All students will write on the same topic: The Origin, Nature and Impact of the U.S. Economic Crisis (August 2007–2012).

Your paper should be about 10-15 pages and use standard APA formatting and contain correct APA citations for all of your sources. To ensure that your follow APA style and citation formatting, please use the Term Paper Resources listed on the Module 1 Readings & Media page.

Research content for the following (you may want to use some or all of these as section headings in your paper):

1. Why do financial crises occur and why are they so damaging to the U.S. economy?
2. Sequence of events in U.S. financial crises
3. Initiation of the financial crisis
4. Banking crisis
5. Debt deflation
6. Origin of the crisis
7. Nature of the crisis
8. Impact of the crisis
9. How did all this happen?
10. Which way out of the crisis?
11. The right way out of the crisis
12. Conclusion

Term Paper Resources

Haefner, C. (2018). Sofia University writing & style handbook [PDF file].

Labaree, R. V. (2019). Organizing your social sciences research paper: 11. Citing sources. Retrieved from https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/citingsources (Links to an external site.)

Labaree, R. V. (2019). Organizing your social sciences research paper: 2. Preparing to write. Retrieved from https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/preparingtowrite (Links to an external site.)

Labaree, R. V. (2019). Organizing your social sciences research paper: 10. Proofreading your paper. Retrieved from https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/proofreading (Links to an external site.)

Lieberg, C., Patterson, J., Schwartz, A., Marks, J., & Frisoli, S. (2017). Chapter 12 Writing and Language: Standard English Conventions. The Official SAT Study Guide (pp. 121–130). New York: The College Board.

NC State University Libraries. (n.d.). Videos and interactive guides. Retrieved from https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/ (Links to an external site.)

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). APA style. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html (Links to an external site.)

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). ESL students introduction. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/english_as_a_second_language/esl_students/index.html