Week 6 - Assignment: Examine the Impacts of Policies Implemented During the Great Recession and Week 7 - Assignment: Measure the Effects of Social Policies

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Week 6 - Assignment: Examine the Impacts of Policies Implemented During the Great Recession

Instructions

As an independent consultant with the federal government, assess three policies that were implemented during the Great Recession and then explain how those policies helped shape the recovery efforts. During the Great Recession, several industries were bailed out such as the automobile industry and the financial industry. Select any of the bailout policies. Then, be sure your paper includes the following:

Explain the benefits that resulted from the policies you chose.

Criticize the overall recovery efforts and identify whether the bailouts were necessary.

Describe alternative policies that could have been drafted instead of the bailout approach to the banking and automobile industries.

Assess any changes those great recession policies might have gone through up to today.

Length: 5–7 pages, not including title and reference pages.

References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources.

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy.

Béland, D., Rocco, P., & Waddan, A. (2016). Reassessing policy drift: Social policy change in the United States. Social Policy & Administration

Breznau, N. (2017). Positive returns and equilibrium: Simultaneous feedback between public opinion and social policy. Policy Studies Journal

Gertler, M., & Gilchrist, S. (2018). What happened: Financial factors in the great recession†. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 32(3)

Glei, D. A., Goldman, N., & Weinstein, M. (2019). A growing socioeconomic divide: Effects of the Great Recession on perceived economic distress