There is a cart of books for this assignment.

 However, the books don't cover every topic and they don't cover every topic completely.

I have listed two types of sources below that you can use for the Economics Debates Project assignment:

 Weblinks selected by Mr. Bradford

Digital library resources (SIRS, Gale, ProQuest). 

Weblinks selected by Mr. Bradford

 1. Globalization

The Battle Over Trade

WTO and GATT Research 

Remember the key term:  WTO = World Trade Organization.  You can't properly research economic globalization without knowing all about the WTO!!! 

2. Arms Trade 

3. Blood Diamonds

PBS NewsHour Site 

4. Oil drilling (Alaska/California) 

5. Welfare

Work and Marriage: The Way to End Poverty and Welfare 

Poverty and Wealth 

6. Federal budget deficit

7. Wal-Mart

Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

Hidden Cost of Wal-Mart Jobs: Use of Safety Net Programs by Wal-Mart Workers in California 

 WakeUpWalMart! (Union-financed site that is highly critical of Wal-Mart's labor practices)

8. Tax system(s) such as flat tax, etc.

How Income Taxes Work

Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) 

Tax Reform Panel Offers Two Proposals

Simplifying Tax Systems: The Case for Flat Taxes

9. Poverty and homelessness

10. Death penalty

Death Penalty Information

 Capital Punishment: All Points of View on the Death Penalty 

11. Illegal immigration

The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies: Working Papers

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

12. Gun control 

Gun Laws, Gun Control and Gun Rights