Michael Smith

Write a term paper following in the instructions below. Your paper must be your original work for this class. It will be submitted to Turnitin to check for plagiarism and excessing quoting. The topic current issues in microeconomics. Research the different sides on the issue through the use of the Internet and UMUC Library Resources. Your paper should include the following information: 1.A brief description of the issue and why it is of consequence to economics. 2.The positions taken by those publicly addressing the issue and the main points behind their position. 3.Your analysis of the economic impacts involved in the issue based on the material covered in this course. 4.Your conclusion on the issue supported with economic reasoning and any non-economic factors you believe should be considered. You must include your favored position, not just a summary of opposing positions. Topic for the Paper: 1.Regulation of Monopolies. Choose a current merger proposal that is in the news. Consider whether the U.S. Government should allow the merger. You may pick from the following proposed mergers or another merger approved by the instructor AT&T-Time Warner Length of the Paper: The Term Paper must be doubled-spaced, in Times New Roman size 12 font with one-inch margins (header and footer may be contained within the margin border), and must be 6 – 8 double-spaced pages in length, NOT COUNTING the title page and bibliography. Format of the Paper: The Term Paper must be posted to the LEO Student Assignments as a Attachments are limited to a maximum two files in doc, docx., xls. xlsx., or rtf. formats. OTHER FORMATS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, will not be reviewed or graded. Please note that hand-written and scanned works, pdf. files, jpg. files, as well as files posted in google drive,