In light of all this financial upheaval, I've been trying to find good sources for learning basic economic concepts. I must admit that I haven't taken economics since high school, a class that consisted of one semester learning to balance checkbooks... and that was about it. Lately I've been reading a basic economics book, and have another on my to-read list, but it struck me that what I really needed was a series of short educational publications on specific economic topics.

Hmmm... government documents, anyone? Here are some helpful documents and websites I'm using.

• Federal Reserve Education
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Publications
• US Monetary Policy
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Publications
• The Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy and the Economy
• Free Enterprise, the Economy and Monetary Policy
• Everyday Economics
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Understanding the Federal Budget

Please comment if you've got further resources--I'm fascinated to see them!