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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 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.

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 Young 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
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Select References
Mankiw, Greg. 2011. How to Break Bread With the Republicans. January 1. New York, NY: The New York Times.

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

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.

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.

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 Theory

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

Economists

Segal, David. 2010. The X Factor of Economics: People. October 16. 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

Financial Crises

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

Free Trade

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

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, Greg. 2011. [What would repeal of Obamacare do to the budget deficit? http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-would-repeal-of-obamacare-do-to.html]. 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.

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.

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

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.

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

Philanthropy

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.

Productivity

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

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. 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.

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

U.S. Federal Budget

Mankiw, N. Gregory. 2011. Alternative Fiscal Futures. April 22. 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.

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

Economics' Humor

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

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.

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.

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