Your friend points to the wages earned by your economics professor and her teaching assistant (TA) as an example of income inequality. Your tenured professor earns $120,000 , drives a BMW, and vacations in Europe, whereas your TA earns $10,000 per year, rides a bike, and vacations at his mom's house. Because they both teach for a living, your friend argues that this income inequality is not just. Which reply uses the economic life cycle to respond to your friend's argument? Your professor has many more responsibilities than your TA and is, therefore, paid more. Your professor and TA earn different amounts now but they will have similar earnings over the course of their lives. Your professor was once a TA, and your TA will one day make better money. Older workers typically have more expenses than younger workers due to the high cost of healthcare and other costs that occur later in the life cycle. The differences in wages occur because older workers need more money than younger workers. Your professor has more bargaining power than your TA and, therefore, has higher earnings.

Swathmore clothing corporation grants its customers 30 days' credit. the company uses the allowance method for its uncollectible accounts receivable. during the year, a monthly bad debt accrual is made by multiplying 3% times the amount of credit sales for the month. at the fiscal year-end of december 31, an aging of accounts receivable schedule is prepared and the allowance for uncollectible accounts is adjusted accordingly. at the end of 2012, accounts receivable were dollar 586.000 and the allowance account had a credit balance of dollar 50,000. accounts receivable activity for 2013 was as follows: the company's controller prepared the following aging summary of year-end accounts receivable: prepare a summary journal entry to record the monthly bad debt accrual and the write-offs during the year. (if no entry is required for a particular event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field.) prepare the necessary year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense. (if no entry is required for an event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field.) what is total bad debt expense for 2013? calculate the amount of accounts receivable that would appear in the 2013 balance sheet?