A paper on a macroeconomic topic is required for this course. As per your Course Outline, you
are required to submit a written assignment (course paper) for this course. The written
assignment is worth 25% of your course grade. Your course paper must be on one of the
following three macroeconomic topics:
1. The Great Recession of 2008 – Causes and Consequences
2. COVID-19 and U.S. Economic Growth
3. U.S. Tax Structure – Is it designed to help or hurt the poor?
Once you have selected a topic, be sure to conduct a thorough Review of Literature on the
subject. The minimum length of your course paper is 10 pages, double-spaced without the title
page and the page on references. There is no upper page limit for your paper. Additional
guidance will be provided during the first week of the course.
Organize your paper with five sections:
Introduction and objective. Make sure the objective is specific.
Literature Review. Conduct a search on the topic of your paper and
summarize works of others similar to what you are writing on. Be sure to
follow APA guidelines. The following link contains basics of APA style
guidelines:
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
Analysis: Analyze your topic with reference to the objective.
Summary and conclusion.
References. Provide at least five references, at least one of which must be scholarly books
and /or journals.
You are welcome to send your topic and the objective of your paper to me by the end of the first
week so that I may provide additional guidance.
are required to submit a written assignment (course paper) for this course. The written
assignment is worth 25% of your course grade. Your course paper must be on one of the
following three macroeconomic topics:
1. The Great Recession of 2008 – Causes and Consequences
2. COVID-19 and U.S. Economic Growth
3. U.S. Tax Structure – Is it designed to help or hurt the poor?
Once you have selected a topic, be sure to conduct a thorough Review of Literature on the
subject. The minimum length of your course paper is 10 pages, double-spaced without the title
page and the page on references. There is no upper page limit for your paper. Additional
guidance will be provided during the first week of the course.
Organize your paper with five sections:
Introduction and objective. Make sure the objective is specific.
Literature Review. Conduct a search on the topic of your paper and
summarize works of others similar to what you are writing on. Be sure to
follow APA guidelines. The following link contains basics of APA style
guidelines:
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
Analysis: Analyze your topic with reference to the objective.
Summary and conclusion.
References. Provide at least five references, at least one of which must be scholarly books
and /or journals.
You are welcome to send your topic and the objective of your paper to me by the end of the first
week so that I may provide additional guidance.
