Research Help: ECON 4000: Economics Senior Seminar (Ozay): Get Started

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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.