Wednesday, June 27, 2007

What's the Biggest Threat to the U.S. Economy?


Robert Samuelson, the respected economics writer for Newsweek Magazine, asks the perennial question: “What's the Biggest Threat to the U.S. Economy?
A. Higher oil Prices; B. A prolonged housing slump; C. A steep rise in personal savings; D. A big hedge-fund failure. “



Summer Session Extra Credit: In the opinion of Robert Samuelson, what is the biggest macro threat? Why? If you are the first Summer Session student to send me an e-mail at kwoodward@saddleback.edu with the answer, you will be rewarded with two extra credit Discussion Board points. Only one blog extra credit question per student can be answered in any given week for Discussion Board extra credit

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