Sub-Topics Economy Labor Unions Also Try Business Taxes Books History of Money from Ancient Times to Present Day (Davies) Provides a history. 10-09 Lists Better Business Bureaus (BBB.org) Provides a directory providing state by state addresses, telephone and FAX numbers. 10-09 Business Links (SBA.gov) Provides links. 10-09 Business Profiles (Search.com) Provides keyword searches. 10-09 EDGAR Database of Corporate Information (SEC.gov) Provides corporate information. 10-09 Financial Dictionary (TheFreeDictionary.com) Defines key words. Investment Research Center (CNN News) Provides data on markets. 10-09 The Department of the Treasury (USTreas.gov) Provides news. 10-09 The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (MinneapolisFed.org) Provides news. 10-09 Materials Mortgage Loan Rates (HSH Associates) Provides the rates. 10-09 The American Stock Exchange (NYSE.com) Provides data on markets. 10-09 Tokyo Stock Exchange Papers Cost of Living Index (ACCRA) Compares cost of living by cities of your choice. 12-02 Economics - Nobel Laureates Since 1981 (Nobel Foundation) Provides short biographies of the Nobel laureates in economics since 1981. 9-00 Essay - Why Recent Economies in the USA Rose and Fell (TheAtlantic.com - Stiglitz) "The executives were being rewarded not on the basis of their companies' performance but on the basis of stock prices." "The examples of Enron and Global Crossing prove that incentives matter, and that markets do not always provide the right incentives. That is why government has an important role. Every game has to have rules, and government sets the rules of the economic game. If the rules promote special interests, or the interests of corporate executives, then the outcomes are not likely to promote general interests, or the interests of small shareholders." 12-02 Financial Mathematics (Wikipedia.org) Provides a directory of financial math subjects. "Financial mathematics is the branch of applied mathematics concerned with the financial markets. The subject naturally has a close relationship with the discipline of financial economics, however the subject is narrower in scope and more abstract. A central difference is that whilst a financial economist might study the structural reasons why a company may have a certain share price, a mathematician may take the share price as a given, and attempt to use stochastic calculus to obtain the fair value of derivatives of the stock." Includes the topics of Arbitrage pricing theory, Beta coefficient, Black-Scholes, Bond duration, Bond valuation, Capital asset pricing model, Financial mathematics, Historical volatility, Implied volatility, Malliavin calculus, Modern portfolio theory, Moving average (finance), Put-call parity, Quantitative analyst, Rational pricing, Return (finance), Sharpe ratio, Sortino ratio, Stochastic calculus, The Greeks, Tobin's-q, Value at risk, and Volatility. 10-04 Hayek, Friedrich August Von Hayek (Mises.org - Klein) Provides a biography of the economist who influenced the views of President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. 4-02 John Snow - Comments on Nomination of John Snow as Treasury Secretary (Townhall.com - Novak) "With his economic program's outlines charted, President Bush was looking for a secretary of the Treasury and National Economic adviser who would energetically sell his tax cuts." 12-02 John Snow - Comments on Nominations of John Snow and Stephan Friedman (Townhall.com - Kudlow) "Apparently, Vice President Dick Cheney quietly led a search team that came up with Snow. In contrast, the White House loudly leaked the name of investment banker Stephen Friedman to replace Larry Lindsey as head of the National Economic Council. Neither the stock market nor the rest of the world (nor me) knows much about these men." 12-02 Keynes, John (Economics New School) Provides a biography of the economist. "John Maynard Keynes is doubtlessly one the most important figures in the entire history of economics. He revolutionized economics with his classic book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936). This is generally regarded as probably the most influential social science treatise of the 20th Century, in that it quickly and permanently changed the way the world looked at the economy and the role of government in society. No other single book, before or since, has had quite such an impact." 4-02 Labor Statistics by Industry (U.S. Department of Labor) Provides key labor statistics by industry. 12-02 Labor Statistics by State (U.S. Department of Labor) Provides key labor statistics by state and city. Schelling, Thomas (Wikipedia.org) "Thomas Crombie Schelling (born 14 April 1921) is an American economist and professor of foreign affairs, national security, nuclear strategy, and arms control at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy. He was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics (shared with Robert Aumann) for 'having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis'." 10-05 Schelling, Thomas and Robert Aumann (BBC News) "US citizen Thomas Schelling and Israeli Robert Aumann have won the 2005 Nobel prize in economics for their work in an area known as game theory." 10-05 U.S. Small Business Administration Services Provides information for small businesses. 10-09 World Economic Forum (WEForum.org) "The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas." 01-06 Periodicals Entrepreneur Magazine Entrepreneur's Resource Center contains a small business library, franchise information, and business opportunities. 10-09

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