Economics for Business

        Choose any One of the topics from the following list:

• Scarce resources- which resource and in which country/industry are seen as scarce and what is being done in the industry or country. What substitutes have been used to overcome this problem !

• Micro economics – study of individual behaviour – individual industry like education, meat industry, tourism and agriculture. Choose any ONE industry from this list and discuss the reforms been done in that industry.
• Comparative advantage/Absolute advantage of any country in any industry and why/how

• Demand and supply of certain resources in Australia or any other country and factors other than price which affect demand and supply

• Market structures like Monopoly, Duopoly, Oligopoly and Monopolistic competition in Australia.

Structure of the Essay

• Introduction – which topic 200 words
• Body- Discuss the topic in the article and with some theory -700 words
• Conclusion 100 words

Note=

• More marks for research – choosing a good article on something specific topic from the above list
• There is no need to explain the theory/concepts in the essay on its own
• More marks for application and your comments on the topic
• You need to attach the copy of the article with your essay. Also attach the safe assignment report with your essay.

  Following are the good sources of the articles:

• BRW
• Economist
• Australian Financial Review
• Australian
• Sydney Morning Herald
• RBA/ABS
• Proquest or any other data base