Be an Entrepreneur - Take Control of Your Own Future
What is stopping you from achieving your dreams? If your response to that question is, "I'm not really sure how to achieve them," then you should sign up for Foundation for Economic Education's free online courses in entrepreneurship.
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"Most people identify an entrepreneur as someone who creates a business and assumes the risk of doing so in return for profits. While this description is correct, more broadly it can be said that entrepreneurs create value by moving resources into more productive uses. They do this through innovating new products or processes to replace old ones and by discovering unnoticed opportunities to profit and acting on those opportunities. This series of lessons introduces the concept of entrepreneurship as understood by several leading economists. Students will explore the key traits of an entrepreneur and discuss the entrepreneur’s role in society. Let’s begin our journey in learning how entrepreneurs change the world!" |
Dictionary.com
Find out the meaning of words, look up synonymous to words (by clicking on www.thesaurus.com/ ) look up a word's etymology (where does the word come from originally?), and best of all - hear how the word is pronounced. The link takes you to Dictionary.com's website, but even better - you can download the app on your smartphone.
Build your vocabulary with Dictionary.com.
Build your vocabulary with Dictionary.com.
Economics A to Z
What is "asymmetric shock"? What about a "zero-sum game"? Look up these economic terms and more at the economic dictionary made available by The Economist.
http://www.economist.com/economics-a-to-z
http://www.economist.com/economics-a-to-z
HumanProgress.org
"Who We Are: HumanProgress.org is a project of the Cato Institute.
What We Do: ... To rectify the widely held misperceptions about the state of humanity, we have gathered empirical data from reliable sources that look at worldwide long-term trends. By putting together these comprehensive data in an accessible way, our goal is to provide a useful resource for students, scholars, journalists, policymakers, and the general public.
Whereas we think that policies and institutions compatible with freedom and openness are important factors in promoting human well-being, we let the evidence speak for itself. Finally, we hope that this website leads to a greater appreciation of the improving state of the world and stimulates an intelligent debate on the drivers of human progress."
https://humanprogress.org/
What We Do: ... To rectify the widely held misperceptions about the state of humanity, we have gathered empirical data from reliable sources that look at worldwide long-term trends. By putting together these comprehensive data in an accessible way, our goal is to provide a useful resource for students, scholars, journalists, policymakers, and the general public.
Whereas we think that policies and institutions compatible with freedom and openness are important factors in promoting human well-being, we let the evidence speak for itself. Finally, we hope that this website leads to a greater appreciation of the improving state of the world and stimulates an intelligent debate on the drivers of human progress."
https://humanprogress.org/
Interactive U.S. Constitution
Click on individual clauses in the Constitution to read in-depth explanations of what that clause means, how it is applied, and how it has been interpreted (rightly or wrongly) over time.
Library of Economics and Liberty
USGS - United States Geological Survey
The USGS website contains a wealth of geological information including access to topographical maps and a live map of earthquakes worldwide. The interactive map enables users to view data about individual quakes including location, depth and magnitude.
The World Factbook
Research data about every country in the world at the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.
"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map."