Research Help: ECON 4000: Economics Senior Seminar (Marr): Getting Started

Background Information

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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
An easy-to-use database providing dictionary and encyclopedia entries on subjects in all academic disciplines; a scholarly alternative to Wikipedia. Provides access to over 1,000 reference books.
Issues And Controversies This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.

Planet Money
The Economy Explained | NPR
Planet Money launched in 2008 during the financial crisis and, since then, it has won many awards including a Peabody and an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2017 for our investigation into Wells Fargo's retaliation against whistle-blowers.
Freakonomics
Discover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn’t) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) — from the economics of sleep to how to become great at just about anything. Dubner speaks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, intellectuals and entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers.
International Monetary Fund
Listen to the brightest minds in the field of economics and development discuss their latest research and deconstruct global economic trends.
Montana Economic Minute
The bureau’s talented economists are at the top of their field and provide shrewd coverage of financial data—economic forecasts for both Montana and the whole country.
Benchmark
A weekly podcast that examines the inner workings of the global economy. | Bloomberg
More or Less
BBC Radio created More or Less to stand as a window into the relationship between society and its economic issues, all through the lens of statistics. Each week, the present state of financial markets is analyzed for its likely societal repercussions.

Center for Study of Public Choice
A unique research institution at George Mason University, provides a single location where eminent scholars conduct innovative research, publish their findings and conclusions in a variety of print and electronic media, and teach the science of public choice.
Moody's Analytics
Economic & Market Analysis in Brief. Subscription required.
EconPapers
A searchable database of economic journal articles and working papers from around the world.
Moody's Economic Indicators
A database of free economic data, such as income and earnings, GDP, labor markets, etc.
Library of Economics and Liberty
Advanced the study of economics, markets, and liberty. Site contains articles, guides, encyclopedias, podcasts, and blog entries.
National Bureau of Economic Research
A collection of publications from a private organization. Includes a searchable database of working papers.
Resources for Economics on the Internet
A collection of links to encyclopedias, dictionaries, organizations and more. Published by the American Economic Association.