what is the best topic on economic issues to be debated today?

Question

the area of topic can either be on education, unemployment, environment, poverty, health care and international trade. i am an undergraduate of mass communication from malaysia and are totally blank when it comes to economic issues. just need a simple topic for my proposal on economic issues.

Answer 1

Globalization is a huge topic that can barely be covered in a semester long class. Many thick books have been written about it, I reccomend straying from that topic...it's just too expansive. Outsourcing is a subcomponent of globalization/international trade that you might consider.

Minimum wage is a pretty one sided topic, I don't know of a single economist who would tell you that economically a minimum wage law is desirable. To present this well, you're going to have to defend it mathematically and explain how the deadweight loss occurrs.

Immigration is a hot economic issue right now. That kind of falls under the international trade category. Some big names even went as far as to write a petition on the issue, but there is still a lot of debate and it's a case of reasonable minds disagreeing, so you can't really go wrong with a topic like that. Just present the different sides of the argument and state that there is no real consensus.

Answer 2

Why bother with those small unassuming issues !!!...
The hot economic topics now are... (not in particular orders):
1. The effects of 4th Floor decision makers on Malaysian Economics.

2. Will the 9th Malaysia Plan breathes economic jurisprudence?

3. Local Council advertisement licensing issue...a comparative study on whether to "privatise" or not to "privatise"..

Good luck....

Answer 3

I did my undergraduate paper on minimum wage. Pleanty to discuss about it easy topic and also very specific topic not so vague. Focus on Card and Kruegger research. Start by reading these two short articles i am providing

http://www.frbsf.org/econrsrch/wklyltr/wklyltr99/el99-06.html
http://www.frbsf.org/econrsrch/wklyltr/el96-29.html

For Justin L
I was thinking more of the effect of the minimum wage on employment and discussing Card and Kruegger results and other Economists disagreement. I dont know if you are familiar with Card and Kruegger research and the big debate about their surprising results

Answer 4

Education. As an institution, education, for the most part, has been used historically to further the agendas of religions and governments. In the U.S., for example, politicians have pandered to fundamental Christians for their vote in exchange for a "dumbing down" of math, science, logic, rationality and analytical problem-solving skills in our public schools. Now, U.S. business, as an institution, has to deal with U.S. job applicants who are under-educated, ill-prepared and cannot problem-solve. Another example: Global warming. Business interests in the U.S. have suppressed the facts from average Americans about global warming in order to further their vested interests in perpetuating the oil industry. Now, as the average American begins to realize the consequences of burning non-renewable fuels, they lack the the education and information with which to comprehend or adequately address the problem.

Answer 5

If you, by your own admission, are totally blank when it comes to economic issues, why do you insust on debating them? Debate is good when all parties are informed. Uninformed debate is an oxymoron.

Answer 6

globalisation