Artificial Intelligence Will Drive the Next U.S. Economic Bo…

Written Assignment

The paper is an individual project where you will be focusing on analyzing core macroeconomics

variables delivered in a college level format paper.

You must try to convince the reader of any topic in economics using principles of Macroeconomics to

substantiate your thesis.

Common Question: What should I write about?

Answer: Anything that you are passionate about is your best bet. Try to convince me to take a side on an

issue, to take up a sport, play a video game, read a book.

Examples of previous titles include:

Bitcoin will replace the USD, Bernie was right, The end of Google, Tesla is the future, WTI Over

$100 again, Consumption after Covid-19, The Coronavirus Depression, Buy Tesla Stock.

The paper must be submitted in a Microsoft word format

No late submissions will be accepted for any reason, including technical, personal, or other

After you submit the paper, you must make sure its not a corrupt file

Your paper must be your original work. If it is not, you will automatically fail the assignment

You may not submit work you have presented in other courses (I will use software to test the

originality of your paper). If you do, you will automatically fail the assignment

The paper must contain between 800-1200 words

You must include at least 2 charts found in the FRED (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/) database to

substantiate your economic argument.

You must include at least five sources in a works cited page

(https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/m

la_works_cited_page_basic_format.html)

No late submissions will be accepted for any reason. See course calendar for due date.

Paper grades will only be transferred to Blackboard after the graded by date. See course calendar.

Double space your paper

Include your graphs (not links to your graphs) in your paper

Highlight each textbook vocabulary word you use on your paper

You may not use quotes (If you do, I will deduct 30 points)

FRED does not count as one of your five required sources

Unsolicited Advice:

I suggest that you submit your paper early to prevent any unforeseen issues. Try to convince me of an

economic issue you deeply care about or offer a solution to a problem in the economy we are

encountering.

Rubrics for Paper

Sections 20 15 10 5

Thesis Argument is very

well presented

and well thought

out. A logical

framework is

clearly presented.

Makes strong

arguments against

opposing views.

Thesis carries logic

but not a strong

argument. Makes

obvious arguments.

Does not attack

obvious opposing

views.

Thesis is weak. Does

not carry a well thought

out plan.

Thesis is weak or

nonexistent.

Order is unclear

or vague.

Organization Information is

very organized

with well-

constructed

paragraphs.

Information is

organized with well-

constructed

paragraphs, but in

different file types.

Information is

organized, but

paragraphs are not well

constructed.

The information

appears to be

disorganized.

Charts and

statistical

facts

All charts are well

built and use

accurate,

complete

information with

more than 30

years of data.

Some charts arent

well built OR miss

some information

with less than 30

years of data.

Some charts aren t built

well with inaccurate

information.

Many charts and

statistical facts

are not accurate

or incomplete or

some charts are

missing.

Economic

Analysis

More than 5

Economics

vocabulary terms

are used

accurately,

highlighted and

used in the

correct context.

At least 4

Economics

vocabulary terms

are used accurately,

highlighted and

used in the correct

context.

At least 3 Economics

vocabulary terms are

used accurately,

highlighted and used in

the correct context.

No Economics

vocabulary

terms are used

accurately or in

the correct

context.

Sources and

references

More than five

sources are cited

More than three

sources are cited

Less than three sources

are cited

No sources are

cited