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Political Philosophy | ||||
I maintain a separate page for my Political Theory (Political Philosophy) class. If you are interested in the books and websites for Plato, Aristotle, Mill, Marx, etc. use this link. | ||||
Economics Book List | ||||
The books I recommend to my Economics Students who are interested in exploring topics introduced in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics further. | ||||
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Find links to article relevant to current class discussion |
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Current Articles | |||
This section contains articles posted occasionally that relate to our current class discussion. |
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• | Groseclose and Milyo, A Measure of Media Bias (2003 Version, 29 pages) | ||
• | Roscoe and Milyo, A Measure of Media Bias (2004 Version, 62 pages) | ||
Martin Luther King, Letter from the Birmingham Jail | |||
• | James Q. Wilson, Divided We Stand: Can a Polarized Nation Win a Protracted War (on the partisan division in America) from opinionjournal.com, February 15, 2005. | ||
• | Solomon and King, Diplomatic Relations (on the demise of the Neo-Conservative influence in the Bush Administration) The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2006. | ||
• | Hugh Rockoff, "The Wizard of Oz as a Monetary Allegory" | ||
• | Robert Mundel, "A Reconsideration of the Twentieth Century" | ||
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Important Documents in American Government | |||
The ConSource Website. This website links the phrases and clauses of the Constitution and the Constitutional Amendments to writing from the period that addressed or commented on the linked phrases or clauses. It also contains facsimiles (pdf) of the original letters, pamphlets, and other documents that are the source of these writings. | |||
The full text of all 85 essays in the Federalist Papers |
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The Annenberg/CPB Projects | |||
The Constitution: That Delicate Balance | |||
A video instructional series on the American Constitution composed of 13 one-hour video programs. | |||
Use the two pull down lists on the line labeled Browse Teacher Resources. There are free streaming video series on Ethics, American Government, Geography, American History, Art History, World History, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, and on and on. | |||
The PBS Programs | |||
The Commanding Heights: The Epic Battle of the World Economy: | |||
This six hour video program is based on the best selling 2002 book by Daniel Yergen. Joseph Stanislaw. It narrates the epic battle between supporters of Capitalism and Markets on one side an Socialism and Planning on the other for control of the commanding heights of the economy in the 20th century. This PBS Site is very good at steering you through the ideas, events, and arguments | |||
Think Tanks | |||
The Brookings Institute (Left Leaning) |
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Web sites about Moral, Political, and Social Philosophy | ||||
Political Science Resources |
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