* Please choose a question to write about. Only one article can be submitted per person.

1. Climate activists believe the environment must be prioritised. Policymakers believe economic growth must not be compromised. Can the two be complementary, or are the economy and the environment competing priorities?

2."Bitcoin will do to banks what email did to the postal industry." Do you think this is true, or is the current boom just a speculative bubble?

3. Has the Euro experiment failed?

4. What impacts has the pandemic had on women's rights in the developing world?

5. Do minimum wages do what policymakers inted them to do?

6.Africa has often been described as the "shackled continent". Is there still hope for economic development in Africa?

7. Is UBI (universal basic income) an effective poverty-reduction strategy for highly developed countries?

Subject: Economics

1.Number of words: it is suggested that participants should try their best to make the theme simple, not more than 1500 words.

2.Students should write a page number on each page.

3.The first page should have the question chosen by students and the number. Student name and school name.

4.Please convert the paper to PDF format and change the document name to [your name]Q[problem number].pdf.

5.Please submit your paper using the submission form on the Marshall Society website. Don't email!

* * * attention! Papers submitted may not be entered in any other competition.

Deadline: August 1, 2024 (Sunday)

There will be first, second and third prizes and awards of excellence.