Article AnalysisWe, as a team, analyzed and evaluated a current economic article from Business WeekÃÂs website. Desperate for Entrepreneurs, article was written by author Amy S. Choi, on May 15, 2009. The author presents tough economic factors effecting a county in California; discussing its unemployment rate, housing, and why small businesses are falling. Merced County has double the unemployment rate than California at 22% and is second highest in the number of foreclosures in the nation (Choi, 2009). The team presented economic concepts, positive and negatives and a recommended course of action.
The article Desperate for Entrepreneurs not only relates to Merced County, but to the nation as a whole. Merced County could set the pace with new strategies of helping existing small business owners. If the strategy works, then the nation could see positive outcomes and work on empowering our small business owners across the country. ÃÂThe small businesses are the backbone of our country,ÃÂ states Choi (2009).
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Foreclosure
Merced NWRThis small Californian County relied heavily on the new university to bring growth, employment and housing opportunities. The housing developments flourished, with hopes of growth from the universityÃÂs development. The university only provided approximately 1600 jobs ÃÂ possible homebuyers; not nearly enough to fulfill the housing developerÃÂs dreams (Choi, 2009). Houses remain unfinished and finished houses were abandoned in foreclosures; which lead Merced to the nationÃÂs second highest foreclosure numbers. Unemployment rate of Merced County is nearly double that of the entire state of California. With the above mentioned economic factors we found some key concepts.
Some of the key concepts that we saw while analyzing the article are discussed below. We learned of the surplus of houses, due to abandoned homes and unfinished housing developments. The surplus of housing has caused the price of homes to lower. Homeowner loans...