Question One: Exports from China Generate Record Trade Surplus
1. Read the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, or any other major newspaper or weekly publication
and select a single article or articles that (1) either report on interesting economic news such as
globalization, outsourcing, the IMF, the WTO, NAFTA, the EU, trade, immigration, etc. that can be
analyzed by the concepts or models taught in this course or (2) discusses one or more economic
issues related to the concepts or models taught in this course. It is OK to use an online economics
news article.
Write a THREE TO FOUR page essay analyzing the topic or critique the article from economic
perspectives. Essay must be typed and double-spaced, (Times New Roman, font 12). The questions that
you may address in this essay may include, but are not limited, to the following:
What is the main economic issue?
How is the economic issue related to the concepts or models that you have learned from this
course?
What sorts of arguments/opinions have been discussed?
Do you agree or disagree with the analyses/opinions? Why?
What argument would you, as an economist, make?
2. What was the most interesting topic we have covered during the semester? What suggestions you
may have to make the class more interesting? What was the most difficult topic/issue? Please provide honest feedback on the course. This was the very first time the course was offered in the district. Your comments/ideas/suggestions will be very useful.
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