Economics- Fall 2025 - Per. 6 Assignments

Follow the instructions for parts 1-9.

Use the lecture/notes to complete the assignment.

This assignment must be completed and turned in by the end of the period.

Requirements: The news article must relate to economics and be at least 1 page in length, excluding any images. The article must be written within the current month. You do not need to attach your article. You may choose from (but are not limited to) the following economic news sources:

• CNN Money: http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek: http://www.businessweek.com/
• Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/business/
• US News: https://www.usnews.com/topics/subjects/economy
• NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/economy/?sc=gaw&gclid=CMWji5-1-rECFaaDQgodGmgAOA
• NPR’s The Indicator: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510325/the-indicator-from-planet-money
• NPR’s Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planetmoney/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt6yYzYC33wIViANpCh1XUARCEAAYASAAEgISHvD_BwE

Rank the possible solutions to income inequality. This is your opinion. Then explain why you chose your top 3 and bottom 2.

Now it’s your turn to decide who will pay more or less taxes and you can decide where the government will spend money. 

The goal is to create a budget that you believe would best meet the needs of our economy and the people of the U.S.; not necessarily to get rid of the deficit as that WILL cause a recession. 
What would you  like to see changed? What categories/programs are important to you?
What programs did they choose to cut/enrich? Why did they choose to cut those programs over others?
How will those changes affect specific groups (elderly people, students, environmentalists, people with low incomes, foreign aid recipients, etc.)?
You must make a total 12 changes at a minimum between adjusting taxes and spending. 

Include everyone's name and only one person will submit the Google Doc.

Use the lecture to help you complete the tax practice assignment

Pick any two of the sources attached below (or you can find a source on income inequality or wage disparities) and complete the Google Doc.

In partners, you will look at the April 2020 and Aug 2025 Employment Reports. You will use the reports to see how the labor market is/was doing, and you will also compare the reports. 

One person will pull up the Google Doc from Google Classroom and share the doc with the other person. Only one person needs to turn in the completed Google Doc for both individuals.

Use the lecture to complete the practice problems

ONLY DO ONE OF THE LISTED NPR QUESTIONS AND PODCAST

Upload your slides here! Make sure to sign up for presentation date.

Requirements: The news article must relate to Monopolies or Anti-Trusts and be at least 1 page in length, excluding any images. The article must be written within the current month. You do not need to attach your article. You may choose from (but are not limited to) the following economic news sources:

• CNN Money: http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek: http://www.businessweek.com/
• Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/business/
• US News: https://www.usnews.com/topics/subjects/economy
• NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/economy/?sc=gaw&gclid=CMWji5-1-rECFaaDQgodGmgAOA
• NPR’s The Indicator: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510325/the-indicator-from-planet-money
• NPR’s Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planetmoney/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt6yYzYC33wIViANpCh1XUARCEAAYASAAEgISHvD_BwE

There will be NO PRESENTATIONS for this current event

Click on the hyperlinked article to complete the questions

Read and answer the questions below 

Only one person needs to turn in the doc for the group
Regardless of which debate position you choose, each team should research: the electric vehicle market, gas taxes outside of the U.S. (the U.S. does have a federal gas tax, but it is only 18.3 cents per gallon), and how rationing (and/or cap and trade policies) in the U.S. has worked in the past. Divide up the research between your team members.
Only one person on your team can deliver the opening statement, which counts as a speaking point.
I will be checking the Google Doc version history to give credit for this assignment; you must show that you contributed to the doc during class time.

Only one person needs to turn in slides, but everyone else needs to click "mark as done" and comment who you worked with.

The debate is optional; this assignment is required.

Please make a copy of the slides and share them with your partner(s)

Choose one podcast episode to complete this assignment on! 

Link to the podcast is below 

Find the definition and a picture that goes along with the vocab term. Use this to study for the vocab test we will have on Thursday!

Read and answer the 6 questions listed below

Requirements: The news article must relate to economics and be at least 1 page in length, excluding any images. The article must be written within the current month. You do not need to attach your article. You may choose from (but are not limited to) the following economic news sources:

• CNN Money: http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/ 
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek: http://www.businessweek.com/ 
• Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/business/
• US News: https://www.usnews.com/topics/subjects/economy
• NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/economy/?sc=gaw&gclid=CMWji5-1-rECFaaDQgodGmgAOA
• NPR’s The Indicator: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510325/the-indicator-from-planet-money
• NPR’s Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planetmoney/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt6yYzYC33wIViANpCh1XUARCEAAYASAAEgISHvD_BwE

If you are presenting, update the sign-up with your article topic. NO repeating topics, first-come, first-served.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YNOf--CqzBdmNeF_5iJbW8Jn1m0x4naaIjh3TIwBreY/edit?tab=t.0

After you complete your slides, copy and paste your slides onto the class Google Slides doc below. Look for your name and paste slides so that you "KEEP ORIGINAL STYLE".

You do not have to attach your slides to this assignment post; after you paste your slides onto the class slides doc, mark this assignment as completed.

Please read Strategies for Stock Selection and answer the questions on the worksheet.

Please read the following Newsela and answer the questions on the Google Doc.

Please complete the research on the country you picked in class :)