8/2/2021 Writing Assignment
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Writing Assignment
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Introduction:
Find a timely article that deals with money, banking, and the inner-workings of monetary policy in
an established newspaper or magazine that has been published in XXXXXXXXXXThe following is a list of
possible newspaper and magazine sources:
Newspapers:
The Wall Street Journal
The Financial Times
The New York Times
The Washington Post
The Los Angeles Times
Magazines:
Foreign Affairs
The Economist
Bloomberg Businessweek
Dollars and Sense
The Nation
Foreign Policy
The Atlantic
This is not an exhaustive list of possible sources. If you find an article in another newspaper o
magazine please confirm with me that it is an acceptable source.
Directions:
Most articles in financial publications that deal with money, banking, and the inner-workings of
monetary policy presuppose that the reader has a sophisticated understanding of the topic at
hand. Your job is to essentially rewrite the article for a general audience that knows nothing about
money, banking, and the inner-workings of monetary policy. Therefore, you need to touch on all of
the key points outlined in the article and spend a significant amount of time explaining the
8/2/2021 Writing Assignment
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underlying concepts and theories embedded in the article to an audience that knows nothing about
the topic. You need to utilize the knowledge that you have gained from the money, banking, and
monetary policy section of the course.
The writing assignment needs to be 3 pages long (excluding any graphics used) and it needs to be
double spaced with size 12 font. The assignment will be graded based on the co
ect use of
economic theory, proper use of grammar, insightfulness, and supporting evidence.
Sources need to be cited within the paper and in a works cited page. You don't have to follow APA
or MLA formats, but you need to make sure that you cite your sources. The paper needs to be
uploaded as a Word document file into Canvas (Vericite).