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     The ideas of economists, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood.  Indeed, the world is ruled by little else.  Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.  Mad men in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.  John Maynard Keynes

   Vita

   "Economics said that"?  Interesting facts and anecdotes  

Current/Past Classes
   

            Senior Seminar (ECO - 499)                                                       Public Finance (ECO - 515)

                 Location of Economic Activity (ECO - 450)                                 Intermediate Microeconomics (ECO - 365)    

                      Principles of Microeconomics (ECO - 165)                                  Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO - 155)

                                          

 

                                   

                                         

 

 
   You can use the calculators below to determine the true cost to borrow money for a house or car and how long it will take to pay off your credit card if you just paid the minimum balance.                                      
Enter Loan Information:
1) Amount of the loan:
2) Annual percentage rate of interest:
3) Repayment period in years:
                                                         
Payment Information:
4) Your monthly payment will be:
5) Your total payment will be:
6) Your total interest payments will be:

Credit Card Minimum Payment Interest Calculator
This calculator will show you how much interest you will end up paying if you make only the minimum required payment on your credit card bill. It will also tell you how many minimum payments you will make before your balance is paid off (up to a maximum of 600 payments).

Instructions: Somewhere in your credit card disclosure statement the card company will tell you something like "your minimum payment will be 2% of the balance or $10, whichever is higher. These are the figures you will enter in Column C and Column D respectively.

Dollar
Amount
Charged		 Annual
Interest
Rate		 C
Minimum
Payment
Percent		 D
Minimum
Minimum
Payment		 Interest
Charges		 Number of
Payments		 Total #
of Years

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     Private Sources

All About Economics   The Dismal Scientist   Economy.com   Resources for Economists   National Bureau of Economic Research
Social Science Research Network   Tom Tietenberg's Home Page   FAIR Model   IDEAS--Economic Bibliography   Dr. T's Econlinks
Cost and Return Estimator (Care Home Page)   Economics Working Paper Archive   Rutgers University Library--Economics Search    Macroeconomic Links   Library of Economics   Resources for the Future   JSTOR  Texas Transportation Institute

Job Openings for Economists

American Economic Association   Southern Economic Association   Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Economic Education     Economist Jokes

  Water and Water Quality Links

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          Water Environment Federation   Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority 
          

    

      "Oh, so Mother Nature needs a favor? Well, maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us

      with droughts and floods and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival and now she wants to quit because she's losing?

      Well, I say 'hard cheese'!"     

 

           "Aw, recycling is useless, Lis. Once the sun burns out, this planet is doomed.   

                                        You're just making sure we spend our last days using inferior products."    

 

Various Other Links

         Dallas Cowboys      Pink Floyd    Oklahoma City National Memorial  Guitars and Cadillacs    MSU Economics        
          

        Dr. Mitchell's Photo Album and Wallpaper collection

 

 

                    

         Jump the Ocean
 
 

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updated 1-26-2007, Suggestions? Comments? Stocks you want added to the ticker?

contact David Mitchell, davidmitchell@missouristate.edu