26 Jun Exam III-Final Exam Questions
Exam 3
Exam III-Final Exam Questions
III. Essay Topics: chose one topic / question from the list below to answer in your essay (5-8 pages).
I. Directions: Please complete a 5-10 essay response for any one of the following topics. Do use lecture notes, scholarly books and articles as well as documents for supportive data (100 points each).An additional response may be completed for 20 points additional credit for the semester grade.
1. What is Socialism? Has it proved itself a feasible economic and political system in both the past and present? Argue and explain. Are present day Social Democratic countries success stories regarding a commendable quality of life as well as strong economic input and output? Explain and give examples.
2. What is Marxism? How is it similar as well as different from Socialism? Illustrate and explain the effects of Marxism worldwide in both the past and present.
3. How and why is California important to both the U.S. and global economies? Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the said American states economic, political, and social systems.
4. Who was Joseph Schumpeter? What did he believe? How has his philosophy influenced modern day political economy? Explain.
5. What is Globalisation? Is it positive, negative or a bit of both for the world economy? Argue and defend your point.
Format
• Title page
• Double-spaced, 12 fonts , Times New Roman
• 5-8 pages per essay topic; 10 – 12 paragraphs
• Total of 10 – 16 pages for both essays topic
• First paragraph is introduction; needs to have a thesis statement
o Ideally 1, but up to 2-3 sentences for the thesis statement
o Thesis ought to be in the middle of the paragraph
• 1 – 2 sentences leading to thesis
• 2 – 3 sentences after thesis; explain what you further hope to illustrate – give insight to what you hope to talk about at the end of the paper
• The next 5 – 6 paragraphs should include primary source data
o Close w/ personal analysis
• The next 8 – 10 paragraphs must be strictly secondary sources
o Scholarly books/articles, lecture notes, textbook
• Conclude with 1 -2 closing synthetic paragraphs
o Make final comments about everything youve analyzed
• 5 – 7 paragraphs, must include information from class lectures; 5 – 7 must also include textbook data. Ideally, keep these sets of paragraphs separate.
o 5 – 7 paragraphs of textbook/scholarly info + 5 – 7 paragraphs of lecture/scholarly info
• Every paragraph must have analysis sentences; 5 -6 sentences of your own personal analysis
• This holds for both primary and secondary source data
Sources
• Each paragraph must contain information from a variety of sources
o Dont use too much general information
o The main type of information in secondary sources paragraphs is information from scholarly books/articles and journals
• Use scholarly books/articles by economists, political philosophers, geographers, historians, and information from class lectures
o Minimum of 5 scholarly books, maximum of 8
• Use excerpts from books
• Dont use same books on different essays
• Newspaper columns, articles and editorials by scholars
o 3 – 5 articles
• Keep primary sources at front of paper
• Secondary sources = books, articles, lectures notes
o Minimum secondary = lecture notes
o Scholarly secondary = books/articles
• Primary sources are first hand, raw data
o Scientific data
o IE a report on the economy by the Treasury, graphs on the GDP, charts – include these images in your paper
Footnotes
• Turabian style (whats known as Chicago citation style)
• Stop at the end of last sentence, select footnote from Insert tab[1]
• Footnote everything that is not 1) common sense 2) your own ideas/ opinions
• First sentence must be indented
• You may need to use info from the same source more than once in the same part of paper (ie, three sentences at the end of one and beginning of next paragraph use same source)
o In this case, use IBID
• IE: (sentence 1)[2] (sen 2)[3] (sen 3)
• Only use when same source is used in consecutive sentences
Sources
• From a book: first and last name of author, Title, Place of publishing: pg #
• From a magazine/newspaper: First and last name/pseudonym of author, “Title of Article”, Name of Periodical: Place of publishing, Month Date, Year, page number
o example:
Schumpeter, “The 21st Century Currency Wars”, The Economist: London, August 24th-30th, 2014, p.75
Thomas Friedman, “The New Middle Eastern Currecny”, The New York Times: New York, June 18th, 2003, pg. 18
• From documents: Source of document (ie company, organization), Name of Document, Date
The British East India Company, 14 March, 1745 Tea Sales Record in London, 1745.
• The United States Federal Reserve, Government Bond Purchases, Summer 2010, [2010].
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