Orientalism - Edward Said (1977)

Source.

c/f Orientalism 25 Years Later

The Brokers with Hands on Their Faces Blog

Source. Sure it's out of date, and sure it hasn't been updated. But sometimes you just need to reconnect and feel it.

Infographics for a Crisis

Henry Blodget, a disgraced trader, came out with these succinct infographics, summarizing, for presumably the American business community, what had prepared the climate for Occupy Wall Street.

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Money. A very detailed poster on how it all works. Spotted on Nathalie de Meyer's Google+ feed. From xkcd. Apparently you can purchase the poster.

The Economist's Glossary of Economic Terms

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The Player

In full.

Great discussion of Nolan Bushnell's (founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese) early career, touching upon subjects of  consumer electronics and recreational robots, the possible social purpose of video games, the economic links between pizza parlors, midways and video game consuls, and divorced, single parents in the 1980s.

See also:
Androbot on the old robots page. A brief profile of Nolan Bushell's short lived personal robot company, in the eighties.

Second Life

• What Happens When Digital Cities Are Abandoned? - Laura E. Hall - The Atlantic

Some discussion of Economics 2.0 (i.e. the virtual economy of this massive multiplayer video game now having real world application): 

• Second Life Founder Pursues Second Chance (Feb 3, 2014) - Re: Philip Rosedale's new startup, High Fidelity.
• Wildcat Banking in the Virtual Frontier. (Feb. 5, 2008)
• The Coming Second Life Business Cycle (Aug. 2, 2007)
• The Virtual Rockefeller (Dec. 2005). 
• Wikipedia entry
• c/f Second Life Maretplace: Where users buy pixilated commodities, for real world cash.

 "This player plays with wind chimes and lights off some fireworks."

 

Second Life Movie 2 

"A couple players line up for a picture."

Second Life Movie 3 
"The group moves on to play a game of darts." 

Second Life Movie 4
"You can become a DJ for other players to dance to."

Second Life Movie 5
"Your house can be decorated any way you want."

Second Life Movie 6
"With just a few clicks, a couple of players build a simple house and even find time to wallpaper it."

Second Life Movie 7
"You can create your new animations and then import them into the game."

Second Life Movie 8    
"Everyone gets down with their elaborate dance moves in a user-made nightclub."

Accounting Terminology Guide

Jockum Nordström - Hymn-Book

Source.

"The NYSSCPA has prepared this glossary as an educational tool for journalists who report on and interpret financial information. We encourage your comments and suggestions as we continue to develop materials to assist financial journalists."

Glossary for a Course in Basic Economics

Courtesy of the U of T. An online lexicon of basic economic terms.

This American Life's The Giant Pool of Money

The Giant Pool of Money.

Originally an on-air radio broadcast, this transcript of This American Life is the best information I have found to explain the origins of our current global financial crisis.

Helpfully, the episode's producers neither assume one to be proficient in the lingual kung fu of high finance, nor posit a master daemon of capitalism as the cause of all woe, previous to considering evidence, group behaviors and testimonials.

It can also be streamed online.