Thursday, October 28, 2010

The Austrian School of Economics

Links & Information on the Austrian School of Economics:

Ludwig von Mises is the main theorist for this school of thought and his writings exist in German and English.  It is suggested that the reader start with the Ludwig Von Mises Institute listed below:

http://mises.org/

For beginners interested in economics, it is suggested to read any of the following resources:

http://www.europac.net/recommended_reading

For those pressed with time, Henry Hazlit's Economics in One Lesson is the easiest to read.  You can get it at your local library or oder it on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Economics-One-Lesson-Shortest-Understand/dp/0517548232

Economics in German can be downloaded at Mises listed above and in Austria listed below:

http://www.mises.de/

Fokus Money:

http://www.focus.de/finanzen/

Investments & Safe havens:

Gold Price:

http://www.goldprice.org/

Highly recommended online purchase of metals with physical possession:
(Note:  Not responsible for gains or losses.  Do your own investigation.)

Apmex:

http://www.apmex.com/?gclid=CMXHwpjw9qQCFUNl7AodLwErhA

Euro Pacific:

http://www.europac.net/

Additional Resources in German - Links

Resources for German

1.  Zeitschriften (lesen)
Hauptwebseite:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/german/media/indzsch.html

Spiegel: http://www.spiegel.de/

Stern:  http://www.stern.de/

Readers Digest:
http://readersdigest.de/

Fokus: http://focus.msn.de/


2.  Zeitungen (lesen)
Hauptwebseite: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/german/media/indzeit.html

Die Zeit: http://www.zeit.de/index

Frankfurter Allgemeine: http://www.faz.net/s/homepage.html

Die Welt:  http://www.faz.net/s/homepage.html

Faz Net:  http://www.faz.net/s/homepage.html

3. Woerterbuch (nachschlagen)
Leo: http://dict.leo.org/


4. Pons Bild Woerterbuch:

http://www.bildwoerterbuch.com/

Das Auto:
http://www.bildwoerterbuch.com/transport-und-fahrzeuge/strassenverkehr/auto/karosserie.php


5.  Goethe Institute (Auskunft/Informationen)
Hauptseite: http://www.goethe.de/enindex.htm

Auf Deutsch:  http://www.goethe.de/deindex.htm


6.  Bibelstudium (hoeren oder lesen)

Thru the Bible:
http://www.oneplace.com/player/thru-the-bible-foreign-language/german/

Luther Bibel:  http://www.bibel-online.net/

Various versions of the Bibel:
http://www.bible-researcher.com/links10.html


7.  Deutsch fuer Kinder: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/german.shtml


8.  Deutsch Literatur (German Readers)

Bestellen: http://www.continentalbook.com/catalog/german/grreaders.html

Online Lesen:  http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/autor-g.htm



9.  German Newspapers in America:  http://www.press-guide.com/usa.htm



10.  Filme:

http://www.movie-college.de/index.htm

http://www.filmevona-z.de/filmaktuell.cfm

German Links

Five Ways to Learn a Foreign Language:

Five Ways To Learn a Foreign Language

http://www.google.de/

http://de.yahoo.com/


TV Stations in German:

http://www.n-tv.de/

http://www.ndr.de/home/index.html   Click "Fernseher"

http://www.zdf.de/  Click on "Mediatek"

http://tvthek.orf.at/

News English or German:

http://www.dw-world.de/

German Grammar:
Case in German

http://www.acampitelli.com/explain_case_in_German.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0uq93tr1Aw

Vocabulary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0WfqmrOnBU

Colors:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHuaCKq8dOU&feature=channel

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Langsamer, bitte!

Do you want to improve your German listening skills, but find that most podcasts talk too fast? No more. Check out SlowGerman.com. Downloadable podcasts (or streaming) that are German-newbie friendly.

Bonus: the entire text of the podcast is viewable on your iPod/iPhone.

http://www.slowgerman.com/