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)
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