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The reckoning : financial accountability and the rise and fall of nations /

For centuries, the importance of financial accounting has been well understood. Essential to building businesses, states, and even empires, accounting has also helped leaders measure their power and craft their policies. When practiced poorly or neglected, accounting has contributed to cycles of des...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Soll, Jacob, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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