Current Events in Macroeconomics - Fiscal Policy

Macroeconomics is much more than just what you read in a textbook. It is what happens every day, the sum of everything that affects the well-being of all. In fact, macroeconomics affects everyone throughout the country and the world.

Choose one of the two options below and pay particular attention to any discussion relating to the macroeconomics concepts covered in the current unit. After listening or reading, answer the following questions:

1. What important new things did you learn?
2. Did the topics discussed in the article or podcast relate to your personal experience in any way? If so, how? If not, how do you believe it could?
3. How does this new knowledge relate to the availability and possible governmental use of fiscal policy tools and their likely macroeconomic impact on the economy as explored in this unit?
4. Based on what you learned, what action(s), if any, do you think the government, or society, should take?