Assignment 2: Discouraged Workers and the Economy

A “discouraged worker” is an individual without a job who has a desire to work; however, the worker has not actively searched for a job within the last six months, because the worker believes that there are no jobs available. Such a worker is not included in the official unemployment count. 

Consider a scenario where discouraged workers are now included in the official unemployment rate during a recessionary period in the economy. Which of the three types of unemployment—frictional, structural, or cyclical—do you believe that these unemployed workers would most closely qualify for? How about during a period of economic expansion? Explain your answers and include examples.

Next, discuss and explain how including discouraged workers in the official unemployment rate would affect both the federal deficit and the national debt. Include examples to support your conclusions.

By Saturday, May 7, 2016, post your response in a minimum of 250 words. 

 

1.     Must have an introduction paragraph and a conclusion paragraph.

2.     Must include references cited in the paper and a reference page with “retrieved from” for each reference used on reference page.

3.     Must not have any plagiarism. 

4.     Must be in APA format.

Content and Development All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way. • All questions are answered adequately and thoughtfully. • The paper is 1,050 to 1,750 words in length. The content is comprehensive, accurate, and persuasive. The paper develops a central theme or idea directed toward the appropriate audience. Major points are stated clearly; are supported by specific details, examples, or analysis; and are organized logically. The introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews major points. The conclusion is logical, flows from the body of the paper, and reviews the major points.  Additional Comments: Paragraph transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the essay. The tone is appropriate to the content and assignment. Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. Sentences are well constructed, strong, and varied. Sentence transitions are present and maintain the flow of thought.  Additional Comments: The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements. Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page. Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed. Spelling is correct.

 

ASSIGNMENT

Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper that answers the following questions:

·         What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? Have you learned something new about your own racial, ethnic, or cultural history?

·         Trends in immigration will continue to shape the demographics of the United States. What will the U.S. population look like in the year 2050? Why do you think so?

o    What challenges does the United States face due to the diversity of its people?

o    What are the benefits and/or disadvantages of such a diverse society?

·         How can we foster a climate of acceptance and cultural pluralism in the United States?

o    In what ways does the media perpetuate stereotyping and prejudice? Provide examples to support your assertion.

o    In what ways does the media help foster appreciation for diversity? Provide examples to support your assertion.

o    How might individuals and the United States work together to reduce discrimination?

o    How might you change your own behaviors in your work or school environment to better interact with your diverse colleagues?

·         Use APA guidelines.

 

For this assignment, you will be adding additional logic to handle exceptions, file output, and file input. Complete the following

• Modify your handling of the quantity of items to include the following:
  • Only values in the range 1–99 are accepted.
  • Illegal or out-of-range values cause a reprompt for a valid input.
  • Up to 3 such requests for valid input are made, and the program terminates if a valid numeric in-range quantity is not entered by the customer.
  • Exception handling is used to accomplish this.
  • You should bundle all of this as a new method, such as getNumericInput( ), and then use a call to this new method in place of your existing quantity request code.
• Modify your code that validates string input (like returning customer, color, crust, etc.) so that only correct responses are accepted. Check for yes or no, regular or deep dish, and so forth.
• Modify your display of the cost of the product so that it appears properly formatted with a dollar sign and exactly two digits to the right of the decimal point.
• Add a phone number to the collection of customer or product attributes. The phone number must be entered in the form (###) ###-####, where “#” is any digit (0–9) and the parentheses and hyphen are required. The space after the closed parentheses may or may not be present. You must create a method that handles the input and the validation of the phone number. You should use the Java java.util.regex.* pattern matching capabilities to validate the phone number.
• A file (named “order.txt”) must be written that contains each of the above data items that constitute an order. The items must be written on separate lines in the file. No other information may be written to the file. You must be able to view the file using Notepad to verify that the information that it contains is complete and correct.
• The order file only should be written if there are no validation errors whatsoever.
• You should create a method (named “writeOrderFile( )”) that handles file output.
• Create a confirmation method that reads the data values from the order file into separate variables. It then should create and display a confirmation that shows the values that were read. Each value should be identified using an appropriate label. Consider the following example:
  

  Thank you for your order.
  Name: Joe Blow
  Returning customer: Yes
  Color: blue
  Phone: (123) 456-7890
  Quantity: 3
  Etc: etc.

Note: You must use this confirmation method in place of your existing code that creates the confirmation display.

 

1000 words, 2 references

 

Begin conducting research now on your company/client. After brainstorming on your company’s industry and after your preliminary research information-gathering techniques, create a research profile proposal to deliver to your company’s management that includes the following:

• State the specific research goal for the proposal.
• What is the company’s current business problem?
• Who is the company’s competition?
• Establish your population sample for researching customer attitudes and behaviors about the company and product.
• Identify the steps in the research process.