Please complete the following:

1. What is something you bought recently. How much did you spend? Trace out how that money might have been spent by the business.

2.In 2008 and 2009, during the recession, the U.S. economy took a significant downturn. The U.S. government spent billions of dollars bailing out troubled businesses. Look into a company that received a bailout. What were the arguments in favor of the bailout? What might have happened without the bailout? Do you believe a company can be "too big to fail?"