Course:ECON371/UBCO2024WT1/NewsWiki

Current Events Analysis

The list below links to the current events analysis that each of the class student groups have prepared. The expectations for these analyses follow the list.

Links to Group Wiki Pages

NOTE: When you create a link to your own reflections page, the link address should be Course:ECON371/UBCO2024WT1/NewsWiki/[NAME] where you replace [NAME] with some text that uniquely identifies you.

• Example
• Group #1
• Group #2
• Group #3
• Group #4
• Group #5
• Group #6
• Group #8

Expectations

1. Source
   1. URL or other link to source of news item
2. Problem
   1. what is the environmental economic challenge described in the news item?
   2. 50 word maximum.
3. Summary
   1. a summary of the news item.  
   2. 250 word maximum!
4. Economic concepts
   1. two economic concepts, at least one connected to material we are currently covering in class, that are relevant to the article.
   2. a brief description of the two concepts, that can be understood by someone who has completed high school but not taken any economics classes.
   3. 400 word maximum!
5. Application of concepts
   1. using the economic concepts described above, provide an analysis of the environmental economic challenge described in the news item.
   2. 400 word maximum!
6. Conclusion
   1. Short paragraph, emphasizing key points.
   2. 100 word maximum.