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TEACHING PAGE
Updated 01/24/2007

Spring 2007 Office Hours
         Mondays 4:00-5:30 online
         Tuesdays 2:45-3:45 in office (DMH 138)
         ...and always by appointment

Spring 2007 Courses

         ECON 1B Principles of Microeconomics
                 Course syllabus
                 Instructions for getting started with MyEconLab.
                 Economics Puzzles Writing Assignment
                 Economics Puzzles Examples written by former students.
                 Final exam: Tuesday May 22, 12:15-2:30 p.m. DMH 358

          
         ECON 2A Principles of Macroeconomics Online
                 Course syllabus (including Aplia registration instructions and course key).
                 This is an online lab requiring registration and payment with Aplia in addition to registration and payment with SJSU.

         ECON 200 Seminar in Law and Economics (masters)
                 Course Syllabus
                 Final exam: Tuesday May 22, 7:45-10:00 p.m. DMH 358
 

Staying Current on Economic Conditions

Newsprint Media
The Economist great "outside" view of American conditions and world events, some proprietary
Chronicle of Higher Education 
The Wall Street Journal comprehensive, proprietary
The Washington Post generally more focused on political angle
The New York Times all the news that fits

Web Media
Slate.com filled with the best writers on the web
theshortrun.com good general resource and nice data section with active links to current statistics
argmax.com a site mainly for journalists writing about economics
dismalscientist.com a wealth of current information, much by subscription only
www.fool.com the ever savvy boys from Motley Fool

Energy
Energy Information Administration (lots of up-to-date stuff)
Monthly Natural Gas Price Forecast (from energyshop.com)
Gas prices around the world (from CNN/Money)
A Primer on Gasoline Prices (EIA)
A Primer on Crude Oil Prices (WTRG Economics)

Blogs I read
Marginal Revolution by GMU economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok
EconLog by Arnold Kling
andrewsullivan.com by Andrew Sullivan
divisionoflabour.com by several economists (including me!)

Radio Media
www.marketplace.org three 10-minute morning broadcasts, one mid-day teaser, and one 30-minute evening program with in-depth commentary and analysis--all archived, all witty


Government
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas great for southwest region, US-Mexico trade, NAFTA, and benefits of free trade and free markets in general
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland their Economic Trends is a great monthly specializing in current money&banking conditions as well as monetary policy
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis their National Economic Trends is a great monthly pub for macro conditions and fiscal policy
Bureau of Economic Analysis offers extensive current and historical data on the US macroeconomy
Burueau of Labor Statistics extensive menu of current data on prices, output, employment, etc. at various levels of aggregation--county/state/region, industry/occupation, etc.
National Bureau of Economics Research actually an N.G.O. consortium of economists, this is the official keeper of business cycle data
Congressional Budget Office and Office of Management and Budget lots of data on fiscal policy and the federal budget. Speaking of...
A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget is a simple explanation of the aggregate budget picture
The Treasury Department has some basic background information on taxation

Other
Short term energy outlook (Energy Information Administration)
How the Stock Markets are Doing today
How Professor Lopez's portfolio is doing today

Current movie box office rankings and Global rankings
Current newspaper circulation rankings
Magazine and other media rankings (free registration required)
Best selling books
World coffee prices (International Coffee Organization)

FindLaw legal resources
Resources for Economists

Current shortages of vital organs

Tax Stuff

Tax Information and Analysis (some have data)

Executive Branch
Office of Management and Budget
U.S. Dept. of Treasury, Office of Tax Policy
Internal Revenue Service

Congressional Branch
Congressional Budget Office
Committee on Ways and Means
Joint Committee on Taxation
Joint Economic Committee
Senate Finance Committee

U.S. States
The Book of the States
National Association of State Budget Offices
National Conference of State Legislatures

Texas
Texas Labor Market Information
Texas Workforce Commisssion
Texas Public Policy Foundation

Non Profit Sector
National Academy of Science or link to
Tax Foundation
National Taxpayers Union
Tax Policy Center (Urban Institute and Brookings Institution)
Heritage Foundation (tax page)
National Center for Policy Analysis (tax page)
Office of Tax Policy Research (U-Michigan)

Tax Data

World Tax Database (OTPR, U-Michigan)
PSID (Panel Study on Income Dynamics)
Combined State and Federal Marginal Tax Rates
OECD go to Topics then Taxation
World Development Indicators (World Bank)


General Data, some of which is tax-related
Census Bureau, State and Local Government Finance Data---Quarterly Summaries
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
State and Metro Area Data Book
U.S. Counties Data Book
County and City Data Book
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Current Population Survey
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Census Bureau
BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) or go right to their data page

Other Data Portals with Lots of Links
Resources for Economists
www.economagic.com
Bureau of Labor Statistics
NBER data links