Financial Accounting in an Economic Context or Economics of Social Issues

Financial Accounting in an Economic Context

Author: Jamie Pratt

A valuable resource for any business professional, this book shows how performance metrics available from the financial statements, shareholder value creation, and the firm's market value are all tied together. It also explores earnings management, including the use of discretion by management in the preparation of the financial statements to cast a favorable picture of the financial performance and condition of the firm. Readers will then delve more deeply into the methods used to account for operating, investing, and financing transactions.

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The fifth edition of this text on introductory financial reporting and analysis contains new elements designed to enhance the text's economic decision-making theme, and updated real-world references, many on the Internet-based economy. For this edition, questions are placed within chapters rather than at the end, and all questions and exercises refer to real-world companies and events. Sections cover financial accounting and its economic contact, use of financial statements, assets, liabilities and stockholders' equity, and income and cash flows. Pratt teaches accounting and chairs the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Indiana University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Economics of Social Issues

Author: Ansel M Sharp

The study guide begins with general study hints and a graphing tutorial. Each chapter is organized as follows: Learning Objectives; Chapter Orientation; Graphic Details; Consider This; Study Questions; Self-Test (consisting of True/False, Multiple Choice, and Problems); Answers to the Self-Test.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
1	Human Misery: The Most Important Issue of Them All	2
Pt. 1	Resource Allocation	27
2	Government Control of Prices: Do the Poor Benefit?	28
3	Economics of Higher Education: Who Benefits and Who Pays the Bills?	74
4	Energy Problems: Must Simple Things Be Made Complex?	102
5	Economics of Crime and Its Prevention: How Much Is Too Much?	132
6	Pollution Problems: Must We Foul Our Own Nests?	152
7	The Economics of Big Business: Who Does What to Whom?	176
8	Airline Regulation and Deregulation: Who Gains from Regulation?	198
9	Protectionism versus Free Trade: Can We Restrict Ourselves into Prosperity?	224
10	Health Issues: Is It Worth What It Costs?	244
Pt. 2	Distribution of Income	277
11	Poverty Problems: Is Poverty Necessary?	278
12	Discrimination: The High Cost of Prejudice	300
Pt. 3	Stabilization	319
13	Unemployment Issues: Why Do We Waste Our Labor Resources?	320
14	Inflation: How to Gain and Lose at the Same Time	346
Pt. 4	The Public Sector	375
15	Government Expenditure and Tax Issues: Who Wins and Who Loses?	376
16	The Big National Debt: Is It Bad?	404
	Glossary	429
	Index	443