The United States has a variety of regulations to address the economic harm resulting from monopoly power in an industry. This includes the Sherman Act of 1890, the Clayton Act of 1914, and the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. These acts were aimed at restricting the formation of cartels and monopolies to protect consumers and ensure competition. The article The Oligopoly Problem argued that oligopolies fall through the cracks of these regulations and leave consumers unprotected from harmful business practices where industries are highly concentrated. Read the article and respond to the following in your initial post:

    What are examples of firms in an oligopolistic market that abuse their power? Explain how they abuse their power and describe the impact on consumers.
    Do you agree with the author’s feelings about increased government oversight of such industries? Why or why not?

Create a narrated PowerPoint presentation explaining your “My Market” assignment.

This should be a five slide PowerPoint presentation with a recorded narration of your project work.

Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Content slide for your Week 2 assignment
Slide 3: Content slide for your Week 4 assignment
Slide 4: Content slide for your Week 6 assignment
Slide 5: Works Cited slide
The total presentation should be no more than 10 minutes. Your content slides should contain key market factors, main points, and key data for the market that you selected. 

EACH RESPONSE IS TO BE 8-10 PAGES, TYPED, AND DOUBLE SPACED. DATA FROM CLASS LECTURES AS WELL AS THE TEXT ARE TO BE USED*****HOWEVER, STUDENTS MUST FOOTNOTE AT LEAST THREE BITS OF DATA FROM THREE SCHOLARLY SOURCES (THREE BOOKS OR TWO BOOKS AND ONE ARTICLE) TO PROVE THEY HAVE MADE THIS EXAM ASSIGNMENT ONE THAT IS RESEARCH BASED. THE PROFESSOR WILL ALSO RECOMMEND VARIOUS SCHOLARLY BOOKS CONCERNING IPE THAT STUDENTS SHOULD REFERENCE . YET PUPILS MAY USE BOOK SOURCES INDEPENDENT OF WHAT IS RECOMMENDED. *** DO NOT, HOWEVER, USE ONLY ONLINE ARTICLES. THIS WILL NOT MAKE FOR AN ACCEPTABLE EXAM.

**TWO OR THREE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DOCUMENTS MAY BE USED ALONG WITH OR IN PLACE OF ARTICLES. THE MORE DIVERSE THE RESEARCH, THE HIGHER THE GRADE A STUDENT MAY RECEIVE.

Read a minimum of three (3)  articles on Public Housing and rent subsidy.

In your own words,  compare the Public Housing Program with the Rent Subsidy program; list the advantages and disadvantages of each program and conclude if one program is better than the other.

Make sure to use citations and a reference page.

In this assignment, you need to analyze unemployment-related issues. You need to analyze only one issue (topic).

You are going to study the past trends, provide an overview of the current status, and provide solutions to overcome any problems related to the issue you are studying. You will use data, articles, and government reports to draw a clear picture of the current unemployment issues.

Your research needs to be structured with consistent and clear thoughts. It also needs to be supported by facts and data. Your results need to be based on solid facts. Your conclusion and recommended solution need to be thorough and based on your findings and understanding of unemployment and GDP.

Introduction

Include the following in your introduction.

-A clear definition of unemployment and how and why it rises and declines in the economy
-Briefly provide your understanding of the relationship between economic growth (GDP growth), high/low unemployment, high/low wages, and the way they impact one another.
-An overview of the current unemployment rates in the economy using facts and statistics (tables or graphs)
-A brief description of the unemployment-related issue (topic) that you are going to address in this paper

Data
-Obtain data from at least two credible sources (not Wikipedia) to provide facts about unemployment and wages and their growth pattern and their current statuses.
-Obtain data about changes in unemployment rates for a period of 10 years.
-Obtain historical data (10 years or more) about GDP growth rate (percentage) and Real GDP volume (in dollar value).
-Obtain historical data (10 years or more) about the issue (topic) you are going to study in this paper, as well as data about its current status.
-Use tables, graphs, and figures to support your argument. You can find the latest unemployment data at www.bls.gov (Links to an external site.) (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Analysis
-This section needs to contain the following discussions based on the data that was gathered and your understanding of unemployment and GDP.
-Unemployment Rates: Discuss the trends of unemployment rates over the past 10 years and provide your objective analysis of the changes in unemployment and the current rates. -Place extra emphasis on the periods where unemployment was either too high or too low (higher or lower than the natural rate of unemployment).
-Issues (your choice): Discuss the unemployment-related issue.
-Provide an overview of the trends and use facts to highlight the major changes in the trends and the current status. State the reasons why you believe the issue you are analyzing represents a challenge for the economy.

Conclusion and Solution
-This section needs to cover the following areas.
-Highlight the causes of the issue that you selected and how it impacts the economy negatively and why it needs to be addressed by policy makers.
-State your own solution. Basically, answer the following question.
What would you do to solve the issue you addressed if you were in charge of the U.S. economy? State why.

Reference List
-Use at least three professional sources to support your argument. The references need to be in APA format. To learn more about APA format, click on the link below.

The Think Piece(deadline, week 4, October 5) will require students to reflect on one of the  chosen readings.  There  is  no  set  structure  for  these  reflections.  The  emphasis  in  this assignment is on the studentsthoughts in relation the chosen ideas from the reading, not on building and defending a thesis. Total words, 2,000-2,500.

https://www.coj.net/departments/finance/docs/budget/fy21-proposed-budget.aspx

https://www.coj.net/departments/finance/docs/budget/city-of-jacksonville-2018-cafr-sec.aspx

Review the links above:

Revenue and Expenditure Forecasting Are particular processes identified in the Budget or CAFR documents?  Do they use historical data or future economic indicators or both?  Do they reference any particular City policies or governing body guidance?  What is the role of reserve funds and how does your city budget for reserves?  Post 2-3 paragraphs on the citys forecasting methods, citing evidence to support your observations.

What are the major sources of revenue for the city and why? Identify the top 5 sources, citing your evidence.  Discuss how city revenues are diversified or constrained. Does the city rely on one major tax or does it rely on multiple sources of revenue? What advantages or disadvantages do you see on this citys dependence on those revenues?

On the first Friday of each month the US Department of Labor publishes the employment/Jobs report. The report gives a broad picture and statistical analysis of the national employment situation during the preceding month. For example, the next report will be published on the first Friday of September 2020 and will explain the labor market conditions nationally and in various regions during the month of august 2020.
Your assignment consists of the following: 1. access the month jobs report when it is published from the department of labor website on any media source.  2. Review the report carefully to develop a good under of the US labor market. 3. Review the different component of the report and focus on the evidence of employment and unemployment across different regions, different states, and among different demographics particularly among different ethnic groups. 4. Give a 4 page paper report, develop a comparative analysis of the distribution and effects of employment and unemployment. – at the national level, across US regions and states, across different industries, across different age groups, across different racial tunic groups. Add references as well.