Learning Journal prompt:

1. Find an online news article within the last twelve months that will aid you in completing the following:

• Discuss the flaws in the democratic system of government from the online news article.
• How did the financial markets influence the government's actions?
• Provide the date and the actual website that you got the online news article from.

2. What is one topic that you learned in this microeconomics course so far that you did not know before?

3. Explain the benefits for you obtaining knowledge in microeconomics.