ECON260 Research Links
Research links for Comparative Economic Systems:
Highly Recommended:
Europe World Online (start here if you have a specific country in mind!)
PBS Commanding Heights supplemental Resources Links
Wikipedia Lists of Countries by type of data
Economist.com | Country Briefings
Countries of the World – historical data & comparisons
Data Sources
CIA – The World Factbook
IMF — International Monetary Fund Home Page
UNCTAD.ORG Home
Economist.com | Country Briefings
CountryReports.org — Country Information
RFE
Research tools: information in depth | The Economist
Geography, Maps, Comparison
Worldmapper: The world as you’ve never seen it before
Google Earth
Google Maps
Documents-Historically Important
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Smith: Wealth of Nations | Library of Economics and Liberty
Smith: The Theory of Moral Sentiments | Library of Economics and Liberty
Capital (Das Kapital), Vol. I
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
Articles
Joseph Schumpeter’s Theories and Swedish Experience
Origins of the joint-stock corporation
An Economic System Out of Control
What Is an Economy For?
Ideas and Explanations
Business and Ethical Thinking: Capitalism, the Entrepreneur and the Invisible Hand
The Capitalism Site: Laissez-faire Capitalism is the social system based on the principle of inalienable individual rights.
Marxism Page
Post-Autistic Economics Network and Post-Autistic Economics Review (heterodox economics)
Other Lists of Links
Steve Gardner’s Links for Comp.Econ
Systems at Baylor Univ.
