2011. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php. Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

Second Life - Harvard's virtual island: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:

Travel to this virtual island to learn building:

Learning Networking
Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.

Academia.edu's World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/

Delicious.com's World University and School - http://www.delicious.com/WorldUniversityandSchool

Digg.com's World University and School - http://digg.com/worlduniversityandschool

Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (This group may be archived).

Google + - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com (Scott MacLeod) - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/

Google Profiles World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts

Google Groups' World University and School - http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School

Like

LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School

Redditt.com's World University and School - http://www.reddit.com/user/WorldUnivandSch/

Tribe.net's World University and School - http://tribes.tribe.net/worlduniversityandschool

Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch

World University & School subject group

World University & School Share This

Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/

TV-Live Broadcasting
Broadcast to television

Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:

Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com

Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv

Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv

Video Communication
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software

Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail

iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html

Skype - http://www.skype.com/

Wiki Software for Courses
Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

PB Works - http://pbworks.com/

Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/

Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia

Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/

World University and School Licensing
World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is treated as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity (Pub. 557, p. 19).

World University & School is a community of learners and teachers who value — and are themselves strengthened by — the rich diversity of its participants. In order to cultivate a flourishing teaching, learning and creating conversation in a diverse and complex world, WUaS welcomes all languages, students, families, faculty, board members, and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, and economic background.

All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/.

WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University

Courses: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses

Subjects: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects

Languages: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages

Library Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources

Nation States: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States

You at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University

Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software

Museums: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums

Research: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Research

Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities

World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers

Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University

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