Topic: Current Events in Macroeconomics - Fiscal Policy

Macroeconomics is much more than just what is read in a textbook. It is what happens every day, the sum total of everything, that affects the well-being of all, and of everyone throughout the countryandthe world.

Choose any podcast related to macroeconomics, then choose a specific current episode of that podcast. Your reference will be the name of, and link to, your chosen podcast.

As you listen to your chosen podcast, pay particular attention to any discussion relating tothe governments use of fiscal policy tools and their likely impact on the economy. After listening to the podcast, answer the following questions:

1. What important new things did you learn?
2. How did this new knowledge relate tomacroeconomic impacts from the availability and possible use by the government of fiscal policy tools and their likely impact on the economy, that are being explored in this unit, and how does it impact the entire economy?
3. What action, if any, do you think the government, or society, should take as a result of what you have learned?