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1. Zozan’s lens    
2. FBLA Practice Tests FBLA Practice Tests is a compilation of FBLA tests for nearly every subject. Check out the tests others are using to place. With thousands of questions for each subject, there's no limit to your success. FBLA Practice Tests. Not only does this site...
3. E Foods Direct Steve Shenk's program is about preparedness for the inevitable changes to come beginning with emergency and long term storable foods. The J. Michael Stevens Group, with Steve Shenk as its director, has been the premier emergency and storable food...
4. The Venus Project The Venus Project is a veritable blue-print for the genesis of a new world civilization, one that is based on human concern and environmental reclamation. The plans for The Venus Project offer society a broader spectrum of choices based on the scien...
5. Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell is an American economist, political writer, and commentator. His books about the economy and the political system have been and are the basis of many public discussions of today's systems. Now some of these very interesting books are al...
6. Steven Levitt Steven Levitt is an American economist and author. Steven Levitt has co-authored the best-selling book Freakonomics. Now this great economy book is also available as downloadable audio book, in either abrdiged or unabridged (I suggest you go for this...
7. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith Two events made 1776 a remarkable year. The first is the well-known Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress. The other, which ultimately has had a far greater influence on the world in which we live, was the quiet publication of...
8. freakonomics Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want or need especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden sid...
9. Reaganomics and the American Economy Based on supply-side economics, Reagan implemented his economic policies in 1981. The four pillars of the policies were to: 1. reduce the growth of government spending; 2. reduce marginal tax rates on income from labor and capital; 3. reduce regulat...
10. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely In his book Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely seeks an answer to the question, "Are we in control of our own decisions?" I recently stumbled upon a speech by Dan Ariely in which he discusses this very question with a few fascinating examples, some...
11. Microfinance - Empowering the world's poorest people Microfinance is often considered one of the most effective, flexible, and sustainable strategies in the fight against global poverty. Microfinance consists of making small loans, usually less than $200, to individuals, usually women, to establish or e...
12. Eamonn Fingleton Eamonn Fingleton, an Irish ex-pat who resides in Tokyo, is one of the most original and insightful economic thinkers of our age. He has continually bucked the conventional wisdom on Globalism, the "new economy" and America's wanton aban...
13. The Undercover Economist - Book Review The Undercover Economist written by Tim Harford is a delightful pop-economics book. Tim Harford attempts to explain, among other things, why coffee available at the station is more expensive and why you are likely to pay more at a supermarket (becaus...
14. The Great Depression Past and Present? When the New York Stock Exchange opened on the morning of October 24, 1929, nervous traders sensed something ominous in the trading patterns. By 11:00 a.m. the market had started to plunge. Shortly after noon a group of powerful bankers met secretly...
15. Money as Debt: How Banks Loan Money They Don't Have to Create Money We Owe! What is money? How is it created, where does it come from, what backs the printed paper we spend? This is a huge and incredibly confusing topic, especially for anyone not in the finance industry. This animated video (broken into five short segments)...
16. Teaching AP economics So often teachers who get assigned AP Macroreconomics and/or Microeconomics have the pictured reaction.  They wonder where they can turn for advice on materials and the how-tos of running the course.  This lens is designed to answer some of...
17. Currency Converting and Money Exchange Rates Every day the U.S. Dollars value goes up or down in value when compared to other countries money systems. The exchange rates of money between currencies of different countries rise and fall depends on several factors; politics, supply and demand of p...
18. Book Review: The Undercover Economist The blurb on the back of this book caught my eye whilst I waited for a train... "Ever wondered why the gap between rich and poor nations is so great, or why it's so difficult to get a foot on the property ladder, or why you can't buy a decent second...
19. Who Needs Gas? ...Ride A Bicycle! A good old fashioned bicycle will get you around town. So why pay a high price for gas? On a bike you can feel the wind in your face, say hello to your neighbors, and enjoy the sunshine. You can also get great exercise and develop the body you've be...
20. New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought by Todd G. Buchholz Lately, it seems I have had a penchant for old books on economics. New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought by Todd G. Buchholz is the latest “old” book I’ve recently had the pleasure of reviewing.&...