The Fair model web site includes a freely available United States macroeconomic econometric model and a multicounty econometric model. The models run on the Windows OS. Instructors can use the models to teach forecasting, run policy experiments, and evaluate historical episodes of macroeconomic behavior. The web site includes extensive documentation for both models. The simulation is for upper-division economics courses in macroeconomics or econometrics. The principle developer is Ray Fair at Yale University.

This activity teaches students how to formulate research questions and perform empirical analysis. Students analyse family budgets from late 19th-century industrial workers.

"Father Christmas" by The Kinks is used in conjunction with Joel Waldfogel's article "The Deadweight Loss of Christmas" to examine the relative value of cash versus inkind gifts. This can then be extended to an analysis of various public policies.

"Beyond Shocks: What Causes Business Cycles?" Conference Series No. 42, June 1998, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. A collection of articles that can be downloadable in PDF format.

This article discusses the importance of understanding economics. Has three main sections: economic education, the evidence, and the consequences.

This site has a speech given by Alan Greenspan December 5, 2000. It discusses the economic changes the United States had undergone in the 1990s. The reading is sophisticated, but some of the information is written to be accessible to those who do not have a deep background in economics.

The Federal Reserve uses its monetary policy tools to achieve its Congressional mandate—maximum employment and price stability. However, its tools have changed. Prior to 2008 the Fed used open market operations as its primary tool for adjusting the federal funds rate. Today, the Fed uses interest on reserves as its primary tool. Learn all about the Fed’s new tools and the way it uses them to move the economy toward maximum employment and price stability.

This 4-minute video lesson provides insite into the back of the envelope calculation of which office space to rent. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 123 of 184]

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This 4-mintue video lesson discusses backwardation and the theory of normal backwardation. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 99 of 184]

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This 4-minute video provides the understanding that a marginal tax rate does not apply to all of income. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 180 of 184]

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This 4-minute video lesson introduces the mechanics of the carry trade. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 181 of 184]

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This 4-minute video lesson provides a review of the difference uses of the words contango, backwardation, contango theory and theory of normal backwardation. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 100 of 184]

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This 3-minute video lesson looks at the difference between historical cost and fair value accounting. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 119 of 184]

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This 4-mintue video lesson look the lower bound on forward settlement price. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 102 of 184]

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This 3-minute video lesson looks at how an exchange can benefit from trading futures and how it can use margin to mitigate its risk. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 90 of 184]

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This 4-minute video lesson looks at the upper bound on forward settlement price. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 101 of 184]

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This 12-minute video lesson looks at alternate bailout plans and considers their moral hazard. [Financial Bailout playlist: Lesson 10 of 15]

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This 11-minute video lesson is the first in Kahn's Financial Bailout series. It provides a review of balance sheets and explains the difference between illiquidity and insolvency. [Financial Bailout playlist: Lesson 1 of 15]

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This 11-minute video lesson explains what it means when the market value of a stock is different from its book value. [Financial Bailout playlist: Lesson 3 of 15]

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This 11-minute video lesson explains the different ways of accounting for an asset. It considers the mark-to-model vs. mark-to-market. [Financial Bailout playlist: Lesson 4 of 15]

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