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The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations
The Reckoning Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations
Author: Jacob Soll
Whether building a road or fighting a war, leaders from ancient Mesopotamia to the present have relied on financial accounting to track their state?s assets and guide its policies. Basic accounting tools such as auditing and double-entry bookkeeping form the basis of modern capitalism and the nation-state. Yet our appreciation for accounting and...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465031528
ISBN-10: 0465031528
Publication Date: 4/29/2014
Pages: 312
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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