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 [1]
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Publications [2]
• US Monetary Policy [3]
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Publications [4]
• The Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy and the Economy [5]
• Free Enterprise, the Economy and Monetary Policy [6]
• Everyday Economics [7]
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York [8]
• Understanding the Federal Budget [9]

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