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**Respond to the below Discussion Post**

accounting topics you learned in the first half of Principles of Accounting II. In addition, the following new topics are covered in ACCT 310: Intermediate Accounting I:

• FASB codification of accounting standards
• FASB conceptual framework for financial accounting
• Accounting for the time value of money
• Fair value accounting

Respond to one or more of the following questions:

a) Explain how the demand for accountants and CPAs affects earning potential in the accounting profession.

b) To what extent does the earning potential affect your decision to continue your studies in accounting? Why?

c) What certifications interest you and how do they relate to your career goals? This could be the CPA, but there are other certifications!

**Respond to the below Discussion Post**

Read the articles and discuss the problems of Economic Inequality in the U.S.economy, summarize key points and post in the the Discussions area:

1)      1) Making a Mockery of the American Dream

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2015/03/27/income-inequality-makes-a-mockery-of-the-american-dream

By Mortimer B. Zuckerman - March 27, 2015

2)      Why More Education Won’t Fix Economic Inequality

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/upshot/why-more-education-wont-fix-economic-inequality.html?abt=0002&abg=1

March 31, 2015

   3)      Inequality. On important but irrelevant facts

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/01/inequality-0?zid=293&ah=e50f636873b42369614615ba3c16df4a

   4)      Competition Policy. Crossing continents

http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21596669-competition-authorities-are-increasingly-reaching-beyond-their-countries-borders-crossing?zid=293&ah=e50f636873b42369614615ba3c16df4a

 5) Go to the internet and find an article that discusses the problems of income unequality in the U.S. economy, summarize key points and post in the Discussions area.