Students must prepare a three to four page typewritten double-spaced paper on a current macroeconomic topic that is pertinent to class material. This can be chosen from the textbook, newspapers, magazines, or current economics periodicals.

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• Students will be expected to analyze and evaluate the issue or topic and provide recommendations. Here are some sample topics:

• Countries that do not believe in comparative advantage
• How do people respond to economic incentives?
• Stories of positive or negative externalities
• What’s the best healthcare system in the world?
• Examples of behavioral economics
• Differences between monopolies, monopolistic competition, oligopolies, and the perfectly competitive market
• Income inequality throughout the world