Address the following prompts below. As an economic consultant, make recommendation to the city of Detroit, Michigan or county's financial division, suggesting revisions to their economic policies.

1. Recommend macroeconomic policies (fiscal) for selected city or county citing scholarly/authoritative sources as support.
   • What do you suggest in terms of fiscal policies to attract small businesses to the city or county?
   • What policies will support growth and expansion for existing businesses?
   • What policies do you recommend to improve the quality of life for the residents (e.g., education attainment, job creation, etc.)?
   • Your recommendations may also include revisions to improve existing policies.
2. Recommend macroeconomic policies (monetary) for selected city or county citing scholarly/authoritative sources as support.
   • What do you suggest in terms of monetary policies to attract small businesses to the city or county?
   • What policies will support growth and expansion for existing businesses?
   • What policies do you recommend to improve the quality of life for the residents (e.g., education attainment, job creation, etc.)?
   • Your recommendations may also include revisions to improve existing policies.
3. Consider how a Christian worldview might influence policy recommendations through the lens of "An Economy of Grace: Inequality and Lutheran Witness" (link available on Overview page).
   • Evaluate policy recommendations from a Christian worldview
   • How does the policy enhance equality or equity to those in the community?
4. Justify and support your recommendations using only scholarly authoritative sources. Note: The APU library, Google Scholar, and DOAJ.org are helpful for identifying authoritative, scholarly sources.
5. What outcomes are you anticipating from your solution?

• Citation Requirements: minimum of 7-10 scholary sources
  • Citations must reference scholarly, peer-reviewed sources.
  • Online sources (e.g., wikipedia, investopedia, blogs, smallbus.chron, online magazines) are not scholarly or authoritative sources.
  • Industry-related, authoritative sources may be acceptable.