ECON 201 Fall 2019 Podcast Report Assignment

ECON 201
Fall 2019
 
Podcast Report Assignment
Length: 1-2 pages
 
Marketplace
or
Marketplace Morning Report
 
Choose a story to write about.There are 100s of stories that you can select. Select the one that is most relevant to the course material were covering at the time and the one that interests you the most. Youll have to spend some time listening to the stories. They are all relatively short (about 5-7 minutes each). If you select a story that another student has also selected I will read your answers carefully to check to see that 1 student didnt do the work of 2. While there is no way of knowing that another student chose a story, so long as you answer in your own words and on your own that is what I am looking for.
 
Your assignment should be structured in this way:
 
A. Name of Story and Date of Broadcast
1. Explain its relevance to the course material.
2. Use a graph to interpret and explain the story OR
3. Use an economic concept(s) to explain the story.
 
Assignment Example: Marketplace News Stories
(Since the story below is used in this example you cannot select it for your own assignment)
This example should be used as a model for your answer. Your answer probably wont be as detailed but do the best you can to incorporate as much economics content and techniques (graphing) into the answer as you can.
 
Name of story and Date of Broadcast:
Are U.S. trade tensions slowing the global economy?Marketplace Morning Report
June 10, 2019
Time stamp: 0:35-2:15
 
Relevance to Course Material:
This story discusses the effect of a tariff on the economy. Tariffs have an effect on a product (e.g. Chinese steel) and related products (e.g. U.S. steel). Tariffs in general have an effect on the entire economy as well.
 
Concept