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Question Term Paper Instructions:
Unemployment – Newspaper Writing Assignment – 15% of overall grade, Due date December 3rd t early submissions by November 26th; early submissions allow the students feedback and a 2nd attempt
Description:
You are required to complete a formal write-up of three current affairs newspaper articles (from
the last 6 months) on the topic of unemployment or labor market conditions
and will submit your write ups along with the articles. Each write up should be
at least 1 type written page (12-point font, APA Style- including in-text
citation and a reference page).
Your submission should indicate: (1) the title of the article, (2)
date of publication, (3) name of the publication and (4) provide the link (URL). THE TOPIC
OF THE THREE ARTICLES IS U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT. One suggestion is to go to
Google News (Not Google) and search US unemployment. Find 3 different articles.
Do not use Investopedia, or the definition of unemployment from Google or the
BLS.gov. You must use a newspaper source.
You will first summarize each article, provide a critique of the
article, then discuss the economic implications of the issue(s). You should
include your opinion on why it is important to focus on this issue, how it
connects to the topics covered in the course and discuss if relevant any
recommendations or solutions that you would recommend.
Please add labels: Article 1 – Summary 1, Article 2- Summary 2,
Article 3 – Summary 3