Q. Where can I find information about how the economy works, especially money and banking?

• Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
  Free encyclopedia from the Library of Economic Liberty. Entries are written by economic specialists across the political spectrum.
• Federal Reserve Education
  Educational resources on the U.S. Economy, the Financial Crisis and the role of the Federal Reserve
• Liber8 (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)  
  
  Economic information portal for librarians and students providing regional, national, and international economic research.
• Measuring the Economy: A Primer on GDP and the National Income and Product Accounts
  How fast is the economy growing? Is it speeding up or slowing down? How does the trade deficit affect economic growth? What's happening to the pattern of spending on goods and services in the economy?

Books and Texts

• A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know
  To be successful, executives and managers need to understand not only their immediate, microeconomic environment, but also the larger economic picture and how it relates to them.
• Money and Banking
  FlatWorld's free Open Source introductory textbook on money and banking and its rolwe in the ecionmy.
• Principles of Economics
  FlatWorld's free Open Source textbook on microeconomics and macroeconomics.