Looking for resources to help me understand material from an intermediate microeconomics course. Notes, practice problems, simplified explanations, anything would help. [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 6 answers

Are there industries that are as dependent on advertising revenue as The Media and (Free) Web Apps? [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 7 answers

How can individuals have the greatest impact in weakening or destabilising a particular country economically? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 21 answers

I need to better understand the proposed tax systems. Mainly the fair tax or sales tax versus an income tax. I am writing a paper for school on the viewpoints of TTARA (The Texas Taxpayers and Research Ass.) and CTJ (citizens for tax justice) but cannot gain a clear idea of what each side is proposing. Obviously the republicans want the fair tax, and since TTARA is business minded, I assume they too seek the fair tax, or at least support it. But what is the Dem idea of fair taxation? Do they want an income tax? What is all this talk on CTJ about income tax cuts? I don’t have the patience to sift through all the material so I'm hoping someone can give me a basic idea of the differing positions on the matter. Mainly answer the question of who wants what and why, and who benefits most from each plan.... Also what about the working poor, do they benefit most from an income tax? Etc. Etc.
posted on May 4, 2008 - 17 answers

Economics Filter: Monetary Policy and the Fed, when do we raise and lower rates and why? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 8 answers

Do you know of any online for-credit econometrics courses? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 1 answers

How do I look up current global commodity supplies? Even better, is there somewhere I can compare global commodity prices versus their supply and consumption rates over an extended period? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 5 answers

After the Delta/Northwest merger agreement, it piqued my interest. I read about the industry which took me to Wikipedia and then some. Atlanta is the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic and is only the 65th largest metropolitan area in the world [PDF] and only the 3d largest airline by passenger operates there (hub or secondary hub). What gives? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 13 answers

What's the safest possible thing that I can do with my money? [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2008 - 28 answers

Economicsfilter: Why has the federal government allowed the Ad Council to put on the Feed the Pig set of public service announcements in light of the $168 billion economic stimulus plan? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 14 answers

Economics filter: Can someone explain this article to me? How are capital accumulation, national savings, and consumption related? [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 5 answers

What are the downsides to owning a hybrid? In the market for a new car, and wondering about the cost/benefit ratio, among other things. [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2008 - 30 answers

For a research project about the Sherman anti-trust act, I'm looking for examples of countries with the most excessive control over businesses and countries with the least. [more inside]
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - 8 answers

I need to write a twenty page paper about the economic and social situation of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, a dying rust-belt steel town. Is there a Coatesville expert in the room? Someone who grew up there? Someone who spent time there or did business there? I need your expertise, or at the very least access to resources that might not be readily apparent to me. [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 6 answers

Game Design: In an MMO, how do you build an economy that will 'balance' itself? Obviously, having solid inputs and outputs are one thing, and balancing those inputs with the demand for the item, but what other things need to be taken into account? [more inside]
posted on Feb 9, 2008 - 23 answers

Bill Hicks said, in one of his acts, and I quote "It's gonna fuck up the economy... the economy thats fake anyway!" Is the economy fake? [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2008 - 26 answers

Nascent interest in economics and economic thinking. Having a bit of problem with the theory of the margin. Wikipedia is not that helpful. [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 4 answers

EconomicPolicyFilter: I'm reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. It's making me angry, but I don't know whether it's making me justifiably angry. Is she right? Or is she terribly biased and distorting the facts? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2008 - 17 answers

It ought to be possible (though I know it's going to be inaccurate) to estimate the number of people earning above a certain level using a given country's GDP and Gini Coefficient. Can you help me work through the details? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2008 - 5 answers

Statistics-n-facts Filter: I have a whole bunch of queries regarding a variety topics. So far my search for answers has been fruitless, and so I was wondering if A) you happen to know the answers to the included questions and/or B) can refer me to a website that might be able to help? [more inside]
posted on Jan 24, 2008 - 5 answers

I want to get a Master's in Economics in a few years, probably focusing on real estate finance and affordable housing finance. How good are my chances of getting into a good program, and what can I do to improve them? [more inside]
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - 10 answers

Gift Ideas for a person interested in Economics and Russian [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - 9 answers

(Possibly Advanced) Economics Filter: How does new value created by industry and economy become money? [more inside]
posted on Dec 28, 2007 - 32 answers

Which economic forecaster or economist can you really trust most of the time, if not all of the time? [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 16 answers

Looking for an old newsmagazine story about Britain. [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2007 - 1 answers

Is there such a thing as a currency-neutral measure of the price of a commodity? [more inside]
posted on Nov 7, 2007 - 15 answers

I am applying to the London School of Economics (Econ-Msc:2 years) program this year. Unfortunately, I only have a 3.2/4 GPA. Hence, I was hoping if I could receive suggestions as to how I can maximize my chances of getting into the program ... [more inside]
posted on Oct 27, 2007 - 16 answers

If cities (or the pressure on city services) grow faster than the wealth held by individuals grows, how does the bottom not fall out given that municipal growth is largely funded by taxes? [more inside]
posted on Oct 22, 2007 - 34 answers

I need to pass a macro/micro economics placement test. Though I took both of these courses during my undergrad, the information has left me. Which book (or books?) would be best help me demonstrate minimal proficiency in only a month or two of self-study?
posted on Oct 12, 2007 - 4 answers

[EconFilter] Does stock trading / futures speculation create economic value? [more inside]
posted on Oct 7, 2007 - 18 answers

Should I be worried about an impending collapse of the US dollar? [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2007 - 20 answers

I am looking for books, Web sites and other resources that provide a list of cause-effect relationships for investors. [more inside]
posted on Sep 17, 2007 - 4 answers

When I was younger, I read a sociology textbook trying to find out why sociology was treated as a separate discipline and how it differs fundamentally from the other social sciences. I learned a lot about Weber and Durkheim, but I still don't get it. Can you help? [more inside]
posted on Sep 11, 2007 - 12 answers

Compared to the U.S., why is Canada's economic playing field more level? Or is it? [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2007 - 21 answers

What can I do with a BA in Economics? [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2007 - 9 answers

What are some other economic board games (besides Monopoly)? [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2007 - 33 answers

Why would ripping up money make money more valuable? Would it? [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2007 - 20 answers

Economics filter: to buy a house or not? (UK) [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2007 - 17 answers

What does one do with an advanced degree in economics? [more inside]
posted on Jul 29, 2007 - 20 answers

Can you explain the dispute over Chinese currency valuation? [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2007 - 9 answers

Are there any statistics on what portion of the US GDP is now and historically (over the past 100 or 200 years) has been spent on luxury goods? I'll refrain from defining that term and hope that any studies referenced will do the work for me. Any international comparisons would be greatly appreciated as well.
posted on Jul 5, 2007 - 2 answers

Looking for statistics: How would I go about calculating how much impact Islamic charity or zakat can make on global poverty - if collected and distributed on a global scale? [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2007 - 2 answers

Economist filter: How exactly does the fed set interest rates? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2007 - 9 answers

Has any historically "Third World" country other than the Asian Tigers managed to approach "First World" standards of Quality of Life? Any nations poised for improvement in living standards that might put them there? [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2007 - 23 answers

Should I switch to green power, wind power, or whatever is cheapest? [more inside]
posted on Jun 25, 2007 - 24 answers

I'm a math major, but dont know exactly what I want to do. Should I also major in Physics? Economics? [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2007 - 13 answers

How do I find out the value of a dollar in a given year? [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2007 - 11 answers

So, governments control inflation (and their economy in general) by limiting how much money they print and put into circulation. But now that most transacations (and virtually all 'major' transactions) are done electronically, and that most countries aren't tied to gold anymore, how can the amount of physical cash have any effect?
posted on Apr 29, 2007 - 13 answers

What software can I use to make pretty microeconomics-style graphs? [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2007 - 10 answers

The US government does not consider IRA money or 401K money (or stock market investment of any kind) to count as "savings" when they calculate US savings rates. Thus our perennially lousy savings rates vs. other countries. Or so I read. If true, what is our government's reasoning? [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2007 - 24 answers