BASICS
    Five pages long
    Double spaced , one inch margins
    Word processed
    MLA or any other standard style for formatting paper

STRUCTURE OF PAPER – Paper should be structured to include an
    Outline
    Thesis statement
    Introduction
    Main body of text
    Summary,
    Conclusion
    Citations for facts and quotes
    Works cited section

CONTENT
Ideas and facts should be drawn from your works cited
The paper should include ideas drawn from class notes or text (include them in works cited)
Your opinions and values may be directly stated in conclusion section.

Topics- Select a topic. It would be great if the topic could relate to a theme from economics but the examples relate to your area of the country or your home country (if you are from another country than the US). Feel free to use the San Joaquin Valley as the basis of your paper! Here are some topics which you might interesting.
 

Agriculture
Water issues - Westlands
Renewable resources- regulation
Globalization – clear cut and leave taking capital with them
Westlands land retirement
Air Pollution
Deregulating Electricity
Healthcare
Education in valley
Globalization What it means – why is it feared
Why is Inflation and Deflation a Problem
Income Distribution
Changes in the Chinese Economy and Political System
Enron and its meaning for Government Policy regarding Accounting Rules
NAFTA and its effect on the US Economy (or the Mexican economy)
Poverty and its causes
Fighting the Recession- Government Policy
The Economy Situation and Personal Investing
The Internet and the Economy
The Illegal Drug Economy
The Economy of another country that you might be interested in
Valley Agriculture
The Economic Impact of Technology

Other Possibilities:

A combination research- personal interview paper
    For example Life during the Great Depression of the 1930’s
    Economic Life in Mexico ( some other country)
    The Economic Life of Navy Families

A cost-benefit study instead of a conventional student research paper

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