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Online Economics Lessons & Lectures

• AmosWEB: Microeconomics Lessons

  http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=cls&c=dsp&crs=micro

  Introductory Microeconomics is the study of the individuals, firms, markets, and industries, including the topics of consumer demand, production, cost, market structures, and factor markets.

• Economics - Learning Materials

  http://www.bized.co.uk/learn/economics/

  In the biz/ed free resources section, there are quite a number of free online electronic textbooks for you to learn Economics, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Topics include markets, firms, wages, market failure, AD & AS model, government policy, Macroeconomic controversies, International economics, economic growth, development economics, housing markets and transport economics.

• AmosWEB: Macroeconomics Lessons

  http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=cls&c=dsp&crs=macro

  Introductory Macroeconomics is the study of the aggregate economy, including the topics of inflation, unemployment, business cycles, gross domestic product, money, fiscal policy, and monetary policy.

• Economics Interactive Tutorials

  http://hadm.sph.sc.edu/Courses/Econ/Tutorials.html

  These 9 lectures and simulations use Java to create animations and interactivity, dotting these interactive features through explanatory text. Topics introduced are Total Cost, Variable Cost, and Marginal Cost; Marginal Cost and the Price-Taking Firm's Optimal Output Rate; Average Cost and the Break-Even Output Rate; Demand; Elasticity; Elasticity II; Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium; Monopoly: Marginal Revenue and the Profit-Maximizing Price and Output Rate; Discounting Future Income; The Internal Rate of Return; Perils of the Internal Rate of Return; Risk; and Risk Aversion and Insurance.

Study & Examination

• Study Skills

  http://www.bized.co.uk/reference/studyskills/

  basic and general study skills, revision and exam help, and coursework advice

• Economics Exam Technique

  http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/examtechnique.html

  These articles and presentations provide comprehensive guidance on economics examination technique and essay writing.

Stock Market & Finance

• Guide to Stock Markets of the Wall Street Journal

  http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/pdfs/stock_guide.pdf

  This guide will give some basic ideas about how to read stock market quotations, some of the major markets, and how Dow Jones come to be.

• The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition

  http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/

  a comprehensive financial-literacy education program

Federal Reserve

• Federal Reserve Education

  http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/

  instructional materials and tools that can increase your understanding of the Federal Reserve, economics and financial education

• Federal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions

  http://www.federalreserve.gov/pf/pf.htm

  provides a detailed look at the structure, responsibilities and operations of the Federal Reserve System

Money Education

• Made of Money

  http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/madeofmoney/index.htm

  intended for students aged 14-16, providing a range of simulating resources to help young people understand what economy is, how it works and how it relates to them

• The Mint

  http://www.themint.org/

  a site packed with all kinds of tips about what to do with your money

• The World of Money Laid Bare

  http://www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk/

  money managing tips, pitfalls, tools, and other resources

Ask a Question

• Ask Dr.Econ

  http://www.frbsf.org/education/activities/drecon/askecon.cfm

  ask a question or browse through all the historical Q&A