Covid-19 Causes and Responses

COVID-19: Causes and Responses

[WLOs: 1, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 5]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

Review Chapter 10 of Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice.

Review Special Topic 5 of Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice (pages 441 to 448).

Review Chapters 1, 3, and 6 of Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How to Fix It.

For this assignment, you will upload your PowerPoint deck with speaker notes to your ePortfolio, in addition to Waypoint. You will provide the link to your recorded video presentation in Folio. You will be provided with additional information on how to submit your assignment. Learn more about Folio, UAGC’s ePortfolio tool, by reviewing the

Folio Quick Start GuideLinks to an external site.

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For this assignment, assume the role of an economic advisor to Steve Forbes. Using this week’s required resources and at least two additional credible sources, prepare an 8-10 slide audio PowerPoint presentation, with speaker notes, to communicate with Mr. Forbes about the pandemic’s causes and responses.

Address the following questions in your presentation:

What was the economic impact of COVID-19? Address any monetary and fiscal policies used during or after COVID-19.

Has the crisis changed the structure of the U.S. economy?

Were there differences between countries on how they handled the crisis? Provide at least one economic policy example.

What economic advice would you give Mr. Forbes to avoid difficulties in similar situations?

In this presentation include an additional section with the following:

Explain economic activity during or after COVID-19 using research from the library and/or an online article. Be sure to include the reference material for the article.

Analyze the underlining fiscal and monetary policies (if any) inherent within your selected article.

Summarize the economic principles you have learned from your selected article and how they could apply to modern government policy.

The COVID-19: Causes and Responses recorded video presentation

must be eight to ten slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to

APA StyleLinks to an external site.

as outlined in the Writing Center’s

How to Make a PowerPoint PresentationLinks to an external site.

resource.

must include a separate title slide with the following in title case:

title of presentation in bold font

Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title slide.

student’s name

name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)

course name and number