US Economy and the "Eight Guideposts of Economic Thinking"

1. What decision are you going to analyze?

Find a news article about any aspect of the US economy that interests you. The article can discuss a decision or policy that was made by the president, Congress, Senate or Federal Reserve. It can be a policy that is in practice or one that is being proposed by Democrats or Republicans or both. Include URL, Title and author

2. Identify the Guidepost and state your position - pro or con?

Read the eight guideposts to economic thinking in the CH 1 PPT and in the e-text chapter 1 section 1.2. . State the decision or proposal made: give TWO specific reasons that you either agree or disagree with the decision in the article using one or two of the eight guideposts. D. In your post, use five economic terms from Chapters 1 and/or 2 or 3(bold font) and one quote from your article that supports your point of view

Cross Post: This is your comment on what your classmates wrote and is the discussion part of the assignment.

Agree or disagree( cross post) withtwo of your classmates ideas - add one new fact or point that expands their point of view or supports your point of view. Include a URL to the article you used for the fact you added.

Using this: Decision and URL: Biden administration have segued into a sustained public campaign to extinguish fears that the nation's economy has dipped back into recession. (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/business/biden-recession-us-economy.html.)