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The Reckoning

Financial Accountability and the Making and Breaking of Nations

Jacob Soll author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:30th Apr '15

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A bold retelling of economic history reveals the central role of accounting in the rise and fall of nations.

Shows how the use and misuse of financial bookkeeping has determined the fates of entire societies. This book traces the influence of accounting on financial and political stability, from the powerful Medici bank in the 14th century Italy to the 2008 financial crisis.In The Reckoning, award-winning historian Jacob Soll shows how the use and misuse of financial bookkeeping has determined the fates of entire societies. Time and again, Soll reveals, good and honest accounting has been a tool to build successful companies, states and empires. Yet when it is neglected or falls into the wrong hands, accounting has contributed to cycles of destruction that continue to this day. Combining rigorous scholarship and fresh storytelling, The Reckoning traces the surprisingly powerful influence of accounting on financial and political stability, from the powerful Medici bank in the 14th century Italy to the 2008 financial crisis.

ISBN: 9780718193621

Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 18mm

Weight: 239g

320 pages