LINKS
New! Globalization - Policy Issues
New! Globalization - Tables and Charts
Scholarly articles:
JSTOR (100s of journals online)
Economics Resources:
International Economics Study Center (browse no further for introductory international economics).
Nouriel Roubini's Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site (great links on the Asian currency crises, international financial institutions, exchange-rate regimes, dollarization, etc).AmosWorld Economics Glossary (quick search for economic terminology)
Glossary of Trade Terminology (trade policy legalese)
Balance of Payments Accounting (if you don't know the difference between the current account and the capital account - and why they must balance - click here)
Foreign exchange rates and the U.S. economy
The Dismal Scientist (topical, many links)
Political Science Resources:
International Relations Resources
International Affairs Resources
Collective Action:
Tragedy of the Commons (why societies destroy natural resources)
History of the World Economy, 1800-1913
Brad De Long, "Trade Policy and America's Standard of Living in Historical Perspective." (PDF)
Brad De Long, The Pre-World War I Gold Standard
The Wizard of Oz as a Populist Tale
William Jennings Bryan, "Cross of Gold" speech
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
History of the World Economy, 1913-1939
Brad De Long, "Restoring the Pre-World War I Economy."
J. M. Keynes, "The Economic Consequences of Peace."
History 1919-1939 (Versailles Treaty, League of Nations, hyperinflation in Germany, Dawes Plan, etc.)
History of the World Economy, 1941-98 (monetary affairs)
Budget Deficits and Trade Deficits in the 1980s
Text of the Plaza Accord, 1985
Text of the Lourve Accord, 1987
History of the World Economy, 1941-98 (trade relations)
History of the GATT/Roots of the WTO
International Trade Theory
Theory of Comparative Advantage
Comparative Advantage and Trade (interactive)
Income Redistribution and Trade
Rent-seeking (with anti-Clinton bias)
U.S. Trade Policymaking Institutions
"Fast-Track": more than just trade law
RTAA to Fast Track: a detailed history
President Clinton on Fast Track
AFL-CIO "Stop Fast-Track" site
The "State" and US Trade Policy
Business opposition to economic sanctions
Farmer opposition to economic sanctions
The costs of economic sanctions
Exchange Rates and the Int'l Monetary System
Some basic terminology and background from the Fed
Christopher J. Neely, "An Introduction to Capital Controls."
Exchange Rate Policymaking in the United States
The Federal Reserve in the Int'l Sphere
U.S. Foreign Exchange Intervention
Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF)
The Fed, the Treasury, and US Foreign Exchange Operations
Recent Treasury/Fed Foreign Exchange Operations
Politics of Exchange Rates
Understanding US Trade Deficits
US - Japanese Auto Makers Competition and the Dollar in the 1980s (Roubini and Backus)
Foreign Direct Investment
Transfer pricing and tax avoidance
U.S. Policy toward Outward FDI
U.S. Tax policy and Big Business
CIA Incursions throughout the World
U.S. Policy Toward Inward FDI
Economic Relations with Japan
Managed Trade and Industrial Policy
MITI data on U.S.-Japan relations
Current agenda toward Japan (USTR)
Environment, Labor and Trade
WTO position on the environment
Labor Standards and Trade (union position)
Labor Standards and Trade (developing country views)
