Sometimes economists disagree because their values differ. which of the following instances best reflects this source of disagreement?
a. one economist believes that, prior to the civil war, slavery contributed to economic growth in the south; another economist believes that slavery held back the south's economic growth.
b. one economist believes the north american free trade agreement (nafta) has led to a loss of american jobs; another economist disputes this claim.
c. one economist advises against increases in sales taxes because she thinks such increases are unfair to low-income people; another economist disputes the idea that increases in sales taxes are unfair to low-income people. d. one economist believes that, when income taxes are cut, people will increase their spending; another economist believes that, when income taxes are cut, people will increase their saving.

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

Trecek corporation incurs research and development costs of $625,000 in 2017, 30 percent of which relate to development activities subsequent to ias 38 criteria having been met that indicate an intangible asset has been created. the newly developed product is brought to market in january 2018 and is expected to generate sales revenue for 10 years. assume that a u. s.–based company is issuing securities to foreign investors who require financial statements prepared in accordance with ifrs. thus, adjustments to convert from u. s. gaap to ifrs must be made. ignore income taxes. required: (a) prepare journal entries for research and development costs for the years ending december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, under (1) u. s. gaap and (2) ifrs. (c) prepare the entry(ies) that trecek would make on the december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, conversion worksheets to convert u. s. gaap balances to ifrs.

The following information relates to the pina company. date ending inventory price (end-of-year prices) index december 31, 2013 $73,700 100 december 31, 2014 100,092 114 december 31, 2015 107,856 126 december 31, 2016 123,009 131 december 31, 2017 113,288 136 use the dollar-value lifo method to compute the ending inventory for pina company for 2013 through 2017.