The item you selected is unavailable, but we found something similar.

Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

The Reckoning: Financial Accountability And The Rise And Fall Of Nations - Picture 1 of 1

The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations by Jacob Soll (Hardback, 2013)

Be the first towrite a review.

ergodebooks_au (1391)
83.3% positive Feedback

Price:

AU $85.53

Free postage

Estimated delivery Wed, 5 Jun - Thu, 4 Jul

Returns:

30-day returns. Buyer pays for return postage.

Condition:

Brand new

About this product

Product Information

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 its formative role throughout history remains minimal at best,and we remain igrant at our peril. The 2008 financial crisis is only the most recent example of how poor or risky practices can shake, and even bring down, entire societies.In The Reckoning , historian and MacArthur Genius Award-winner Jacob Soll presents a sweeping history of accounting, drawing on a wealth of examples from over a millennia of human history to reveal how accounting has shaped kingdoms, empires, and entire civilizations. The Medici family of 15th century Florence used the double-entry method to win the loyalty of their clients, but eventually began to misrepresent their accounts, ultimately contributing to the ecomic decline of the Florentine state itself. In the 17th and 18th centuries, European rulers shunned honest accounting, understanding that accurate bookkeeping would constrain their spending and throw their legitimacy into question. And in fact, when King Louis XVI's director of finances published the crown's accounts in 1781, his revelations provoked a public outcry that helped to fuel the French Revolution. When transparent accounting finally took hold in the 19th Century, the practice helped England establish a global empire. But both inept and willfully misused accounting persist, as the catastrophic Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Recession of 2008 have made all too clear.A masterwork of ecomic and political history, and a radically new perspective on the recent past, The Reckoning compels us to see how accounting is an essential instrument of great institutions and nations,and one that, in our increasingly transparent and interconnected world, has never been more vital.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Basic Books, The Perseus Books Group
ISBN-10
0465031528
ISBN-13
9780465031528
eBay Product ID (ePID)
176644676

Product Key Features

Author
Jacob Soll
Format
Cloth over Boards, Hardback
Language
English
Subject
History: World & General
Type
Textbook

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
New York
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations, Figures
Author Biography
Jacob Soll is a Professor of History and Accounting at the University of Southern California. The author of Publishing The Prince and The Information Master, Soll was awarded the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2011. He lives in Los Angeles.
Date of Publication
10/10/2013
Country of Publication
United States

All listings for this product

item 1 The Reckoning: Financial Accountability And The Rise And Fall Of Nations
AU $85.53
Free postage
item 2 Jacob Soll The Reckoning (Hardback) (US IMPORT)
AU $97.55
Free postage
item 3 Jacob Soll The Reckoning (Hardback)
AU $102.33
Free postage

Best Selling in Adult Learning & University

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Adult Learning & University

A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide) and the Standard for project management by Project Management Institute (Paperback, 2021)
No ratings or reviews yet.
AU $45.09 New
---- Used
The Weed Forager's Handbook: A Guide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds in Australia by Adam Grubb, Annie Raser-Rowland (2012, Paperback)
4.8 out of 5 stars based on 88 product ratings
AU $19.95 New
AU $13.00 Used
Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices by Deb Dana (Paperback, 2020)
No ratings or reviews yet.
AU $53.12 New
AU $45.00 Used

Save on Adult Learning & University

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Adult Learning & University

Ford Falcon EF, EL/Fairlane NF, NL/LTD DF, DL 1994-1998 Haynes Workshop Manual
AU $57.95
Trending at AU $59.33
Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy: Classic Regional Approach
AU $113.94
Trending at AU $122.01
Michael Price Nick Vandome Windows 11 for Seniors in easy steps (Paperback)
AU $32.86
Trending at AU $36.05
BORN IN 1971?... 1951?BIRTHDAY...Australian Social History....Chrisi, Birthdays
AU $19.00
Trending at AU $21.79
Dr. Robert Melillo Disconnected Kids - Revised and Updated (Paperback)
AU $34.03
Trending at AU $41.39
NEW The Demon-Haunted World By Carl Sagan Paperback Free Shipping
AU $31.60
Trending at AU $32.98

Shop by category

Picture 1 of 1

The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations by Jacob Soll (Hardback, 2013)

About this product

Product Information

Product Identifiers

Product Key Features

Additional Product Features

All listings for this product

item 1 The Reckoning: Financial Accountability And The Rise And Fall Of Nations

item 2 Jacob Soll The Reckoning (Hardback) (US IMPORT)

item 3 Jacob Soll The Reckoning (Hardback)

Best Selling in Adult Learning & University

A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide) and the Standard for project management by Project Management Institute (Paperback, 2021)

The Weed Forager's Handbook: A Guide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds in Australia by Adam Grubb, Annie Raser-Rowland (2012, Paperback)

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices by Deb Dana (Paperback, 2020)

Save on Adult Learning & University

Ford Falcon EF, EL/Fairlane NF, NL/LTD DF, DL 1994-1998 Haynes Workshop Manual

Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy: Classic Regional Approach

Michael Price Nick Vandome Windows 11 for Seniors in easy steps (Paperback)

BORN IN 1971?... 1951?BIRTHDAY...Australian Social History....Chrisi, Birthdays

Dr. Robert Melillo Disconnected Kids - Revised and Updated (Paperback)

NEW The Demon-Haunted World By Carl Sagan Paperback Free Shipping

You may also like

Accounting School Textbooks & Study Guides

Accounting Adult Learning & University Books

Accounting Paperback School Textbooks & Study Guides

Accounting School Textbooks & Study Guides in English

Accounting Hardcover School Textbooks & Study Guides

Non-Fiction Accounting Fiction & Non-Fiction Books in English