MPR: The Long Boom

Resources
April 2000

Business Week
Business Week has consistently covered the emergence of a new economy and the forces behind the long economic expansion.

The Center for Research in Electronic Commerce
The Center for Research in Electronic Commerce at the University of Texas, Austin is a leading edge research institute into the impact of the Internet on the economy.

Digital Furnace
High technology has become a major focus of economic development efforts around the country. Governors and lawmakers across the country are unveiling plans to prevent their states from losing out on the job growth and high wages that characterize successful technology industries. In Pittsburgh, the state's efforts are helping the region emerge from the ashes of the steel industry as a technology powerhouse.

Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan's speeches on the long boom.

Dallasfed.org
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has written a series of annual reports documenting the new economy.

Minnesota in the .Com Age
Where is Minnesota's place in the high-tech revolution? Twenty years ago, Minnesota was at the cutting edge of high technology. Are we still? What can the state do to return Minnesota to the forefront of innovation?

Sound Money
Sound Money, public radio's only live call-in program on personal finance, examines the range of investment issues from taxes to investments to planning. Each week, host Bob Potter, along with Chris Farrell, chief economics correspondent at MPR, offers insight on the latest financial trends and answers listener questions on every investment topic.

University of Minnesota-Duluth
This is the Web site of UMD's Bureau of Business and Economic Research. It has a generous amount of reports and studies on Duluth and N.E. Minnesota economics.

Yardeni.com
Economist Edward Yardeni. His new economy primer offers a great set of charts on the long boom.

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