Economics

PowerPoint Presentation Assignment and Rubric 8 – 10 slides; 10 minutes 100 Points for 10% of the grade Post in the Week 8: Assignments by Sunday at midnight The assignment is a 10 minute PowerPoint Presentation in class on Week 8 on a current U.S. economic issue. The paper should include the following: Title Page Introduction – describe the current issue and why is it relevant and worthy of further research. Provide a well referenced discussion of the pros/cons or point/counterpoint of the issue Include at least 3 current academic sources. Should not be older than 24 months. Include a reference page. Presentation Guidelines Your presentation must address the following: Title Page: Identify the issue and team members Issue Introduction: Briefly describe the controversial economic issue being researched and its importance Issue Analysis: Research and analyze 5 or scholarly sources to present both sides of the issue; Summarize differing perspectives discussing the evidence provided to support each; identify any assumptions or fallacies in the arguments. Conclusions: Based on research findings, assess the arguments including points of agreement and disagreement Recommendations: Based on the team’s analyses, present your specific recommendations on how to address the economic issue References: Five or more required; all listed must be cited in presentation slides

you are required to pick a product or service you use in your everyday life and describe the market for this product. Please make sure to address the following questions: 1. What factors influence the demand for this product? What factors influence the supply of this product? 2.How have these changes in supply and demand affected the equilibrium price of this product? 3.Do you anticipate any changes to the demand and/or supply of this product in the near future? If so, what is driving these changes? Complete this essay in a Microsoft Word document in APA format. Your work will automatically be submitted to Turnitin for plagiarism review. Please note that a minimum of 700 words for your essay is required.

Concentrate your efforts on how the trade embargo affected the U.S. tourism industry. Concentrate your efforts on the concept of government actions. What did this embargo cost the U.S taxpayers? Concentrate your efforts on how U.S industries will be affected by lifting the embargo. Concentrate your efforts on researching how lifting the embargo will impact the U.S. economy and GDP. I will upload some articles The paper should be an analysis of the research

Review the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Website, located at http://www.commerce.gov/, and research data on the U.S. trade with China, industrial and environmental policies, emerging market’s economic power, and trade regulations. The paper should cover the following : – Analyze the United State’s rationale for trading with China using the comparative advantage theory. – Describe how industrial policy could create a comparative advantage. Provide one (1) example of industrial policy, creating a comparative advantage to support your response. – Identify and analyze two (2) threats posed by developing countries to the developed nations and recommend remedies. Use at least two (3) quality peer-reviewed resources in this assignment. 

State capitalism—–Definition, Characteristics, Advantages and disadvantages, Future trend, Link it to China: Is China state capitalism?

Explain economic principles and their applications in the real world. Summarize the different types of market structures and the role of government in economics. In the workplace, we are often asked to create “briefs.” A brief provides a snapshot, or short, written summary, of a situation or event that has occurred. It is generally just a few pages long and may include additional visuals like a graph, chart, or table. In this assignment, write a brief about economic concepts in an industry that interests you.

International trade can have big effects on domestic markets. For both an import good and an export good (in other words, address each bulleted item below TWICE—once for import and once for export), describe how opening up to international trade affects the following: supply or demand for the particular good, the competitiveness of that good’s market, and how the change in competitiveness affects equilibrium price and quantity. Stepping away from the import/export examples, describe how opening up to trade specifically affects a domestic monopoly. Include an explanation, USING GAME THEORY, of how even a single additional competitor can lead to a market outcome similar to perfect competition.

This course discusses different measures to understand the economic conditions in an economy. You will be looking at states within the United States instead of another country. The purpose of this assignment is to have you gather information on various measures for states in the United States and use this information to arrive at a conclusion about the economic well-being of a state. Steps: Step 1. Choose any 5 of the 50 states in the United States that you would like to compare. Step 2. Use the resources available at the library or online to get information on the following macroeconomic measures for each of the 5 states for the year 2016 or the latest available date. You must collect all the 15 pieces information indicated below for each state. Make sure the data is in the right units. i)  Real GDP (in US$) since this is for a state it is called Gross State Product ii)  Size of Population (in millions) iii)  Labor Force (in millions) iv)  Per Capita income (in US$) v)  Unemployment rate (percentage) vi)  People below poverty level (percentage) vii)  Consumer Price Index (CPI). viii)  Top 3 occupations with the most people employed and their average yearly salaries. ix)  Top 3 occupation with the highest salaries and their average yearly salaries. x)  % of population 25 years or higher with a Bachelors degree or higher (percentage) xi)  Median home price (in US$) xii)  Home ownership rates (percentage) xiii)  Violent Crime Rate (per 100,000 inhabitants) xiv)  % of people not covered by Health Insurance (percentage) xv)  Households with internet access (percentage) (Good sources for all this information are the US Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. However, you are free to choose any other source as long as you cite the source for all the information collected for your assignment.) Step 3 (Week 8 submission). Turn in all this data for the project on one page in an Excel spreadsheet by the end of week 8 on Ulearn. It is important you be able to format everything to make it easily presentable and readable to any audience. Feedback will be provided on the data if required and these changes need to be incorporated before you turn it in with the final paper. Step 4. Write a report that addresses the following topics: Compare and contrast the 5 states you have chosen. Provide an economic argument and rationale for choosing one of the 5 states in your group that you would prefer to live and work in? Use the data on the above 15 variables collected by you to write a paper on how the 5 states compare to each other and which of these states would you rather live and work in. You are free to use any additional information you want. Include the above Excel data spreadsheet with all the data in your report. Step 5. (Week 10 submission) Turn in your report on Ulearn (written 3 page minimum + 1 page data spreadsheet + citations, MLA format) by the end of week 10.

Listen to the following two podcasts and write a one-page, double spaced summary for each (two pages required for the assignment).  For each summary, write a one-half to two-third summary of each podcast.  In the second one-third to one-half, provide your opinion and how the podcasts fit into the material presented in class.  You can extend your comments to two pages per podcost, for a total of four pages total. http://www.econtalk.org/leamer-on-the-state-of-econometrics/ http://www.econtalk.org/joshua-angrist-on-econometrics-and-causation/

Find any Internet resources(one for each concept below, they can even be from famous journals or newspapers like a historical event, some affecting case, journalistic material, statistical or scientific research from google scholar) and describe everything in one economics essay (all information from sources should be in terms of economics), APA format, with the cover page and works cited list. Not less than 3 pages needed, not including the works cited list and the cover page. 1. Inflation is bad, but deflation may be worse. 2. Saving, investments, and their relationships to the international flows. 3. The prices for international transactions: real and nominal exchange rates (can be separated for two parts(real and nominal), in exchange for some of the concepts that are hard to find) 4. How monetary policy influences aggregate demand? 5. How fiscal policy influences aggregate demand? 6. Shifts in the Phillips curve: the role of supply shocks. 7. How policies and events affect an open economy: government budget deficits, trade policy, political instability and capital flight? (pick one, or in case you could not find sources for many the concepts above, pick the rest from this point number seven instead and make them separate concepts.)