The matching principle, as applied to bad debts, requires:
a. that expenses be ignored if their effect on the financial statements is unimportant to users' business decisions.
b. the use of the direct write-off method for bad debts.
c. the use of the allowance method of accounting for bad debts.
d. that bad debts be disclosed in the financial statements.
e. that bad debts not be written off.

the correct answer is economics is a game without winners or losers.

unlike sports or games economic is a game without losers or winner rather it is a game where everyone wins. parties of business doing businesses exchange money with each other and hence exchange is done on the basis of goods. one party takes the goods and other sales it so there is winner on both sides. each party values more highly the good it gets than the good it gives up. both sides exchange only because both intend to increase their value. so there is no concept of lose or win.

the answer is     d. in our global economy, most job growth will be in services, but manufacturing jobs will exist, too.