The Reckoning - Financial Accountability and the Making and Breaking of Nations

Shows how the use and misuse of financial bookkeeping has determined the fates of entire societies. Combining rigorous scholarship and fresh storytelling, this book traces the surprisingly powerful influence of accounting on financial and political stability, from the powerful Medici bank in 14th century Italy to the 2008 financial crisis.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Soll, Soll Jacob
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2014
• EAN: 9781846146411
• ISBN: 978-1-84614-641-1
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 245 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; Finanzpolitik, Wirtschaftsgeschichte