Definitions

• “a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services”–www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/economics
• “the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management”–wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• “The study of how societies allocate and manage their scarce resources.”–www.argmax.com/About/articles.php
• “The study of how people use their limited resources in an attempt to satisfy unlimited wants.”–www.intc.com/glossary.cfm
• “The ‘dismal science,’ according to Thomas Carlyle, a 19th-century Scottish writer. It has been described in many ways, few of them flattering. The most concise, non-abusive, definition is the study of how society uses its scarce resources.”–www.economist.com/research/economics
• “The study of how scarce resources are or should be allocated.”–www.enotes.com/econ-encyclopedia/economics

Resources

• Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy, 3rd ed. (at Amazon.com)
• Thomas Sowell, Economic Facts and Fallacies (at Amazon.com)
• Thomas Sowell, Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One (at Amazon.com)
• Thomas Sowell, On Classical Economics (at Amazon.com)
• Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics (at Amazon.com)
• Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (at Amazon.com)
• Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
• Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (at Amazon.com)
• Todd Buchholz, New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought (at Amazon.com)
• Steven Landsburg, Armchair Economist: Economics & Everyday Life (at Amazon.com)
• David Friedman, Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (at Amazon.com)
• Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist (at Amazon.com)

• Library of Economics and Liberty > Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
• Economist.com > Economics A-Z
• Economicae: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Economics
• About.com > Glossary of Economics Terms / Economics Dictionary
• enotes.com > Oxford Dictionary of Economics

• The Economics Network > Online Learning and Teaching Materials
• The Economics Network > Interactive Tutorials
• Economics Interactive Tutorials
• EconLinks.com > Economics Course Tutorials
• Economics Quizzes
• ThinkEconomics
• Economics Basics: Learn Economics with Free Tutorials

• Library of Economics and Liberty
• Economist.com
• Economy Professor
• PBS > Commanding Heights
• History of Economic Thought Website
• EconLinks.com

• misesmedia’s (Ludwig von Mises Institute) YouTube Channel
• HooverInstitution’s YouTube Channel
• LibertyPen’s YouTube Channel
• Commanding Heights: Episode One
• Commanding Heights: Episode Two
• Commanding Heights: Episode Three

• Foundation for Economic Education
• Ludwig von Mises Institute
• Hoover Institution

• “economics” tag on Delicious
• “economics” on Technorati
• “economics” on Digg
• “economics” on Twitter
• Economics Twine
• Finance & Economics Twine
• American Economics & the American Economy Twine