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Best Economics Education Sites

1) councilforeconed.org
The council for Economics education website prives a useful starting point for students of economics.

2) Bized.co.uk
Full of resources for both business studies and economics students and lecturers. Includes learning zone, data and virtual worlds zone allowing classroom games.

3) economicsnetwork.ac.uk
A great site for students who wish to learn all about economics, tons of material and useful data and links

4) economics.about.com
A nice site giving basic coverage of economics and links to interesting economics sites

5) econlib.org
Provides a concise encylopedia, classic texts and, articles and data links by topic

6) econedlink.org
For those beginning economics grades 6 to 12. Useful discussions and data links. Aimed at both students and educators.

7)WebEc
A good place to find information on various branches of economics such a business economics, international economics, labor economics etc

8) tutor2u.net
A nice economics blog/education site covering basic micro and macroeconomics. Ideal for A-level students and year 1 university students.

9) Econguru.com
A site for those studying economics, lots of useful links and also links to some 9,700 economics texts

10) ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics
The open courseware courses of MIT enable students to access courses as taught by the leading MIT faculty.

11) intute.ac.uk/economics
Intute provides valuable links to resources in many areas of economic

12) Ask Dr Econ
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francico site. You can ask an economics quesion and they keep an historical archive of previous questions and answers.

13) Economicsonline.co.uk
A nice online resource for those studying economics. Good coverage of both micro and macro economics and global economy.

14) Economywatch.com
A nice site looking at the global economy and investment. We like the slideshows covering interesting economic issues.

15) New Economics Foundation
An alternative to mainstream economic ideas. The foundation puts planets and people first and promotes new economic ideas

16) EconomyWatch.com
A very useful resource covering the current state of the US and global economy. Also provides investment, personal finance and economic statistics.

17) Amosweb.com
This site is a very useful economics resource site with a nice sense of humour. Includes a glossary and encylopedia and much more.

18) Bookboon.com
Provides free pdf textbooks written by University Professor, covers microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics. Financed by adverts in the books!

19) Resources for Economists
The American Economic Association provides a customised search engine to over 23,000 Economics Resources.

Best Finance Education Sites

1) Investopedia.com
Great site to learn the basics of finance. They have a huge dictionary of over 16,000 financial terms

2) Fool.com
Excellent site on the basics of investing, market developments and which stocks are hot and cold !

3) Investorwords.com
A nice site where you can input a phrase an it will give you a nice definition. covers business, economics, accountancy and finance terms.

4) TeachMeFinance.com
The site covers many key finace concepts such as the CAPM, stock and bond valuation and information on megers and IPOs.

5) The American Finance Association
We like this site for more advanced users. They publish the Journal of Finance and we like the videos in their History of Finance section including interviews with leading academics from the world of finance.

6) finance.yahoo.com
We have linked to the education center that provides all the basic concepts you need to learn to make investmemnts in bonds and equities.

7) QFinance.com
Covers capital markets, insurance ,regulation and asset management . It is a good all round financial resurces and also has a blog, dictionary and articles.

8) Moneyscience.com
A financial intelligence network site in whioch academics and practictioners can learn about finance including risk management and hedge funds.

9) CNNMoney.com
Deals with all aspects of the financial markets, including stocks, bonds, business news, the economy and personal finance

10) Marketoracle.co.uk
A site that covers a lot of finance issues. You are sure to find a news story of currenct events that interest you!

11) Howthemarketworks.com
A website that enable you to start with a certain capital fund and see how much money you can make. Teachers/Professors can set up a trading game for their classes.

12) FinanceTrain.com
A free financial learning website covers derivatives, corporate finance, financial markets, investments, risk management and more !

13) Charles A Dice Center
A superb list of financial website resources. covers journals, working papers, research centres, software, links, derivatives institutions and more.

14) StockExchangeSecrets.com
An excellent site to learn about how to trade shares, with stock exchange tips, useful sites and good coverage of useful terms.

Khanacademy.org
Videos of maths and finance very useful to learn about both mathematics and finance. Large and expanding range of topics covered.