STEPS TO SUCCEED FOR PAPER REQUIREMENTS

1. Pick an article that you find that interests you in macroeconomics(examples Includes: gas prices, food prices, housing prices, hybrid cars, supply of corn, ethanol production, elasticities production possibility curves, fiscal, monetary policy, unemployment rates, GDP, International trade). The best place to find an article is in your local paper, cnn.com, or msnbc.com.

2. Divide your paper into 2 pages. First paragraphs should consist of a summary of the article that you are evaluating, Second and third paragraphs should include an evaluation/analysis of the article using appropriate economic terminology that has been presented in the course. It is important to make sure that you are not summarizing in paragraphs 2-3. Paragraphs 4-5 should consist of recommendations of what you think should be done or your position on the topic given the author point of view.

3. To submit the paper, you will need to copy your article into your paper after you bibliography page. Please note that APA is required for your work, which includes both your title page, reference page, and in-text citations. If you are having issues with APA formatting, you will need to contact the Writing Center.

4. Please make sure to plan early as no late work is accepted in the course. You will need to submit one document that includes both your article and paper. I would recommend that you start early to submit your work as you will not be able to submit your work late given the late policy in the course.

Requirements of submission: You will wrote an initial post (2 pages response) to the discussion forum and you will reply to two posts during the week. Your grade will be determined by your overall involvement in the forum and will be made up of three elements.