1. For this assignment, research the economic affects of natural
disasters. You can research the economic affects of large
localized events or the more general natural disasters in general.
Some types to focus on: floods, earthquakes, tornados, drought,
sunamis, hurricanes, or wildfires. It is likely that you can find
studies that focus on one particular natural disaster as a whole
or the more general study of natural disasters as a whole.
One problem that is often discussed by those who research
economic issues is that many times news stations and popular
press type companies miss the important issues, simply
misunderstand the issues, or chose to sway the facts to fit a
certain viewpoint or bias. Our goal with these remaining
assignments will be to take the different prompts given,
evaluate their validity using Economic Journal articles and use
these to either support or refute (based upon each set of
instructions) and then explain this issue in a way that the
general public would understand. Often, it appears, that the
news that is available to us uses a particular set of information
to explain an issue in a way that may or may not be accurate.
Your goal with these assignments is to always try to find the
RELEVANT information using Economic Journal articles and
then evaluate those in relation to published news articles or
video news.
Your assignment will be counted off one point for each minute
that it is submitted late
•Research your chosen issue. Find three articles that discuss this
issue. One can be a video or popular press article, but the other

2. two must be a journal article from an ECONOMIC JOURNAL.
•In a minimum of 500 words, summarize your findings on this
issue.
Make sure to focus on how the popular press information agrees
(or disagrees) with the journal article information
Your assignment MUST focus on economic issues.
Your assignment will be counted off one point for each minute
that it is submitted late.
Assignments that do not meet assigned word count, do not
address economic issues, or do not addres similarity issues via
TurnItIn
,
will have grade deductions accordingly.
Important note: During Residency, you should work on
summarizing/explaining any issues as if you are explaining
these issues to those who are uneducated on the field of
economics. For example, a high school senior in the US is
required to take on economic class in order to graduate. You
should complete any residency assignments as if you are trying
to explain these to those high school seniors.
•When completed, upload to the appropriate place in Moodle.
•Make sure to type this. Using Word, preferably.
•Cite your sources. USE APA Style including in-text citations.