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My Plan for the Economics Site in 2003
Part 1: Economics: I'm not the only one who writes about it.
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• Part 2: But what Economics articles will you write?
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• Instructions on How To Submit an Article to About.Com
• Chat Room Instructions
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Like most people, the beginning of the year is the time I set goals for myself and figure out what I'd like to achieve over the next 12 months. I've only been the Economics Guide here at About.Com since late November 2002, but in that time I've thought of quite a few ideas on how to make the Economics site the best on the web. My major goal for 2003 is to increase user participation at About.Com. There are three ways to interact with this website and discuss economics. They are:

Participate in a chat session

Economics at About.Com has a Chat feature that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To join the chat room see:

I’ll be in every Monday night from 8 to 9 p.m., so if you’d like to discuss economics with me, please visit me then.

Read and write messages in the forums

The forums are a place where users can leave public messages and discuss their views on economics. It’s a great place to let the world know what you think, and to receive feedback from the other users of the site. It’s also a great place to go when you would like to ask for help on an assignment or a term paper. Check them out at:

Write an article for Economics at About.Com

Are you interested in writing an article on Economics that will be read by thousands? If you have an economics related website or blog, this is a great way to get new visitors for your site. The instructions on how to do so are here:

This site publishes articles on a wide array of topics. Here are a few ideas of topics that I think would make great articles:

Sports Economics
  • The Effect of Salary Caps
  • Baseball owners colluding against players in the 1980s
Booms and Busts
  • The Great Video Game Crash of 1984
  • Sports Cards Market Crash of the early 1990’s
Public Policy
  • Impact of the Reagan Tax Cuts
  • Pros and Cons of Deregulation
  • Costs and Benefits of the Kyoto Accord
Here are a few examples of typical articles:

Of course, submissions are not limited to these suggestions. If you have an article that you feel would appeal to the readers of this site, please submit it.

We’re also looking for book reviews. Have you read a book dealing with some aspect of economics recently? Would you recommend it to others, or would you recommend they stay far away from it? If you’d like to write one, see the guidelines:

To see an example of a book review to see what we have in mind, you might want to look at one I recently wrote:

Of course, I don't expect my users to provide all the content for the site. In Part 2 I'll tell you what I have in store for the site in 2003.

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