The first assignment is a short paper written in the style of a letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal. Consult current issues of the Wall Street Journal for potential topics and to see how to present a brief and cogent argument (read several letters for reference). The letter should take a position on an economic topic recently discussed in the Wall Street Journal and provide evidence to support that position. The letter can be in response to another letter, an opinion piece or some current event issue. The text must be between 200 and 400 words in length.
