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008 110913s2011 xna b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aGleeson-White, Jane.
245 10 $aDouble entry :$bhow the merchants of Venice shaped the modern world : and how their invention could make or break the planet /$cJane Gleeson-White.
260 $aCrows Nest, N.S.W. :$bAllen & Unwin,$c2011.
300 $a294 pages ;$c22 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface: Bobby Kennedy and the wealth of nations and corporations -- 1. Accounting: our first communications technology -- 2. Merchants and mathematics -- 3. Luca Pacioli: from Sansepolcro to celebrity -- 4. Pacioli's landmark bookkeeping treatise of 1494 -- 5. Venetian double entry goes viral -- 6. Double entry morphs: the industrial revolution and the birth of a profession -- 7. Double entry and capitalism -- chicken and egg? -- 8. John Maynard Keynes, double entry and the wealth of nations -- 9. The rise and scandalous rise of a profession -- 10. Gross Domestic Product and how accounting could make or break the planet.
520 $aA fascinating exploration of how a simple system used to measure and record wealth spawned a cultural revolution. Prepare to have your idea of accounting changed forever.
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