Complete parts A – D. Keep your remarks brief and on-point.
A. What does “shadow economy” refer to?
B. What are some of the motivations for people to participate in one?
C. Considering your replies in parts A & B, could reported GDP ever match the actual amount of economic activity?
Part of the purpose of these Discussions is developing basic research skills to support arguments in favor / or opposed to a point-of-view. Often this means finding a quotation from an article/book/website AND providing enough information so that someone else can view the original material. For these Discussion topics it would be something like: “this is a quote” (author’s name, year of article/book); for something online it would be “quotation” (working weblink, author [if given], and date when you accessed it).
The class website links to these 4 articles via Content > Week 1 > Learning Resources > Readings:
Zumbrum, “More Americans…”
Buszko, “Cultural Implications…”
Kirchgässner, “Estimating the Size…”
Prentice, “Shadow Economies…”
“More Americans Work in the Shadow Economy” by Joshua Zumbrun
“Cultural Implications for the Shadow Economy” by Andrzej Tomasz Buszko
“On Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economy” by G. Kirchgässner
“Shadow Economies on the Rise Around the World” by Chris Prentice
Unfortunately they are a bit out-dated, so you could instead search online for more recent material when completing the last part of this discussion –>
D. Find a source supporting your answer in A or B or C above. Provide it as a quotation (or summary) from your selected source and include the author/year/location information.
