May 14 2008
Welker’s daily links 05/14/2008
Published by Jason Welker at 10:30 pm under
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Wikipedia-
Facts and figures everyone needs to know about the economy in this time of economic hardship. (there are five pages, be sure to click through to read them all!)
About the author: Jason Welker is a teacher at Zurich International School in Switzerland, where he teaches Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Economics. Jason was an international school student in Malaysia before studying economics at Seattle University then earning his Masters in Education. He calls Seattle and Northern Idaho home. In addition to maintaining an economics wiki and this blog for economics student and educators, Jason also gives presentations on using Web 2.0 tools in education at workshops and conferences around the world. His economics wiki won the 2007 "Best Educational Wiki" award from the "EduBlog Awards". 
![Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Z1scnqz1L._SL160_.jpg "Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything")
![The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410FGAGYGPL._SL160_.jpg "The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman")
