What are bonds and stocks? Effects of Cigarette Taxes (article from the Los Angeles Times) Tobacco settlement: Robin Hood in Reverse (WP, November 25, 1998) On Social Security Economic Indicators for Consumers: Key Measures of Consumer Well-Being to Watch for in the News Media (This lonk appears invalid.  I will check) Are Americans being taxed too much? (article from the Los Angeles Times) On school voucher. On the possible connection between abortion and the falling crime rate (New York Times 8/20/99) What is a hedge fund? U.S. Industry Overseas: Sweatshop or Job Source? International finance and development for laypeople An introduction to the theory of international trade A critical review of Supply-Side Economics The Limits of Economics in the world of public policy [Glenn Loury in The New Republic] Have you heard these jokes about economists and economics?