Depreciation Is the Systematic Allocation of Historical Depreciable Cost to Periods

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Essay

Depreciation is the systematic allocation of historical depreciable cost to periods in which an asset is used.Depreciation is not a cash outflow but does reduce reported income and thus retained earnings by the depreciable cost of the asset less the tax savings associated with depreciation.
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Command Systems

Economic systems where the government controls key sectors of the economy, determining what goods are produced, their prices, and distribution.

Invisible Hand

A term coined by Adam Smith to describe the self-regulating nature of the marketplace, where individuals' pursuit of self-interest leads to the benefit of society at large.

Adam Smith

An 18th-century Scottish economist known as the father of modern economics, best remembered for his theory of the invisible hand.