Publications and Libraries
http://www.freetheworld.com/papers.html
Think Tanks in Israel
Institute for Advanced Political and Economic Studies
Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (Herzliya)
Begin-Sadat Center for strategic studies, Bar Ilan University
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
Think Tanks in Russia
The Institute for Urban Economics http://www.urbaneconomics.ru/eng/
Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy http://www.iep.ru/en
The Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.beafnd.org/en/
(relevant policy advice for Russia)
Center for Economic and Financial Researches http://www.cefir.ru/index.php?l=eng
(publications in best peer-reviewed magazines)
Gaidar’s archive of electronic documents related to modern Russian economic history: http://gaidar-arc.ru/
The History of New Russia: collection of articles, reports and documents about Russian 1990-ties economic and political Reforms http://ru-90.ru/
Think Tanks in the USA
iMAPP.org Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
The American Enterprise Institute http://www.aei.org/
FreedomWorks Foundation http://www.freedomworksforme.org/
Hudson Institute http://www.hudson.org/
Margaret Thatcher Institute http://www.thatchercenter.org/
Center for Security Policy http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.xml
George Mason University Mercatus Center http://mercatus.org/
Mexican site: Transitional problems and Economic Freedom promotion http://www.ariasking.com/
Historical statistics
- Michigan Univ. (inter-university) Data Base http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/
- http://eh.net/databases
- http://www.historicalstatistics.org/
- Angus Maddisson’s page (1926-2010; don’t miss opportunity to download the files!): http://www.ggdc.net/MADDISON/oriindex.htm
- Groningen Growth and Development Centre Data bases http://www.rug.nl/research/ggdc/databases
- US census historical data http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/past_years.html (Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789 – 1945 first and foremost);
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/ (Decennial censuses since 1790 data)
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/hist_stats.html
- Sutch Richard, Carter Susan B. (ed.) Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition online http://hsus.cambridge.org/HSUSWeb/toc/hsusHome.do
- Historical statistics Data for USA, UK and some more http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/index.php
- Polity IV Project: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2010 Monty G. Marshall, Director http://www.systemicpeace.org/polity/polity4.htm
- USA & UK states’ expenditures historical statistics (Tea Party affiliated sites): http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/index.php http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/
- European State Finance Data Base (collection of the pieces poor compatible but some are pretty interesting) http://esfdb.websites.bta.com/Database.aspx
- Articles on Italian Historical Statistics http://ideas.repec.org/e/pfe122.html