ECON 206 - The History of Money

Professor: Dr. Arthur Younger

Assignment Part 2 - (14% of Final Grade)

This Assignment must to be done on an INDIVIDUAL basis.

Any unacknowledged copying or borrowing from work submitted by other students or from other sources, cited or not, will be treated as plagiarism and dealt with severely. If you have ANY doubt about what constitutes plagiarism, or about acceptable research sources, I strongly advise you to consult me or the Writing Centre. You must submit electronic copy of your work to the Assignment dropbox on the course website. It must be in a single file in a standard file format (MS Word, pdf, odt). A 5% per day mark deduction will be applied for late assignments. Your written report should be 500 - 750 words long (not including your article). You will be graded on: a. the quality of the article you selected b. the accuracy of your summary c. the clarity and accuracy of your three explanations d. the quality of your written English e. correct citations for research sources ------------------------------- TOPIC Interesting and challenging articles about topics related to money appear regularly in serious news publications. (Some samples are: The Economist, The Guardian, The Observer, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post... and there are many others. Some offer free public access; others you can find online via the Humber library).

1. Choose an article about money that appeared in one of those publications in the past year and that you find interesting, important or puzzling.

2. Write your own summary of the argument presented in the article.

3. List three (3) things you found puzzling you in the article, or that you did not fully understand.

4. For each one of those, do some extra research and write a short explanation.

5. Attach a copy of the article you chose as an Appendix to your assignment.