About: Good/Bad Research Sources

Numbers, numbers, numbers: seemingly the only way to add any validity to any argument we may present.  Needless to say, economics are all about the numbers and this makes it crucially important to double (and triple) check where I get my numbers from. Technology largely affects micro and macroeconomics, and it is widely considered to be the driving force behind long term economic growth.

When talking about economics, it is important to consider some of the more credible and established sources that talk about this topic. Although this blog will mostly focus on microeconomics, it will be impossible to avoid the larger spectrum of macroeconomics. For a few years now, one of my favorite publications has been The Economist magazine. This magazine has been one of my primary go-to sources when I connect real-life examples with the theories I learn in class. Not only is the publication a strong resource on its own, it is also a great way to find out about other credible sources in the field of economics. Generally when I get this magazine, I tend to focus on all of the technology articles anyway, so I hope to be able to relay a lot of the things I learn from there to my blog discussions. 

I hope to be able to support my topics with scholarly articles that I'll pick up from various databases like JStor and ebscohost. When talking about economics, it's imperative to stick with professional studies and research and separate it from a lot of the word-of-mouth stuff that so commonly goes hand in hand with the topic. Generally speaking, numbers are often thrown around and accepted by others as true for the mere fact that they are "numbers." Moving forward, I will cite all figures that I post in this blog. It's the only way to establish credibility, and it will only make this blog more interesting.