The essay should have a minimum of 1000 words and should not exceed 1500. It should be completed in doc, docx, or rtf format using MLA. The essays are not meant to be research papers. They are summary reports that link topics you have been learning in class to current economic events and news found in media articles. The basic idea of this exercise is to read, think, and write on a topic of your choice while relating basic theory to real life.
You might wish to go through the table of contents or index of our textbook early in the course and identify a topic that interests you. Essay #1 should focus on material learned in parts land ll of the course- markets, prices, price formation, economic growth, inflation, and unemployment and their relationship to the business cycle.
After you have selected a topic, it might help to browse through media. Good sources for economic news include periodicals such as Businessweek, The Economist, Fortune, and others. Newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor are also good sources for current edonomic news articles.
Once you have identified a topic of interest, selected, and read articles for review, think about how they are linked to the material learned in the class and write your report.
The essay should follow the format noted below
1. INTRODUCTION. The introduction states the reasonis) why your topic deserves consideration. In other words, why Is your topic relevant and why is it of interest to the public?
2 SUMMARY OF RESEARCHED ARTICLES. Each article should be summarized separately. At the beginning of each summary, please state the author, the title, the source of the article, and the date it was published. Do not start a new page with each summary. Also, consider that the articles vou select must have a common theme or topic. They can i be randomly selected articles on Macroeconomicsi
3. COURSE CONTENT OR TEXTBOOK CONNECTION Searenthrough your textbook and ebrain all information that relates to your topic, Show how the articles supported en contradicted information in vour tertbook.
4. EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION In this section, You should state and assess tha topic, moundoes this topic relate
to your life now and in the future? Fow does anis topicaffect vou peaple you know or a partieuiar business or