WRITING YOUR ASSIGNMENT: • This assignment must be completed individually • The Harvard Referencing System must be used where indicated. • Assignment submissions are to be made anonymously. Do not write your name anywhere on your work. Write your student ID number in a header at the top of every page. • See below for word and page limits. Please refer to the Academic Regulations or your Student Handbook for full details. FINAL ASSIGNMENT FORMAT: This coursework consists of a single essay writing task. The purpose of this task is to test you on the following: • Are you able to use the standard essay format that is presented in Class 5 of the module? • Are you able to use Harvard referencing in an essay? • Are you able to research information on a provided topic and analyse it? Your work will be graded on the basis that you can demonstrate these core skills. Task Instructions: Write an essay of 1500 words that addresses the following question: Could western nations have avoided the 2008 financial crisis? Examine potential causes and assess whether they were inevitable • You must conduct research using the sources provided on the reading list. You should read all of the texts on the reading list. • You must use Harvard references both within the text of your essay, and providing a Reference List at the end of the essay. Failure to provide adequate references will result in failing the assignment. • You should follow the standard essay structure that was taught during Class 5. You must include a Thesis Statement. • Aim to present the information that you find in the course of your research, but also to provide your own commentary upon what you have read. Reading List: Unless otherwise stated, all texts are available on the ARU Online Library. You should only use these texts for your work: it is not acceptable to ignore the reading list as it has been specifically chosen to provide the right texts for discussion. Do not conduct alternative research on the internet. 1. Buckley, A. 2011. Financial Crisis: Causes, Context and Consequences. Harlow: Prentice Hall (Chapter 1 and Chapter 17 may be the most useful, but you may find other chapters of interest also. You are not required to read the whole book! Select one or more chapters that are particularly relevant.) 2. Domitrovic, B,. 2012. ‘The Weak Dollar Caused the Recession.’ Forbes 189(8). pp.32 3. Grigor’ev, L, and Salikhov, M. 2009. Financial Crisis 2008. Problems of Economic Transition (51) pp.35-62 4. Otter, D, & Wetherly, P,. 2008. ‘Chapter 9: Growth vs. austerity: The macroeconomy in a globalizing world.’ In The Business Environment (2nd edition). Glasgow: Oxford University Press. NB: This text is not available on the Online Library, but the chapter is available as a PDF format on the VLE. 5. Anonymous. 2010. ‘Vatican economist: recession caused by low birth rate’ Catholic Insight. [e-journal] 18(4). Available through: Anglia Ruskin University Library website [Accessed 12 June 2005].