Economics Hub
Contents:
- Repository for Economic Data
- Links to Relevant Websites for Economics and Finance
- Recommended Reading
- Assorted blog posts
Repository for Economic Data
- MarketWatch economic reporting calendar [Link]
- MacroMicro.me charts (e.g. [FINRA Margin Debt])
- Our World in Data [Link]
- Core Econ Curriculum [Link]
- Bloomberg
- NBER
- BEA
- BLS
- TradingEconomics
- World Bank Link
- IMF Link World Economic Outlook Databases
- OECD Link
- Census Bureau Link
- Harvard Atlas Growth Lab Link
- UN Link
- USDA Link
- Cal State Econ Data List: Link
- Columbia Data List: Link
- Collins Dwight Blog: 140 best websites for economics data
- The Economist Link
- Economics Inelligence Unit Link
- MacroTrends Link
- Resources.data.gov Link
Relevant Websites for Econ and Finance
Economics
- Truflation
- Freakonomics
- Mises Institute (Austrian School of Economics)
- Lyn Alden
- Visual Capitalist
- Exploring Economics
- Epsilon Theory
- Game of Trades
- Nomad Capitalist
- Trading Economics
- Federal Reserve Economics Data (of St. Louis; FRED)
- ShadowStats
- Harvard Business Review
- Anthropic’s Economic Index (for how jobs are affected by LLMs)
- PricedInGold
- Economics From the Top Down by Dr. Blair Fix
Finance
- Investopedia
- OptionAlpha
- OptionsTrading
- IRS
- Smart Contract Research (crypto)
- OpenInsider
- Whale Wisdom
- Credit Karma
- Credit monitoring
- Get information about: Credit cards, Personal loans, Auto (loans and insurance), Home (e.g., mortgage calculators), Money (building your credit), Net Worth, Tax, Credit Scores
- Bankrate
- Website
- Get information about: Banking, Mortgages, Investing, Credit cards, Loans, Home equity, and Insurance
- Nerdwallet
- Website
- Get information about: Credit cards, Banking, Home, Loans, Insurance, Personal finance, Investing, Small business, and Taxes
- US Office of Finanical Research
- App Economy Insights
Consumer Protection
- EWG index healthiness of home products
- Consumer Reports
- Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
Indices
- US Leading Economic Indicator (LEI)
- Historical Home Prices
- Baltic Dry Index
- Manheim Used Vehicle Index
- Case-Shiller US Home Price Index
Recommended Reading:
- Finance
- Schwager. Market Wizards.
- Reinhart and Rogoff. This Time is Different.
- Ferguson. The Ascent of Money.
- Griffin. The Creature from Jekyll Island.
- King. The End of Alchemy.
- Taleb. The Black Swan; Anifragile; Skin in the Game.
- Ahamed. Lords of Finace.
- Alden. Broken Money.
- Kohler. How They Get You.
- Political Science
- Haass. The World.
- Dalio. The Changing World Order. How Countries Go Broke.
- Acemoglu and Robinson. Why Nations Fail.
- Graetz and Shpiro. The Wolf at the Door.
- Rothstein. The Color of Law.
- Zinn. Peoples’ History of the US.
- Levitsky and Ziblatt. How Democracies Die.
- Marketing and Behavior
- Cialdini. Influence.
- Bernays. Porpogranda.
- Kahneman. Thinking Fast and Slow
- Zuboff. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
- Newletters:
- Lyn Alden
- Nicholas Crown
- Heresy Financial
- Rebel Capitalist
- Eurodollar University
- Reference and Other Recommendations:
- Graeber. Debt: The First 5000 years.
- Piketty. Capital in the 21st Century.
- Malkiel. A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
- Life Advice
- Carnegie. How to Win Friends and Influence Poeple.
- Peterson. 12 Rules for Life.
- Pollard. The Introverts’ Edge.
- Covey. 7 Habbits of Highly Effective People.
- Manson. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.
- Clear. Atomic Habits.
- Meadows. Thinking in Systems.
- For your 20s:
- Jay. The Defining Decade.
- Levine and Heller. Attached.
- Kaufman. Transcend.
- Peck. The Road Less Traveled.
- Business
- Hormozi. $100M Leads.
- Willink and Babin. Extreme Ownership.
- Masters and Thiel. From Zero to One.
- David. Your Next Five Moves.
- Kaufman. The Personal MBA.
- Greene. 48 Laws of Power.
Assorted Blog Posts
Written on January 23, 2026