Measuring Worth - Historic Economic Data

Just found this good site - Measuring Worth - it is times series of historic economic data.  Pretty cool.

Fed Minutes of 2008 Crisis

The New York Times has coverage of the FOMC meetings minutes from the 2008 Economic Crisis.

Updates - Busy Life

Life has been busy as of late with preparation for the MCEE program with Larry Summers at the Boston Federal Reserve.

Here are some good articles:

Noah Smith has a good article in The Week about what most people do not get about Macroeconomics - namely that economists are focused on efficiency while the general public is more focused on inequality.

Rob Garver has an article in The Week that points out that women now sit atop two of the major economic institutions in the world.  Janet Yellen is Chair the  the Federal Reserve and Christine Legarde is the head of the International Monetary Fund.

Tyler Cowen has a column in the New York Times that argues that many of the problems with the Emerging Market Economies has more to do with internal issues in those countries than with global economic issues.

The New York Times has an interactive 1040 tax form - a good teaching tool.

Annie Lowrey in The New York Times has a good article that examines whether a government policy that promotes marriage can lower the poverty rate.

Catherine Rampell in The New York Times has a good article about the use of "video games" in the hiring process.