Description

You need to analyze a current event, a news article, or a social media post like an economist. For example, you can choose to study trade. Find a social media post or a news article that talks about it. Study the truth behind it. How does trade affect you as a person, us as a nation, and us in a globalized world?

You need to evaluate facts
You need to distinguish between normative and positive statements
You need to make assumptions
Think in terms of alternatives
Evaluate the cost of individual and social choices
Examine and understand how events and issues are related