Instructions: Choose a topic from the course that you would like to investigate

Instructions:
Choose a topic from the course that you would like to investigate further. Some
suggestions include (but are not limited to):
• Stock Market Bubble & Burst
• Oil & Energy Prices: Is it Still a Crisis?
• Equal Pay for Women and/or Minorities
• “Greening” the Marketplace
• Healthcare & the Affordable Care Act: What Work Remains?
• Tariff & Trade Deficit Complexities
• Ethics of Cheap Foreign Labor
• Election 2024 & Economic Impact
• Deficit & Debt Implications
1. Define the problem, how or why it exists, and its short-term and long-term
impact on the economy. Is it confined to just one segment of economy or is it
more widespread? What are the consequences if not resolved? Does it impact
society, as a whole, and if so, how and why?
2. Provide your solution (or solutions) to the problem. Is your solution the only
one? If not, why is your solution preferable to others?
3. Your argument should be clear, concise, and sound. Sources beyond the
textbook should be used, and properly cited, although the textbook, itself,
provides an excellent source for ideas and background for them.
4. The length of the paper should be approximately 5 pages, double-spaced, with
a reasonable font and size.
5. Please include a Works Cited page at the end of the paper.
6. Grading metrics are tied to the above directions, as well as writing and grammar.