Analyze an economic question, issue, problem, or phenomenon, critiquing and evaluating characteristics, influences, causes, and both short- and long-term effects, then answer the following questions: What is your economic question? How did you come up with that question and/or why is this topic/question interesting to you? - How does this question relate to the study of economics? What guesses or ideas do you have about the answer to your question? (Ex: What factors might be involved in the answer?)