Neil Sheflin
Department of Economics
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
403 New Jersey Hall
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1248
(732) 993-7869 e-mail
(sheflin@rutgers.edu
)
updated 05/14/13
(note links below will have been updated more
recently)
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Spring 2013
click on course for
syllabus and textbook
Honors Introduction to Macroeconomics
220:103:H1 MTh 9:50-11:10am MU 301 CAC
Introduction to Macroeconomics Section 1
220:103:01 MTh 11:30-12:50 SC-135 CAC
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Section 8
220:103:08
MW 5:35 PM - 6:55 PM HCK 138 DC
Summer Reading List
here
Summer
2013 click on course for
description and preliminary syllabus
Introduction to Macroeconomics
220:103:B8 5/28-7/5 Tuesdays 6-10pm -MU 111 NOTE this is
a HYBRID section meeting once a week with considerable online work
Money and
Banking
220:301:B8
5/28-7/5 Thursdays 6-10pm -MU 111 MTh 11:30-12:50 SC-135 CAC NOTE this is
a HYBRID section meeting once a week with considerable online work
Fall
2013 click on course for
description and preliminary syllabus
Introduction to Macroeconomics
220:103:01 MTh 11:30-12:50 Scott 123
Money and
Banking
220:301:02
MTh 9:50-11:10 MU 210
Byrnes
Seminar - Money
090:101:83 Tues 9:50-11:10am New Jerssey Hall 101
ODE The International Economics Honor Society
CQE The Certificate in Quantitative Economics
Hiroki Tsurumi
Gala
Monroe Berkowitz memorial
Dorothy Rinaldi Extravaganza
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Useful Links (favored
links in bold)
Please email me with any suggested
additions, or broken links
sheflin@rci.rutgers.edu
UNDERGRADUATE ECONOMICS
INFORMATION
The Economics
Department Undergraduate Information Rutgers Student Employment ODE - the Economics Honor Society
LIBOR - Business
School Organization (open to all) SIRS
- course ratings
Economics Jokes
STUDENT CAREER RESOURCES
EconCareers - site for job search; mot
yet evaluated it.
Wall Street Journal How to Guide -
Careers Career
Suggestions with Economics Sample Resumes
Sample Resume (download and use as a template) A Sample Cover Letter
Past Student resumes
(names and other info changed to protect the innocent):2
3
Info
(from Boston College)
What Economists Do - BLS
Occupational Outlook Handbook Why Major in Economics -
Life in LaLaLand More
LaLaLand MBAs
in LaLaLand BostonLegal
Student
Activities at Rutgers
Quant Finance
Article from NY Times Quant Finance
Article from Science Economics
Major by Collander
SOME ECON BLOGS AND ONLINE JOURNALS:
Mankiw/Harvard
Krugman / Princeton New
NYFed Liberty Street New
Economix DeLong/Berkely Calculated
Risk - finance and economics Aplia 20th Century
Paradigms The
Economist's Voice - short, policy oriented articles (may
require Rutgers access) Berkeley Electronic Press - an
assortment of excellent peer reviewed economics and other journals (will
require Rutgers access) Economics
an on-line refereed journal
FED LINKS: Board
of Governors, the Federal
Reserve Beige Book, and information on Federal
Reserve Monetary Policy. District Banks: the St.
Louis Fed, the Cleveland
Fed, the New York Fed, the San
Francisco Fed the Chicago Fed,
the Dallas Fed, the Philadelphia
Fed, the Boston Fed, the Kansas
City Fed, the Atlanta Fed, the
Richmond Fed, and the Minneapolis Fed.
For data, FRED II - Federal
Reserve Economic Data
FEDPOINTS excellent, generally timely explanations of aspects of money,
banking, policy
Economic Synopses
short essays on current topics from St. Louis Fed.
Economic Letter
short articles on current topics from SF Fed Current
Issues NY Fed
ECONOMIC INFORMATION AND DATA SOURCES
New
Scarlett-History of Econ Thought
Conference Board
Total Economy Database - great Economagic
- data, graphing and regression Economist
Glossary - just that Economicae
- Another Glossaary/Encyclopedia
AmosWeb Economics Glossary InfoPlease
online Almanac Bureau
of Labor Statistics, the Commerce Department's Bureau
of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau,
the Agriculture Department's Economic
Research Service, Federal
Trade Commission. Statistical
Abstract of the U.S. - everything Economic Report of the
President, U.S. Budget, etc U.S.
Department of Commerce. Data
on 100 Countries (may be charges)
Political Calculations -
lots of calculators ,etc Economics Internet Library
an impressive collection of links to online economics books, notes, data,
organizations, etc
Background Information on Public Issues
Measuring Worth very
interesting U.S. macro data source, with plots and growth rate calculations US
Department of Agriculture ERS Macro International data New
FRED - macro and
financial data and graphing from federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
STOCK GAME marketwatch FINANCIAL INFORMATION SOURCES Investment FAQ Financial Definitions Yahoo Stock Quotes
NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS, PERIODICALS New York Times New Jersey Online The Economists Voice (may require Rutgers login). eJournal - Policy Oriented Online Macro Journal
OTHER ECONOMIC SOURCES Concise Encyclopedia of Economics excellent Econlit - Indexing of all economics articles (Rutgers use only) JSTOR (Rutgers only) - full-text journal articles American Economic Association. Journals Resources for Economics on the Internet Gene Shackman's site on Social, Economic, and Political Change Social Science Research Network National Association of Business Economists Worldwide Economics Resources National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Nobel Laureates, 1969-present. Office of Population Research Economic History Economic Policies and Regulation Economics Reports and Commentary Fairmodel Omicron Delta Epsilon Headquarters. Online Glossary of Economics Terms
GLOSSARIES International Economics Glossary
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS ETC. Rutgers U.S. EDIRC (Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centres in the World)
GENERAL REFERENCE, LITERATURE, GRAMMAR, HISTORY History of Math Topics Bartelby Online - books, dictionaries, etc. Lynch's Grammar