Economic Systems Resources
Economic Systems Resources
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The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics offers a nice brief biography on Adam Smith, the father of the modern field of economics.
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Go straight to the source: Adam Smith's powerfully influential 1776 treatise making the case for free markets. It's in the public domain so you can read the whole thing for free on Google Books.
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Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, may have been the most influential Founding Father in shaping the modern American economy. This is a great online exhibition produced by the New York Historical Society.
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GlobalSecurity.org breaks down Cuba's economy, one of the few command economies still operating in the world in the aftermath of the Cold War.
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The Canadian Encyclopedia offers a brief overview of the traditional economy of the Inuit people.