Article Selection
Find an article (no older than 1 year) on the Internet, which adheres to the following requirements. First, the article must discuss the importance of international trade to economic growth and development. Second, the article must involve a current event, which is normally not a problem if the article was published within the last year and is from a good source. Third, the author must use statistical information, data, or graphs to back his or her conclusions on the international trade issue.
Fifth, to ensure that students provide their own ANALYSIS, as the title to the assignment indicates, when you draft one or more paragraphs to respond to questions 1-4 below, you should be brief and answer questions 1-4 under Content of Your Paper in no more than 1/2 to 2/3 of a page (single-spaced). Summarize the article in this part of the paper in your own words. Question 5 below requires you to refer to the terms, methods, and ideas you have learned in the class and think about how they apply to your article. Provide a substantial opinion and critique the article. Do not rephrase what the author of the article states. Responding to question 5 should be at least 1/2 page (single-spaced).
Content of Your Paper:
Write a report that is at least one single spaced page or two double-spaced pages and include the following:
1. Provide a short summary of the issue(s) discussed in the article.
2. What is the author’s view on the issue?
3. What are the available data or statistics? What do they mean in relation to the authors opinion?
4. Do you agree/disagree with the author’s conclusions? Better papers will analyze the article and utilize what was learned in the course. The expected way in which students will make the paper longer and more thorough is to provide a substantial opinion and critique of the article.
Form of the Paper
This is a paper that should be structured with paragraphs and be well-written. Do not just number your answers to the questions.
1. Summary
Does not attempt to summarize or fails to provide accurate statements of the topic
Clearly identifies the essential topic, and the implicit aspects of the article, and understands integral relationships among information provided.
2. Author’s View
Missing author’s view or not correct
Excellent and accurate statement of author’s position, including by overtly addressing the entire scope of the author’s position and/or noticing subtleties.
3. Data being used
No clear statement of data either because data and statistics are not present in the article or does not articulate them.
Excellent articulation and understanding and statement of the data and/or statistics and clearly understands the relevance of that data or statistics to author’s opinion or the issue.
4. Agree/Disagree with author’s opinion
No opinion offered.
Excellent opinion on the article issue, such as by developing a strong analytical and original opinion, and/or by applying and analyzing lessons learned in class in the context of the article.
5. Length
Very short, less than one page
Well-over 2 double-spaced pages or well-over one single-spaced
6. Well-written and organized
A lack of acceptable writing conventions, frequent grammar errors, mispelled words, and/or incorrect formatting and paragraph structure.
Exceptional understanding of grammar and writing structures and paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting sentences, and concluding sentences.
7. Analytical, applies or understands concepts in course
Missing analysis and no connection to class material.
Analytical position offered and illustrates excellent understand of course material
8. Article choice
Article selection not clearly related to international trade from a macroeconomic perspective, no data or statistical information, and poor source.
Excellent article selection; contains strong data and statistics, great source
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