Read the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, or any other newspaper or weekly publication and select a single article or articles that (1) either report on interesting economic news such as globalization, outsourcing, the IMF, the WTO, NAFTA, the EU, trade, immigration, etc. that can be analyzed by the concepts or models taught in this course or (2) discusses one or more economic issues related to the concepts or models taught in this course. It is OK to use an online economics news article. 1. Write a four to five page free response essay (300 points) analyzing the topic or critique the article from economic perspectives. Essay must be typed and double-spaced, (Times New Roman, Font 12). The questions that you may address in this essay may include, but are not limited, to the following: What is the main economic issue? How is the economic issue related to the concepts or models that you have learned from this course? What sorts of arguments/opinions have been discussed? Do you agree or disagree with the analyses/opinions? Why? What argument would you, as an economist, make? The following is a suggested list of topics. This list is not exhaustive. INDUSTRY STUDY. For a specific industry, choose a current issue such as deregulation, foreign competition, and the impact of new technologies, mergers/takeovers, changing methods of competition, labor problems, financial changes, globalization. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES. Possible topics are: current economic problems of a particular country, OPEC, the European Union, the U. S. trade deficit, protectionism, U. S. trade relations with Japan or other countries, economic development of a particular country, the World Trade Organization, etc. Useful links: World Economy, CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/world-economy/ BBC Economy, https://www.bbc.com/news/business/economy International Economy News, https://www.business-standard.com/category/international-news-economy-1160102.htm Resources for Economists on the Internet: http://rfe.org/ 2. Feedback. (60 points) i. What was the most interesting topic we have covered during the semester? ii. What suggestions you may have to make the class more interesting? iii. What was the most difficult topic/issue? Please provide honest feedback on the course. Your comments/ideas/suggestions will be very useful.

question 1 write 3 to 4 pages 800-1000 words

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