Find your very own economic article and discuss using your knowledge of economics what you have learned from the article. Add any economic theories you might know of into your discussion to receive your points. I want you to analyze 4 components of the article. First what issue is being discussed? Second, who it will hurt? Third, who it is going to help? Fourth, what is your opinion? Below is an example of how I want you to answer your current even problem. | used an article on Unemployment. Choose whatever problem you want to but go through the same processes that I have followed below: 1. What issue is being discussed? How we are going to solve our unemployment problem. 2. Who is this legislation going to hurt? According to the Democrats and Union leaders who are taking offense it is going to hurt working families because many of them on average receive an additional $5 to 10 thousand in over time compensation which is added to an average of $20 to 30 thousand a year. According to the Democrats this could seriously reduce the incomes of working families and make it harder on them to support their families. 3. Who is this legislation going to help? The reason the Republicans are trying to undermine overtime is because while some lose others win. If companies no longer offer over time pay that means they will have to hire more workers. With a lot of unemployed people (up to a little over 9 million over 2003), it will cause rms to hire additional workers above their present work force to get any extra work done and therefore reduce some of the present unemployment. Republicans assume that this legislation could end up creating another 2 to 3 million more jobs over the next 3 years. This would also cause companies to hire more minorities i.e. Latinos and Blacks and women workers to pick up the slack in such a difcult and uncertain job market. 4. What is your opinion? This is what I believe should be done. (Next I would like you to add any of your own comments as to what group you favor and why.) There is no wrong and right with your opinion as long as it is well founded. I will be looking more for your reasoning than your opinion. However, I do believe that every student who comes out of our class should have his or her very own opinion and not mine. That is the purpose of this assignment, to examine a current event and nd what is it affecting and who it is hurting or helping so you can learn how to read articles and come up with your very own opinions and not accept the opinions of others. Finding your own opinion is an important life skill
