Web Links

• p. 3: Go to http://www.ecominfocenter.com/ to access the eCommerce Info Center and explore whether it is in a consumer’s self-interest to shop on the Internet. Click on “To e-shoppers.”

Issues and Applications Web Resources:

• For basic facts and figures about child obesity, go to the link to the American Obesity Association’s Web site at http://www.obesity.org/subs/childhood/.
• To learn about various ways states and the federal government are trying to combat child obesity, click on the link to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, available at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/.

The Usefulness of Studying Economics
This application helps you see how accomplished people benefited from their study of economics. It also explores ways in which these people feel others of all walks of life can gain from learning more about the economics field.

     Title: How Taking an Economics Course Can Lead to Becoming an Economist

     Navigation: Go to http://minneapolisfed.org/ to visit the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis home page. To access economists in The Region on their student experiences and the need for economic literacy, under Publications, click on The Region. Select the Index by Issue. Click on December 1998, and select the last article of the issue, Economists in The Region on Their Student Experiences and the Need for Economic Literacy.

Application
Read the interviews of the six economists, and answer the following questions.

1. Based on your reading, what economists do you think other economists regard as influential? What educational institutions do you think are the most influential in economics?

2. Which economists do you think were attracted to microeconomics and which to macroeconomics?