news commentary article

News commentary article

• The text, not including inserted quotes, must be between 350 and 450 words long (include a word count). Papers of less than 350 words will not be graded.
• Identify and explain an economic concept found in the article. If the article is about inflation, then you need to show that you understand what inflation actually is.
• Use the article just to illustrate the concept.  
• Keep it simple and stick to economics you know and understand.
• Basically you need to be able to analyze the information, not retell it.The more your paper presents a summary of the article, the lower your grade will go.
• Adding a graph to your article for further illustration is often very helpful
• There are 2 commentaries due this semester (see above for the exact dates).
• .You need to provide a copy of the article or a link to it.
  1. You need to cite each source in correct bibliographic form
  2. If you use the internet to obtain a source, you must find out the date the article was originally published and put it into the correct form listed above, then include the URL afterwards (the address of the page).
• You need to choose timely news
  1. You may NOT use reference sources, encyclopedic entries, bank reports, etc. 
  2. The article you choose must be within a month or so of the date you write it.
• Some of the best choices of articles come from sections of the newspaper other than the business pages—as long as they illustrate principles you have learned in this course.

• 45-50 points for meeting the above criteria
• 30- 44 points for retelling the article with little economic discussion
• -5 points for not providing copy of the article or workable link to the article.
• -5 points for over 450 words
• papers of less than 350 words will be returned ungraded.