Historic Economic Decades 1980s &1990s Research Assignment

Group Research with Annotated Bibliography (75 points)
Each group will research and present the economic history of two decades in United States history.
As a team, choose which 2 of the historic economic decades your team will research for this course project. You may choose any two decades from this list below or a decade pair may be assigned by your Professor based on your Group number. As you will notice from this list, the decades are focused on United States history.
Each group will research their selected or assigned decade(s) for its economic history (remember to keep notes of your sources for citation purposes as you research). You will submit your research in Week 4 as an Annotated Bibliography.
Remember, this is not a history assignment, but rather an economic assignment.
Below is our assigned Decades
Decade groupings, along with some examples of significant events in those decades that may have influenced the economy in the United States:
◾1980s: Recession, Reaganomics, Stock market growth and crash, Japanese auto competition and unions
◾1990s: Recession, Stock market boom, Tech Bubble/Bust, Welfare reform, Internet
After you have determined which decades to research, begin compiling information from credible and reliable sources on the economic features of the decades. Your research should offer a description of the economy during the decade and an explanation to account for the performance of the economy. Many events influence the economy within a ten year period.
In your research, considerations should include changes, such as in: