Web assignments:- Finite Resources
- U.S. Policy and Global Warming
- Earning Differences Between Men and Women
- U.S. Discrimination Law
- Trends in Poverty rates
- The Lorenz Curve
Web materials related to topics discussed in Chapter 8:Resource and Environmental Links
Beware the Wooly Menace
A 3-minute audio segment from the December 19, 1997, edition of NPR's All Things
Considered. In this commentary, Bill Harley suggests that global warming is a method the
earth is using to replace environmentally destructive humans with environmentally friendly sheep.
here's not a lot of economic analysis here, but it is rather amusing.... To hear this segment,
you must have a sound card and the RealPlayer plugin must be installed in your browser. A free
copy of the RealPlayer software may be downloaded from: http://www.real.com/.
Climate Change
The United States Information Agency's climate change page contains information about U.S.
government policy on global warming. Links to a wide variety of
internet resources on this topic are available from this page.
Robert J.P. Gale, Ecological Tax Reform
This online document describes the ecological tax reform movement that advocates tax reforms that encourage environment and energy conservation.
Sustainable Minnesota, Ecological Tax Reform Resources
This web site provides extensive information about recent and proposed ecological tax reforms in Minnesota.
Environmental Defense Fund
Links and information on a wide range of environmental issues are contained on this page.
Global Change Electronic Edition
Global Change is a magazine that contains articles dealing with climate change and
ozone depletion. The online edition has a wide variety of materials and links to numerous
articles, and links to relevant online audio and video materials.
Law and Economics
This page contains an extensive collection of links dealing with the intersection of
economics and law.
Pollution Rights
Trading Game (by Rachel Nugent)
An interesting classroom experiment that can be used to illustrate the incentives existing
under a system of tradeable pollution rights.
President
Clinton's Climate Change Proposal
An overview of President Clinton's Climate Change Proposal designed to reduce global
emissions of greenhouse gases.
The Sierra Club
The wep site of this organization contains information about current environmental and resource issues.
USGS Fact Sheets (listed by
Environmental Theme)
This page contains links to a variety of studies on environmental issues.
Janet Yellen, "Statement before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works"
In this testimony, Janet Yellen discusses some of the major economic issues associated with global climate change.
Minimum Wage
U.S. Department of Labor minimum wage page
The minimum wage is an example of a price floor in the labor market. This page contains
information about the history of the minimum wage, the current requirements, and graphs and
tables displaying changes in the minimum wage over time.
Alternative views on the economic effects of the minimum wage may be found at:
When reading these articles, try to determine the underlying economic arguments that are in
dispute.
Discrimination, Income Inequality, and Poverty
Historical Income and Poverty Tables
U.S. Census historical statistics on the distribution of income and poverty levels in the U.S.
U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty - The Official Statistics
This page contains information about the demographic composition and the geographical distribution of individuals living in poverty in the U.S.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
This commission is charged with promoting and enforcing equal employment opportunities. This web site
contains links to the text of U.S. equal employment opportunities law and a description of the EEOC's programs.
"Worsening American Income Inequality: Is world trade to blame?"
Gary Burtless argues that the increase in income inequality in the U.S. is the result of structural changes in the U.S. labor market, and is not the result of foreign trade.
Related resources:
Other economic resources
This page contains a set of links to economic resources that may be of interest to introductory economics students.
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