Data on corporations and business wealth

 

Corporate watchdogs

Left Business Observer

Corporate Crime Reporter

Business Ethics ("Corporate Social Responsibility Report")

Multinational Monitor

 

Business history

19th Century Advertising (Harper's Weekly)

 

Data on political influence

OpenSecrets.org ("Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections")

Lobbying: the Influence Industry (New York Times)

Campaign Finance Reform (Vassar College Library Research Guide)

 

Trade associations and business advocates

Conference Board (association of elite multinational corporations)

 

Business magazines and journals

Forbes

Fortune

Business Week

 

Economic glossaries and encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Law & Economics (Edward Elgar and the University of Ghent)

InvestorWords.com

 

General economic data

Infoplease almanac: Economy

Bureau of Economic Analysis (US Department of Commerce)

National Bureau of Economic Research (nonprofit economic data-gathering organization)

Global Edge: International Business Resource Desk (Michigan State University)

Business Resources on the Web (Foster Business Library, University of Washington)

 

Global trade organizations and law

NAFTA Secretariat

General Agreement on Trades and Tariffs

World Bank Group

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (data-gathering organization of developed nations)

WTO/GATT Research (Law Library Resource Xchange)

WTO History Project (University of Washington)

 

Conservative think-tanks and research institutes

The Heritage Foundation

USA*Engage ("for the latest news on the harmful effects of unilateral sanctions")

American Policy Center ("Property Rights and Back-to-Basics Education")

 

Progressive think-tanks and research institutes

The Center for Public Integrity

 

Media, advertising and corporate culture

Picturing Business in America (Wall Street Journal portraits)

Medicine and Madison Avenue (Duke University)

Adbusters

PR Watch

 

Philanthropy and civic culture

National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)

 

Corporations and the environment 

Trade Secrets (PBS)