HEW HYPERTEXT TOPIC: Integrating current macro events into a macro principles course from a heterodox perspective

By Steve Cohn

I. Primary Sources

A) Teaching Methodology

1) Just in time syllabus strategies web site http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/jits.htm. More detailed examples: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/jshackel/courses/jits/jitsbridges.html.

2) Just in Time Teaching projects in Economics

Mark Maier NSF research: http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0088128.

B) Key Internet Resources

1) Dean Baker's commentary on current economic articles in the New York Times and Washington Post & analysis of recent Federal Government economic data. Dr. Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Research. The material is excellent and accessible to students. http://www.cepr.net/pages/Economic_Reporting_Review_Page.htm.

2) EPInet (Economic Policy Institute): Analysis of government data on the day of release and weekly economic snapshot section looking at recent key economic events. The site has many other useful features including data collections, issue briefs, scholarly papers, annual and bi-annual reviews of the economy (especially good for inequality data), etc.

3) Dollars and Sense Magazine monthly - feature articles plus some sections with current economic data of interest to progressive economists, http://www.dollarsandsense.org/index.html.

4) Left Business Observer http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html analysis of current economic issues from a left perspective-monthly.

5) Financial Markets Center http://www.fmcenter.org/fmc

Very current material on current happenings in financial markets, such as 8 periodic reviews of Open Market decisions, papers on current financial market issues, and tools for students to research the Fed, etc. Excellent teaching tool.

6) Jerome Levy Economics Institute http://www.levy.org. Periodic papers on current economic events.

7) Center on Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org/.

II. Secondary Sites for heterodox takes on current economic events

1) Electronic Policy Network http://www.epn.org/about.html, http://www.epn.org/ideacentral/ (consortium of numerous left think tanks, advocacy groups, public policy organizations, etc.) For weekly roundup of recent developments in a lot of fields see: http://www.movingideas.org/ideas/.

2) The Center for Economic Policy Analysis (CEPA) is the research center of the Department of Economics at New School University. http://www.newschool.edu/cepa/index.htm.

3) AFL-CIO http://www.aflcio.org/.

4) Political Economy Research Institute http://www.umass.edu/peri/ Left economics think tank with special emphasis on the macroeconomic sources of inequality and the impact of financial deregulation on stability and economic growth.

III) Discussion lists where questions on current macro events can be posted

Afeemail, Pen-l, Femecon, LBO talk, PKT and Capital and Class are all good sources of discussions of current macro events as well as lists where questions on current macro events can be posted.

IV) Government and Private Data

1) The American Economic Association Resources for Economists on the Internet has many good references for government data and conventional economic forecasting bodies. http://rfe.wustl.edu/Consult/index.html.

2) Standard sources include

a) Council of Economic Advisors - Monthly Economic Indicators. http://www.econ-line.com/

See also the CEA's Annual: The Economic Report of the President.

b) Current Government Data is available for free from Economic Information Systems -- http://www.econ-line.com/.

c) Author's page for the Handbook of Key economic Indicators http://www.economic-indicators.com/HowToUse.html.

d) The Economy at a Glance: Stats from the Dept of Labor http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm.

3) Private Sources- basic info available for free, premium services on a trial basis

Dismal Scientist: free Daily Newsletter, The Dismal Scientist, http://www.dismal.com.

						HEW HYPERTEXT TOPIC: Integrating current macro events into a macro principles course from a heterodox perspective By Steve Cohn I. Primary Sources A) Teaching Methodology 1) Just in time syllabus strategies web site http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/jits.htm. More detailed examples: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/jshackel/courses/jits/jitsbridges.html. 2) Just in Time Teaching projects in Economics Mark Maier NSF research: http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0088128. B) Key Internet Resources 1) Dean Baker's commentary on current economic articles in the New York Times and Washington Post & analysis of recent Federal Government economic data. Dr. Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Research. The material is excellent and accessible to students. http://www.cepr.net/pages/Economic_Reporting_Review_Page.htm. 2) EPInet (Economic Policy Institute): Analysis of government data on the day of release and weekly economic snapshot section looking at recent key economic events. The site has many other useful features including data collections, issue briefs, scholarly papers, annual and bi-annual reviews of the economy (especially good for inequality data), etc. 3) Dollars and Sense Magazine monthly - feature articles plus some sections with current economic data of interest to progressive economists, http://www.dollarsandsense.org/index.html. 4) Left Business Observer http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html analysis of current economic issues from a left perspective-monthly. 5) Financial Markets Center http://www.fmcenter.org/fmc Very current material on current happenings in financial markets, such as 8 periodic reviews of Open Market decisions, papers on current financial market issues, and tools for students to research the Fed, etc. Excellent teaching tool. 6) Jerome Levy Economics Institute http://www.levy.org. Periodic papers on current economic events. 7) Center on Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org/. II. Secondary Sites for heterodox takes on current economic events 1) Electronic Policy Network http://www.epn.org/about.html, http://www.epn.org/ideacentral/ (consortium of numerous left think tanks, advocacy groups, public policy organizations, etc.) For weekly roundup of recent developments in a lot of fields see: http://www.movingideas.org/ideas/. 2) The Center for Economic Policy Analysis (CEPA) is the research center of the Department of Economics at New School University. http://www.newschool.edu/cepa/index.htm. 3) AFL-CIO http://www.aflcio.org/. 4) Political Economy Research Institute http://www.umass.edu/peri/ Left economics think tank with special emphasis on the macroeconomic sources of inequality and the impact of financial deregulation on stability and economic growth. III) Discussion lists where questions on current macro events can be posted Afeemail, Pen-l, Femecon, LBO talk, PKT and Capital and Class are all good sources of discussions of current macro events as well as lists where questions on current macro events can be posted. IV) Government and Private Data 1) The American Economic Association Resources for Economists on the Internet has many good references for government data and conventional economic forecasting bodies. http://rfe.wustl.edu/Consult/index.html. 2) Standard sources include a) Council of Economic Advisors - Monthly Economic Indicators. http://www.econ-line.com/ See also the CEA's Annual: The Economic Report of the President. b) Current Government Data is available for free from Economic Information Systems -- http://www.econ-line.com/. c) Author's page for the Handbook of Key economic Indicators http://www.economic-indicators.com/HowToUse.html. d) The Economy at a Glance: Stats from the Dept of Labor http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm. 3) Private Sources- basic info available for free, premium services on a trial basis Dismal Scientist: free Daily Newsletter, The Dismal Scientist, http://www.dismal.com. Back to Heterodox Economics Web (HEW) Back to Heterodox Teaching Resources Back to HEW Hypertexts