The paper must be written on a macroeconomic topic and must be at least 7 double-spaced pages long. There is no upper page limit. You must include at least 4 references, one of which must be a scholarly book or a scholarly journal article. You may organize your thoughts with help from the textbook, but do not use it as a reference for your course paper. Remember that the course paper is a research paper that will demonstrate your learning of the course learning objectives; therefore, do not put it off until the last moment. Every discipline is different. The following guidelines will help you in writing your research paper. 1. Select a macroeconomic topic you feel comfortable to analyze. Some suggested topics are: The Great Recession of 2008: Causes and Consequences; An Analysis of Unemployment Rate Among Teen-Agers; An Analysis of Unemployment Rate in the Retail Trade Industry, 2005-2010; The Growth of GDP in Post-Recession Years. These are just a few topics you may consider. You may also write your paper on a topic related to your place of employment. 2. Once you have selected a topic and a title of your paper, state your objective clearly in the first or second paragraph. Do not try to analyze too many issues. 3. Ideally, your paper should be organized in four sections: Introduction and Objectives; Literature Review; Analysis; Summary and Conclusions. 4. The second section of your paper, i.e., Literature Review will contain a brief review (2-3 pages) of works relevant to your own research. This is where you will quote references. 5. At the end of your paper, organize the section on “References”. Alphabetize all references and use APA style.