BUSINESS ENGLISH CLASS                                                    

   Assignment—Essay Writing

First read the short essays entitled "The Broken Window" and "The Blessings of Destruction" from Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson. Then write a short essay of about 400 words addressing the the topic, "Are Wars Good for the Economy?"   If possible, address some of Hazlitt's ideas in your essay. Be sure to print out your assignment, double-spaced.

Make sure please make sure your essay has the following characteristics:

  • does not begin by answering the question, but instead gives an introduction to a general reader who is not expecting anything
  • about 400 words long
  • printed
  • Times New Roman 12 point or Arial 11 point Font
  • double-spaced (not 1.5 spaced)
  • English paragraph style (not German!)