I spent a lot of time last week pulling up charts on income inequality in the U.S. to use in class.This chart is from the Congressional Budget Office and shows the difference in income distribution between 1979 and 2007. It doesn’t look good, and that was before the recession. The interesting thing is that there… [Read More]
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End of the Semester Stress Busters
UIC’s student wellness center has compiled a set of online stress-busting activities, in case you need some. I’m giving a final today, with plenty of stressed students.
An Accounting Practice Set
When I was teaching accounting this summer, I put together a Accounting Exercise to get students to practice journal entries. It is attached for anyone looking for extra practice. I have no solution sheet, but if you have questions, ask them here! (Unless, of course, you are a pathetic SEO spammer who wants to post… [Read More]
Paying for College: What Do You Need to Learn?
I went to China to teach corporation finance and investment finance, two basic introductory classes taken by most business majors. Upon arrival in Chengdu, I discovered that there were no students enrolled in corporation finance, but they didn’t have anyone to teach accounting or business law. Could I?
There is no secret ingredient.
This photo shows a Taoist temple on Qingcheng Mountain, the birthplace of Po the Kung-Fu Panda. Kung-Fu Panda is big here in Chengdu, since Po is a native son, and I’m told that he is typical of people of Chengdu: friendly, loves to eat, interested in peace and not war. Ever since I saw the… [Read More]
