Research Paper Topic: The United States: How the country’s Economic System and Government Combine to Enhance and Stabilize U.S. Markets and Influence the World (Focus on the macroeconomic impact) Possible ideas to focus on – Textbook material from the course, fiscal policy, monetary policy, Great Depression, Great Recession, higher inflation of 1970s and early 1980s, government economic policy relating to COVID-19, GDP, inflation, unemployment, financial institutions, agencies, regulation, market system – Chapter 2 first few pages, strengths and limitations, aggregate demand and supply, economic growth, business cycle, debt, U.S. relationship with international economic institutions, international trade.