81. Trade And Economics - US Department Of State Economic Issues delivers US foreign economic policy, integrating US economic interests with our foreign policy goals. It implements American economic policy http://usinfo.state.gov/ei/

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82. National Council On Economic Education (NCEE) The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) is a nationwide network that leads in promoting economic literacy with students and their teachers. http://www.ncee.net/

The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) is a nationwide network that leads in promoting economic literacy with students and their teachers. NCEE's mission is to help students develop the real-life skills they need to succeed: to be able to think and choose responsibly as consumers, savers, investors, citizens, members of the workforce, and effective participants in a global economy. Financing Your Future A complete personal finance program on DVD for high school teachers and their students. Virtual Economics® Version 3 is here! With over 1,200 supplemental lesson plans for K-12 teachers - plus multimedia concept demonstrations and state standards correlations - it's never been easier to teach economics and personal finance. Thinking Economics Explore a new, interactive way to teach economics – and connect with your students – with this unique high school economics curriculum that is your high-tech alternative to a textbook. EconEdLink More than lessons to choose from - and they're all FREE!

83. Economic Statistics The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

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84. Economic Education Web EcEdWeb EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Web, is your portal to economic education resources in all forms and at all levels. http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/

85. National Bureau Of Economic Research The nation s leading economic research organization posts working papers, data, and other resources for business professionals,public policy makers, http://www.nber.org/

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American Economic Association AEAWeb: Publications Annual Meeting Committees Call for Papers or Sessions for the January 2009 American Economic Association Annual Meeting is NOW CLOSED. AEA in the News: The Chronicle of Higher Education , January 25, 2008 American Economic Association Plans 4 New Journals and When Economists Play the Market During 2006 and 2007, the American Economic Review was the most widely consulted journal among all 775 scholarly journals that are archived in JSTOR. David Autor (MIT) has been appointed to succeed Andrei Shleifer (Harvard) as editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives . The editorial transition will occur in January 2009. 2007 John Bates Clark Medalist Announced Susan C. Athey has been named as the John Bates Clark medalist for 2007. For more, click here AEA President Avinash Dixit awards the Clark Medal to Dr. Athey Contact Information American Economic Association 2014 Broadway, Suite 305 Nashville, TN 37203 Phone: (615) 322-2595 Fax: (615) 343-7590 Email: aeainfo@vanderbilt.edu

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