University Libraries

The idea of HDR is that we can use data to rank countries of the world by the conditions of life of the humans there. Useful data here about economics, education, security, freedoms.

A blog, with discussions.
Continues: Savage Minds: Notes and Queries: Anthropologysavageminds.org.

A collection of short stories, articles, and reflections with an anthro slant.

A PBS series offering perspectives from around the world.

An NPR series.

Podcast: "Storytelling with a beat." NPR.

The SOCA department keeps a nice list of these. Professional Associations are useful because they provide many services for practitioners, for example:

Blog for Anth 5500

Twice-weekly podcast attempting to make economics understandable and even enjoyable.

More economic reporting from NPR.

BBC Radio 4's multipart explanation of a simple idea.

"....the Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion (IMTFI). Established in 2008, the Institute is housed in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Its mission is to support research on money & technology among the world's poorest people."