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Case Study Paper

As a sample workforce activity, assume your employer has asked you to develop an economic analysis and a set of policy recommendations. To complete this activity, select a news article dated within the previous two months.

1. Clearly summarize the issue presented in the article and present two policy recommendations based on this issue.
2. Analyze the issue using the economic concepts and theory learned in our class.
3. Use additional references to back up your arguments.
4. Include at least one graph developed in the course. Charts and tables are also encouraged.

Possible concepts include:

• taxes and consumer or producer surplus (Week 4)
• demand, supply, and equilibrium price of a particular product (Week 2)
• elasticity on a particular product (Week 3)
• perfect competition and imperfect competition, such as monopolies (Weeks 6-8)
• labor market, wages, and income inequality (Week 8)
• poverty and public policy (Week 8)
• pricing and competition in the high tech sector (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Cell phone providers)

Your paper should:

• be a total of 800 to 1200 words,
• include a bibliography with at least three references, presented in APA style,
• have been spell-checked and grammar-checked using Word's review utility.

 Written projects must be:

1. typed, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font, with margins no wider than one inch
2. have footnotes or endnotes, with correct citations
3. have a bibliography of sources used
4. include, for each entry, the author, title, city and state of publisher, publisher's name, year, and page numbers
5. prepared using word processing software (Microsoft Word preferred), in a manner similar to the preparation of a written assignment for classroom submission