According to Bloomberg News, about $24.8 billion of US office buildings were in distress at the end of the second quarter, resulting in a higher amount of real estate worries than the leading commercial real estate laggards — hotels and retail properties. Questions: Source: Gittelsohn, J. (2023). Distressed US Offices Jump to $24.8 Billion, More… Read more »
Posts Tagged: decision making
Hidden Blacklist
According to Politico, the new tax law includes a little-noticed blacklist barring people working in certain fields, and earning more than $157,500, from claiming a new 20 percent deduction for unincorporated businesses called pass-throughs. Questions: Why did the Congressmen decide that pass-throughs should be limited? Who ultimately gets to make the decision? According to Acting IRS… Read more »
Will your digital brain let you slow down?
What are the consequences of reading with the interactivity of the Internet? Researchers warn that people seem to be developing digital brains with new circuits for skimming through the torrent of information online and this is actually competing with our traditional deep reading circuitry. Questions: 1. How do you think that this could impact auditors… Read more »
Blogging without a license
Here’s an interesting case to watch. Steve Cooksey eats what he professes to be “a cave man diet.” On his blog, he says that it has lot of meat and greens, but no bread or pasta. He claims that the diet has helped him conquer diabetes. In North Carolina, where he lives, “assessing the nutritional… Read more »