Assignment:
Critical Analysis\Group or Individual Project - Due 07/19/15
CRITICAL ANALYSES OF ECONOMIC ISSUES
Each student will be required to prepare ONE critical analyses as a group project and present a PowerPoint presentation. This analysis will consist of researching current articles (no more than 6 months old) from any periodical or textbook, including the text used in class. It will also require the application of specific economic concepts discussed in class. The specifics for this analysis are listed below.
FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICY and ECONOMIC GROWTH
Select one of the following topics as it pertains to current economic issues:
The fiscal policies of President Barack Obama
The monetary policy of the Federal Reserve Sir William Arthur Lewis, Economic Growth Model: USA Lewis Model as it applies to China
Use one of the following economic concepts to analyze the issue you have selected: Expansionary versus Contractionary Fiscal Policy Expansionary versus Contractionary Monetary Policy. Foreign investment vs domestic capital Capitalist sector and subsistence sector (Lewisian Turning point)
As an individual project, you are to prepare a PowerPoint presentation (a maximum of 15 slides excluding title and reference slide) of the following:
Textbook: Macroeconomics by R. Glenn Hubbard