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Links of Interest

Economics Blogs

Dupont Circle park and fountainhttp://www.marginalrevolution.com/
http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/
http://delong.typepad.com/
http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/mlm/ (Statistics)

http://benmuse.typepad.com/custom_house/ (International Trade)

Complementary Johns Hopkins Programs:

http://carey.jhu.edu/financeprograms/finance/
http://advanced.jhu.edu/academic/environmental/
http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/degreeprograms/mph/
http://www.sais-jhu.edu/

MA in Economics Advice

http://www.econ.duke.edu/ecoteach/masters/Other_Programs.html (from Duke University Econ Dept)

PhD in Economics Advice

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2004/04/more_on_graduat.html
http://www.econphd.net/

Math Courses:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Online Math Program
http://netmath.uiuc.edu/index.php

University of Wisconsin-Madison Online Math Program
http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/LSA/indlearn/math.htm#courselist

Johns Hopkins University Online Math Courses, Summer
http://www.mathematics.jhu.edu/new/undergrad/onlinecourse-CourseListings.htm

PhD in Public Policy, Local Programs
Some programs give credit for many of the courses at Applied Economics. Check out the following:

http://www.gwu.edu/~spppa/ (George Washington University)
http://policy.gmu.edu/programs/programs_phd2.html (George Mason University)

http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/phd/index.html (University of Maryland)

 SAS Users Group

http://dc-sug.org/

International Institute of Forecasters:

http://forecasters.org
http://forecastingprinciples.com/
http://forecasters.org/internet-sites.html

Economics Humor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVp8UGjECt4
http://netec.wustl.edu/JokEc.html

Data sources:

http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php (Penn World Tables)
http://www.bls.gov/data
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases
http://www.stat-usa.gov

A link to general economic links:

http://www.econ.jhu.edu/links.html

Links to economic think tanks in DC:

http://www.aei.org
http://www.cato.org
http://www.brook.edu/es/es_hp.htm

Domestic agencies:

http://www.federalreserve.gov
http://www.fcc.gov
http://www.ftc.gov
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/index.html
http://www.bls.gov

International Agencies:

http://www.imf.org
http://www.worldbank.org
http://www.iadb.org
http://www.oecd.org

Some Economic consulting firms in DC:

http://www.bateswhite.com
http://www.crai.com
http://www.lecg.com/
http://www.ei.com
http://www.welchcon.com
http://www.criterioneconomics.com