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Essay Instructions: These are the questions that my paper should be giving the answers to:

What do you think are the economic effects of the national debt for the US economy? Should future generations be worried about the colossal debt that the US economy has accumulated over the years? How do you view the ongoing debate over the government debt?

The paper should put more emphasis on the analytical part than the descriptive part. Double spaced format.

Essay Instructions: "The National Debt: Jefferson vs. Hamilton"

The final research paper should be a master's level thesis on the National Debt, focusing mainly on the philosophical differences of the two political factions during the founding period: the Federalists, zealously pursuing more federal economic activity, and the Jeffersonian Democrat-Republicans, who viewed the national debt and deficit spending as ways in which a government could self-justify intrusion into the lives of ordinary Americans. The entire work should be limited to this philosophical debate during the foundation of the American republic, with some mentary relevent to the perennial nature of the split.

I) I hope to introduce the reader to the subject by showing them the radical difference in America's financial stability immediately following the revolution and its condition after a single presidential administration (Washington, with both Hamilton and Jefferson in the cabinet). Specific reference should be made to the insolvent states, bankrupt foreign allies (France), domestic banking and speculation, unemployment, inflation, etc. ?I want to paint a picture of the actual economic conditions during the period and the climate in which Jefferson and Hamilton formulated positions and became factional leaders in the debate for the future of economic America. Of course, this is is all leading to policy implications and debate on whether America should engage a healthy National debt.

II) I hope to look more in depth at the two differing views on how the problem best be solved. As a case study, I will introduce the dichotomy between Jefferson and Hamilton, possibly delving into biographical considerations for their later political/economic beliefs. There should be some reference to the intellectual basis for these thoughts: Locke, Rousseau, Smith and pany. Consideration should be given to each case study's most admired country: England (Hamilton) and France (Jefferson) . . . and showing how those admirations may have affected their opinions. Again, the focus should be on economic thought...specifically the use of a National Debt for economic ends.

III) Look at actual economic/national debt policies actually enacted under Washington/Adams/Hamilton and Jefferson to see if there is philosophical consistency within the dueling views.

IV) Draw some conclusions on the impact of these two thinkers in the founding period and economics: specifically the National Debt.

I think this is doable in the 50 page range and as a logical outline for beginning the work. The number of pages and the outline are flexible to the researcher and writing style involved. The langauge should be indicative of doctoral or at least master's level writing.

Title page: creative title is fine but must talk about the national debt and the differing views of Jefferson and Hamilton

Endnotes should be used, not footnotes...with a minimum of 6 per page or approximately 300 overall...more are desirable.

Bibliography should have at minimum 35 works cited (more is fine and desirable), with ample primary source material. Both Jefferson and Hamilton are highly published so there should not be a problem finding primary material to incorporate. I'd say the PRIMARY SOURCE references should be prominent in the work as a whole.

FORMAT and REFERENCE STYLE
* Times New Roman font
* 12-point font size
* approximately 275 words per page
* double-spaced pages
* Chicago
* 1-inch margins


The timeline is April 29th at 6:00pm.

Thank you.

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Essay Instructions: Economic Policy Assignment - What About Entitlement Programs

As Hal Mason explains the video linked below, the United States has reached a point where we spend more just on entitlement programs and interest on the national debt than we received in revenue each year. In other words, we could lay off every federal employee, stop building highways and lay off the entire military and we still wouldn't save enough money to balance the budget.

Entitlement programs have become the largest part of the national budget by far, and Wall Street Journal contributor Nicholas Eberstadt points out that we are close to reaching a point "at which more than half of all American households receive and accept transfer benefits from the government."

Is this simply an expression of what America should be - a generous people doing all we can to help our neighbors, or are we creating a culture of dependency?

As our semester began, the Wall Street Journal featured two well-written editorials taking each side of that issue. Your assignment: Read each editorial and watch the Hal Mason video about the state of our federal budget deficit and national debt. Explain the state of entitlement programs in the United States in the context of our federal budget, and in the context of the effect of those programs on taxpayers and recipients, and what you would do about this issue if you were a member of Congress.

Submit in Word. Cite your sources.

Resources you may use:

From the Wall Street Journal: Are Entitlements Corrupting America? Yes, American Character is at stake: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB13542.html

From the Wall Street Journal: Are Entitlements Corrupting America? No, They're Part of the Civic Compact: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB45362.html

Here's a video interview with the first editorial, Nicholas Eberstadt.

Accountant Hal Mason has a really convincing argument why the situation is worse than you think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW5IdwltaAc

There are a million places to get information about the national debt, but a great place to start is a New York TImes page compiling their coverage of the subject: http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/national_debt_us/index.html

Here's the website of the Simpson-Bowles Commission (If you really like your solution, by the way, there's a place to email it to them. They're open to suggestions): http://www.fiscalcommission.gov/

What if the national debt were your debt? See the numbers on a family budget scale here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LOXUEsBlI

Essay Instructions: A research paper on how the housing crisis (meltdown) has effected the US economy on a macro economic level. Note the term 'effected'. How has this effected our economy as a whole?
Again, this paper is a 'research paper'.
The paper should include an intro, a body, and a conclusion. I'm assuming the body would have 4 or 5 points about how the US economy has been effected (ie: unemployment, national debt, etc).
This is a "University Senior" paper... and the writing should be a such. It should be insightful and evidence should support your arguments.
That's it! There's a quick turn around time on this. Thank you!