Accounting for History in Marx''s Capital The Missing Link

The book reinterprets Marx's historical materialism as a world accounting history, answers his critics, and supports his theory with accounting evidence from history. It explains Marx's prediction of the inevitability of socialism, and outlines the necessary tasks of critical accounting for Marxists to get Day One.

About the author

Rob Bryer is professor emeritus of accounting at Warwick University.

Summary

The book reinterprets Marx’s historical materialism as a world accounting history, answers his critics, and supports his theory with accounting evidence from history. It explains Marx’s prediction of the inevitability of socialism, and outlines the necessary tasks of critical accounting for Marxists to get Day One.

Product details

• Authors: Rob Bryer, Robert Bryer
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.07.2019
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781498551632
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5163-2
• Pages: 438
• Series: Heterodox Studies in the Critique of Political Economy; Heterodox Studies in the Criti; Heterodox Studies in the Critique of Political Economy
• Subjects: HISTORY / Ancient / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Financial, Economic history, Socialism, Ancient World, Financial Accounting, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient slavery, historical materialism, modes of production, capitalist ideology, critical accounting, pre-capitalist economic categories, world accounting history, charge and discharge accounts, ancient bookkeeping