Questions We Can Help You To Answer
Paper instructions:
that is fairly recent that you can identify a problem in the economy that you can propose a solution to. The problem / solution are yours, not the authors. If you just choose an economic article without a problem, you are giving up major points applicable to problem identification, solution, and unintended consequences.
Graphs. Since graphs are often a concern for students, I wanted to share I'm fairly lenient with whatever is sent. It can be an equation, something you've drawn and taken a picture of, created in excel, or a graph that worked from the article you've chosen (note though that just including all pictures from the article may not fit the homework assignments).
The easiest way to cover all of the bases for points is to download and follow the requirements listed in the rubric. Start with a summary of the article, explain the issue, draw your conclusion, tell us a few unintended consequences, and reference your support. If you use the Summary, Recommendation, Unintended Consequences as paragraphs or sections, you will do well.
Your solution should be an action that can be performed that would incentivize action to lead to a better outcome. Don't say "we should look at the topic further." That's not a solution.
Another trap students fall into with solutions - saying "we should hire more people" or some other action that places the result within the solution. Hiring more people is the end result of your solution, you have to incentivize people to do that if they aren't today. "We" is not an employer... how do you incentivize an employer to hire more?
Also, not solutions: government should consider a solution, study it, run an report on, consider, compromise, educate people on it, think about, etc. YOU ARE THE EXPERT. Write as an expert. Tell us your solution if you ruled the world. Relying on someone else to come up with a solution is not a solution.
Your unintended consequences are the possible negative by-product of your solution. If your solution is to cut spending, then the possible unintended consequence could be certain industries suffer. You can support your solution by pointing out it is better in the long-run, better for other industries, etc., etc., etc.... whatever reason you think your solution is worth implementing over the possible negatives.
Solutions and unintended consequences should be obvious... these two items are 10 points, or 25 percentage points! I'll catch people not doing this the whole semester, or basically losing 2+ full grades because of missing two short required parts of the paper!
Also, be engaged in others posts! Don't only respond to my posts, but please follow-up with your classmates comments, especially on their current event posts. You have a lot to bring to discussions from your own experiences. In the topical discussion boards please do not just "agree" with others, but also provide support for your posts.
