Paper Homework: "COVID 19 and Economics in the News"
Do the following (The focus should be on the US economy).
• Identify 5 to 10 articles in the media or press discussing COVID 19 and relating the pandemic and the economy.
• Provide a one-page summary of what the articles say regarding COVID 19 and the economy, giving special attention on how the different sectors of the economy have been impacted by the pandemic
• Find 5 news sources (material from newspapers, periodicals, and the internet or journal articles) on the great recession of 2007 - 2009 (Financial crisis). (Provide at least five links of the articles you have read)
• Give a two-paragraph summary of how the financial crisis came about and how the government(s) responded to address it
• Compare and contrast the COVID-19 and 2008 crises (Provide at least 3 similarities and 3 differences)
• Provide at least two lessons we can learn from the 2008 crises to address COVID 19 economic crisis
• Discuss at least two solutions suggested by experts on how to recover from the current economic recession.
• Suggest your own two ways that you think the government could use to help recover from the crisis using what we have been learning this quarter.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Articles:
1. Can we compare the COVID-19 and 2008 crises? by Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn
2. Why the COVID-19 recession won't be Like the Great Recession by Josh Fisher.
3. Great Recession showed countries can't fight the coronavirus economic crisis alone by Børge Brende.