Additional Resources

Below please find some links to articles, documentaries and other resources. Again, I will be adding more links over the course of the year so be sure to check in once in a while to see what is new.

Websites

http://www.ccee.org/economics-resources/

The California Council on Economic Education’s list of resources to help your students visualize economics is a wonderful resource.

http://maxkeiser.com/

Reliably irreverent (yet, in my opinion, accurate) commentary on the state of the world economy.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog

Matt Taibbi is the best writer today working the beat looking at the mutual back-scratching (to put it politely) between financial institutions and governments.

Articles

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-quiet-coup/307364/

The best explanation I have yet seen of the roots of the current global financial crisis, written by an ex-IMF official.

http://timharford.com/2006/03/why-poor-countries-are-poor/

A very well-written look at some of the obstacles to economic development faced by poor nations.

Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkbHEuLYj6U

Pandora’s Box – The Engineers’ Plot Video Questions