Students could gather information about the current state of the U.S. economy from news or government sources and then interpret that data in terms of the phases of the business cycle. That analysis could then be used to make predictions about the state of the economy six months in the future, which would be kept and compared to the real performance of the economy. Students would then attempt to provide reasons for the success of failure of their predictions [Economic systems[.
Students could examine the reunification of Germany in terms of the comparative economic dislocations caused to both halves of the country when the command economy of the former East Germany collapsed; they could then write an essay which explores the economic hopes and fears of Germans on both sides of the former border [Economic systems].
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