Data on corporate and private wealth

Forbes Magazine lists: the Forbes 500 (highest profit-posting corporations), Global 2000, 400 Richest Americans, Best Paid CEOs, etc.

 

Corporate watchdogs

CorpWatch

Corporate Crime Reporter

Business Ethics ("Corporate Social Responsibility Report")

 

Business history

Directory of Corporate Archives (Society of American Archivists)

19th Century Advertising (Harper's Weekly)

 

Data on political influence

Federal Election Commission

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

 

Trade associations and business advocates

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

International Chamber of Commerce

Conference Board (association of elite multinational corporations)

United States Trade Representative

European Commission

Transatlantic Business Council

 

Business magazines and journals

The Economist

Forbes

Fortune

Business Week

 

Economic glossaries and encyclopedias

A Glossary of Political Economy Terms (Dr. Paul M. Johnson, Auburn University)

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

InvestorWords.com

 

General economic data

Infoplease almanac: Business

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)

 

Global trade organizations and law

World Trade Organization

General Agreement on Trades and Tariffs

World Bank Group

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

WTO History Project (University of Washington)

 

Conservative think-tanks and research institutes

American Legislative Exchange Council (supported by Koch Industries)

American Enterprise Institute

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

Economic Policy Institute

The Center for Public Integrity

 

Media, advertising and corporate culture

Who Owns What (Columbia Journalism Review)

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 

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Trade Secrets (PBS)