University of California
The Home Front: Domestic Workers Face Low Wages
Describes how little has changed since Apartheid in South Africa for the women and blacks who work primarily in domestic situations enduring instability and low pay.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The New Deal
This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Deal.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Classroom Economist: Gross Domestic Product
This lesson discusses gross domestic product (GDP): what it is, how to measure it, and what it means to a country's economy.
BBC
Bbc: Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy
This vast BBC article covers almost everything about Clinton's economic legacy including the economic boom, budget surplus, and international trade deals.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carnegie Endowment for Intl. Peace: China's Economic Prospects 2006 2020 [Pdf]
In this April 2007 paper, the report provides forecast on how well the Chinese economy will grow and also examines the problems that will occur as a result of this strong growth. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carnegie Endowment: China & Intellectual Property Rights [Pdf]
In this paper the author argues that China is still weak on enforcing intellectual property laws and that foreign companies should take steps to protect their rights in the Chinese legal system. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Ireland Information
Agriculture (Ireland)
The impact of agriculture on the Irish economy, and the main crops grown in Ireland.
Ireland Information
Industry (Ireland)
A summary of major industry in Ireland and its impact on the Irish economy.
Ireland Information
Imports/exports (Ireland)
A short summary of Ireland's imports and exports, and to where the exports where going and from where the imports were coming.
Digital History
Digital History: Reaganomics
This on "Reaganomics," President Reagan's economic policy during his two presidential terms in the 1980s, discusses his laissez-faire approach and tax-cutting, which contributed to the economic recovery of that period.
Hartford Web Publishing
World History Archives: Comparative Advantage Today
This article from Hartford Web Publishing applies the concept of Comparative Advantage in today's world. Discussion of import and export explains how obstacles can be overcome.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Germany: Economy
The U.S. Library of Congress presents a detailed page on the history of the economy of Germany. Also includes a link to more information on the country.
BBC
Bbc: Burgh Life in Mary's Time
This interactive game leads students through the Royal Burgh of Stirling, Scotland. The students search the burgh for four lost items in an effort to gain entrance to a banquet given by Mary Queen of Scots. There is a non-flash version...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Political Economy of Chinese Reform
Peruse these resources and apply them to lessons regarding the development of China's economic plans.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Government in the Economy
This resource shows the different roles that the government plays in relation to the economy. It talks about the federal budget, the different responsibilities the government has, federal efforts to control monopolies, government...
Center for Educational Technologies
Wheeling Jesuit University: The Panama Canal: Economic Importance
The Panama Canal is not only important for the economy of Panama. It is also hugely important to the United States economy and to countries around the world. If it were to close, the entire global economy would suffer.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Coffee Fazenda of Brazil 1911
The Modern History Sourcebook provides this great look at what life would be like on a coffee plantation during the early 20th century. It describes the houses, life on the plantation, colonists, and harvests.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: John Hobson Imperialism 1902
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University provides John A. Hobson's critique of Imperialism, from an economic point of view.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Thorstein Veblen
This Fordham University site offers sociologist Thorstein Veblen's views on conspicuous consumption, taken from his work, The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study on Economic Institutions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Economic Boom
In this Wide Angle video, learn about the economic boom that has transformed Ireland into a prosperous nation.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Increased Immigration
Meet two sisters who have migrated from Poland to Ireland, one of three countries in the EU that welcomes immigrant workers from Eastern Europe, in this Wide Angle video.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Industry and Islam
This Wide Angle video segment explores economic and religious development in Kayseri, a city in central Turkey.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Monthly Labor Review: Job Growth in the 1990s: A Retrospect [Pdf]
An article excerpt that documents how job growth in the 1990s helped to turn around the recession.