Suppose that Larry, an economist from an AM talk radio program, and Megan, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the West Coast, are arguing over health insurance. The following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: Megan: A popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. Larry: I think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese.
Megan: I disagree. I think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness.

The disagreement between these economists is most likely due to:

Despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree?
Business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue.
Employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations.
Central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation.

When an interest-bearing note comes due and is uncollectible, the journal entry includes debiting

Exercise 18-15 sheffield appliance center is an experienced home appliance dealer. sheffield appliance center also offers a number of services for the home appliances that it sells. assume that sheffield appliance center sells ovens on a standalone basis. sheffield appliance center also sells installation services and maintenance services for ovens. however, sheffield appliance center does not offer installation or maintenance services to customers who buy ovens from other vendors. pricing for ovens is as follows. oven only $790 oven with installation service 850 oven with maintenance services 970 oven with installation and maintenance services 990 in each instance in which maintenance services are provided, the maintenance service is separately priced within the arrangement at $180. additionally, the incremental amount charged by sheffield appliance center for installation approximates the amount charged by independent third parties. ovens are sold subject to a general right of return. if a customer purchases an oven with installation and/or maintenance services, in the event sheffield appliance center does not complete the service satisfactorily, the customer is only entitled to a refund of the portion of the fee that exceeds $790. assume that a customer purchases an oven with both installation and maintenance services for $990. (b) indicate the amount of revenue that should be allocated to the oven, the installation, and to the maintenance contract.

On january 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, north company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $32,000 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees’ salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $772 of medical insurance deductions, and $260 of union dues. no employee earned > $7,000 in this first period. prepare the journal entry to record north company’s january 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.