History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day (by Glyn Davies)
This site contains a good overview of the evolution of money, banking, and monetary theory.

Current exchange rate information
Links to online sources of exchange rate information are provided here.

Financial Market Information
This page contains links to a variety of sources of information on stock, bond, commodity, and currency markets.

U.S. Department of Labor minimum wage page
This page contains information about the history of the minimum wage, the current requirements, and graphs and tables displaying the changes in the minimum wage over time.

Alternative views on the economic effects of the minimum wage may be found at:

"The Folly of Increasing the Minimum Wage," by Mark Wilson (Heritage Foundation)
"Key Facts About the Minimum Wage," AFL-CIO
"Another Modest Minimum Wage Increase," Jared Bernstein (Economic Policy Institute)
This is an example of a dispute involving both positive and mormative economic issues. In examining these pages, try to distinguish between the positive and normative arguments.