Discussion Assignment 2

Market Failures

Use the readings and videos from this unit, as well as your own research to support your

responses to the following questions:

• What do you consider to be the biggest, or most significant, market failure in the

U.S. economy of the last five years? Explain why you think this.

• How should the failure be addressed?

Use proper APA format for citations and references.

Resources

• Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

• Externalities | Transcript.

Link to videos:

Readings

Use your Macroeconomics text to complete the following:

• Read Chapter 4, "Market Failures: Public Goods and Externalities," pages 83–105,

and pages 108–110.

• Read Chapter 5, "Government's Role and Government Failure," pages 112–124,

and pages 127–131.