World Economy assignment

Our first paper for the World Economy elective, taught by Richard Portes and Andrew Scott, is due this coming Friday. We have to write 2 essays, of 750 words each, and we can choose subjects in a selection of 4. I've chosen the following:

• "What are the two most important problems facing the economies of Continental Europe? In what directions do you see solutions?"
• "Evaluate the monetary policy of the European Central Bank. Should the ECB listen to those who urge it to cut interest rates to ‘kick-start’ euro-area expansion?"

The two other choices were on the Japanese economic recovery and the US current account deficit.

Writing those essays is going to take some time given that I'm a slow writer and the questions are not that straightforward. The problem is of course that I don't have much time so I need to find a good balance between producing good work and limited time available. Clearly, "wasting" some precious minutes to write on this blog is not the best way to go! So back to work...