Write a 1,750- to 2,450-word word paper in which you decide whether to purchase a house.

o Discuss which principles of economics directly relate to your purchasing decision.

o Compare the marginal benefits and the marginal costs associated with your purchasing decision.

o Explain how the strength of the economy as a whole affected the marginal benefits and the marginal costs associated with that decision.

o Consider the roles of the domestic economy and international trade in your assessment of the strength of the economy.

o Determine what situations or conditions could have led you to make a different decision.