Global Economy
Summer II 2017
Due by 5 pm on Thursday September 14, 2017 to my mailbox.
Only hard copies and no late responses will be accepted.
Extra Credit Options
1) Economic Problems
a. The goal of this assignment is for you to practice working through and
improving your understanding of different economics problems. Doing
this extra credit assignment should help improve and deepen your
understanding of economic logic applied in different frameworks/topics in
the global economy that we did not get to cover too deeply during lectures.
2) Summarize two articles on research related to the Global Economy
a. The goal of this assignment is for you to practice reading and analyzing
current research and information on a variety of topics in the global
economy. Doing this extra credit assignment should help you deepen your
understanding of different topics/questions of the global economy that we
didn’t discuss in lectures, develop your skills in reading and understanding
data, concisely summarizing information. Doing this assignment should
also help improve your writing skills.
b. see instructions and questions for helping to write an effective summary
3) Great Depression or Recession and the Global Economy: Research Prompt
a. The goal of this assignment is for you to practice doing research. Doing
this extra credit assignment should help you develop your independent
work skills, integrating course material, and improve your
understanding/knowledge of the actual global economic events. Doing this
assignment should also help improve your writing skills.
Evaluation
You can choose one of the assignments and earn 5 points towards your final grade.
For example, if your final grade is an 85 doing the extra credit will get you to a 90.
Economics Problem
– Economics problem – must be correct for full credit. You can receive partial credit
for showing workings, but not arriving at correct answer. Where a written
response is required, it should be clear and succinct.
Summaries and Research Assignment
– Must be accurate. The research assignment should also use acceptable scholarly
sources.
– The summaries and research assignment must be well-written: coherence,
organization, grammar and writing will be taken into account to receive full
credit.

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