May 08 2008
Welker’s daily links 05/08/2008
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From “econteacher.com” is a really cool timeline of the history of Economic thought, from Adam Smith to the Apple Computer. This website was created by a veteran Econ teacher and has some interesting bits for students and teachers of the “dismal science”.
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National Geographic Magazine – NGM.com
We hear so much about China’s emergence as an economic superpower that we may forget what a naturally beautiful and geographically diverse country it is. This slideshow from National Geographic offers a little perspective of the true beauty of the fastest growing country in the world.
About the author: Jason Welker is a teacher at Zurich International School in Switzerland, where he teaches Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Economics. In addition to maintaining numerous online resources for economics student and educators, Jason developed the online version of the IB Economics course for Virtual High School and is currently authoring a textbook for IB Economics students for Pearson Baccalaureate which will be available in Spring of 2011. His economics student wiki won the 2007 "Best Educational Wiki" award from the "EduBlog Awards". Related posts:
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The timeline seems to be more of a business history or entrepreneur timeline. While I didn’t click
on every date, most of the dates between Smith and Keynes appeared to be entrepreneurial in nature (Hamilton excepted, althought I wouldn’t rate him as an economist). They seemed to have missed Ricardo, Marshall, Marx and host of others.
Tim, you’re right, it is more of a timeline of innovations and technological progress. In a way, this is still relevant to economics though as many of the developments chronicled represent sources of increased productivity and economic growth since America’s foundation.