Assignment—Unintended Consequences

First read the following text: Unintended Consequences in Economics

Then search the Internet to find a business or economics-related policy or activity with an interesting unintended consequence: For this you could google something like ' "unforeseen consequences in business" (keep the "unintended consequences in quotes and then add something like bank, advertising, finance, tax, government stimulus or whatever business-related topic you might find interesting). If you prefer, you could also search "youtube" for the above.

Finally write the introductory paragraph to an essay and the first body paragraph. This begginning of an essay should follow the SPRE concept for essays.

The first introductory paragraph should contain at least one sentence for each of the following:

• situation - Some background facts, information or an anecdote to introduce a reader to your topic. Use an expression of time at the beginning.
• problem - Why some people think something needs (or needed) to be done about this situation.
• solution - A solution proposed by some people to solve this problem.
• unforeseen consequence(s) - Mention of the possibility of unintended or unforeseen consequences as part of your thesis. If possible, use

Make sure that by the end of this paragraph your opinion is indicated. DO NOT use expressions like "In my opinion". The first body paragraph should have a topic sentence and be organized.

The first sentence of the first body paragraph should be directly related to the last sentence of the introductory paragraph. The first paragraph should have a topic sentence and be organized.

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Be sure to indent paragraphs and double space!