I need help writing my econ paper and I've been trying and I can't get it. Even though I have the guideline its difficult and it's maybe because economics is difficult for me to understand.

ECON 203 Project Description (Term Paper) Due at the end of week 7 Select at least three news articles that d iscuss the economic concept that you chose as a topic for your term paper. At least one news article should be d ated within the previous two months . Please note that the goal of this assignment is to read, understand, and discuss recent news using microeconomic terminology. The articles should be from an on -line newspaper or magazine. Materials posted on educational websites, like www.thebalance.co m, www.khanacademy.org , and so on, are not considered news articles even if they were recently updated and contain material related to the term paper topic. The Term paper should have the following structure: 1. Abstract (0.5 of a page) – the short d escription of the concepts, problems, questions d iscussed in the Term paper. 2. Introduction (0.5 of a page) (optional) 3. Literature Review (about 2 pages) – please compare and contrast the opinions of the authors of the articles, present the important information, d ata, statistics to support your conclusions. It is important that the Literature review is written in your own word s with smal l quotes from the article. All quotes must have references in accord ance with the 7th Ed ition APA Style. 4. Discussion (about 2 pages) - Your task for this part of the Term paper is to analyze the issue d escribed in the articles using the economic concepts and theory learned in this class. Refer to the course content materials and use specific economic vocabulary within your term paper. The articles you choose may not use these exact terms; therefore, it is incumbent upon you to convert the article language into economic language as is appropriate. Include at least one graph developed in our course. 5. Conclusion (0. 5 of a page) The Term paper should be the title page and sub headings that correspond to the structure described above. Please note the Term paper should be written in your own words. You can use short quotes from the article(s) to support your statements. However the size of these quotes should be red uced to minimum. No more than 20% of the text of the term paper should be made up of quotes. (less is better!!!) . Please also avoid copying the materials from any textbooks, includ ing our textbook. Please be aware that Wikiped ia, Investoped ia, and other on -line d ictionaries and encycloped ias are not verifiable sources of reliable information, and should not be used in the Term paper.

Acceptable sources of the information are: research papers, newspa per articles, and books. Please note that this is the course of microeconomics, so you should choose the concepts related to microeconomics (not macroeconomics). Possible concepts includ e: • taxes and consumer or prod ucer surplus • elasticity on a particular prod uct • perfect competition • imperfect competition, such as monopolies • monopolistic competition • oligopoly • labor market, • wage d etermination • income inequality • poverty and public policy • another topic selected by the professor Format of the Paper: Written projects: 1. Must be typed , d ouble -spaced , in 12 -point Times New Roman or Arial font, with one inch margins 2. Must have the title page in APA -7th style 3. Must have in -text citations in APA -7th ed ition style 4. Must have reference list in APA -7th ed ition style. Please note that you must reference the d ata you are using for the project 5. Must be prepared using word processing software (Microsoft Word preferred ) The Term Paper must be posted to the LEO Stud e nt Assignments as a Attachments are limited to a maximum two files in d oc, d ocx., xls. xlsx., or rtf. formats. OTHER FORMATS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, will not be reviewed or grad ed . The Term Paper should be about 4 -5 or more d ouble -spaced typewritten pages (plus tables and graphs) Please note that hand -written and scanned works, pd f. files, jpg. files, as well as files posted in google d rive, will not be accepted or grad ed . Please note that starting from the Fall 2020 semester the UMGC moved to the 7th Edition of the APA Style. The links to the 7th Edition of the APA Style methodology are posted in Content – Course Resources – Writing Resources. Please note that Use of 7 th Edition APA Citation Methodology is required for the assignment The links to APA citation methodology are posted in Content – Course Resources – Writing Resources. In accord ance with the UMUC Acad emic Policy, notes taken for papers and research projects should accurately record sources of material to be cited , appro priately quoted , or summarized , and papers and research projects should acknowled ge these sources in the appropriate places in the text of the paper as well as in a reference list at the end of the paper, in accord ance with accepted citation practices. All works must be Word processed . Hand written and scanned work will not be accepted and grad ed .