Ron Cronovich's Home Page Students:  I am transitioning to the eRacer course management system this semester.  Please log in to your my.carthage.edu account and click on the eRacer tab to find your course materials.   Spring 2011 Courses ECN 3290, International Finance - MWF 2:30-3:35 - Clausen Center room 206 ECN 3340,  Introduction to Econometrics - MWF 11:00-12:05 - Clausen Center room 206 J-term 2011 Dead Pelicans, BP, and You:  Environmental, Economic, and Political Issues of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill - 1:00-4:00 every day in Clausen Center room 108 Fall 2010 Courses ECON/BUSA 333-1, Applied Statistics - MWF 9:15-10:20 - Clausen Center room 113 ECON/BUSA 333-2, Applied Statistics - MWF 11:00-12:05 - Clausen Center room 111 ECON 320-1, Money and Banking - MWF 2:30-3:35 - Clausen Center room 206 How to contact me E-mail:  rcronovich@carthage.edu Office:  212 Clausen Center, 262-551-6330 Office hours Spring 2011:  TBA Click here for my mailing address and fax number Places at Carthage Carthage Home Carthage Directory Writing Center Library Computing Carthage Student Community Code Blogs I recommend Greg Mankiw, a top textbook author and researcher, and former advisor to President George W. Bush (conservative perspective) Paul Krugman, textbook author and winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics (liberal perspective) Gary Becker and Richard Posner, two of the very top minds in economics; Becker is a Nobel Prize winner (conservative perspective) NPR's Planet Money (also get their excellent podcast)   Calculated Risk, frequently updated with excellent data on what's happening in the economy right now Marginal Revolution, by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, great economists and textbook authors (conservative perspective, mostly) Brad DeLong, a highly regarded economic researcher, commentator, and professor at the University of California, Berkeley (liberal perspective) Freakonomics blog, by Steve Levitt and Stephen Dubner, authors of Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics, with occasional contributions from other economists and writers Not exactly a blog, but I also recommend reading the New York Times columns by Thomas Friedman and David Brooks Links Educational resources and research tools Economics-related sites Government, international, and non-governmental agencies Data Especially for teachers Blogs Miscellaneous Other Need a recommendation letter?  Read this.