The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations

Name: The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations
Rating: 3.87 (371 reviews)
Author: Jacob Soll
ISBN: 9780465031528

Jacob Soll

371 ratings by Goodreads

Language: English

Published by Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, New York, 2014

0465031528 / 9780465031528

Hardcover
Used

See all details

Seller: Aspen Book Co., Denver, CO, U.S.A.Aspen Book Co.

5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since January 29, 2025

View this seller's items

Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

£ 8.38

Free Shipping

Ships within U.S.A.

Quantity: 1 available

Add to basket

Free 30-day returns

Save for laterCreate a Want for similar items

Item description from seller

The book is in good condition with a sturdy hardcover binding. There are no inscriptions, signatures, or library markings. The spine and cover show minimal wear, and the pages are clean and intact. The presence of a dust jacket is unknown based on available images. unknown (no dust jacket visible).

Seller Inventory # A14-B5-ICR-HTV-0381

Contact seller about this item

Report this item

Title: The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations
Author: Jacob Soll
Publisher: Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, New York
Publication year: 2014
Condition: Good
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0465031528
ISBN 13: 9780465031528

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 ignorant 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 economic 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 economic 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.

"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Aspen Book Co.

Denver, CO, U.S.A.

5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since January 29, 2025

Shipping rates within U.S.A.

Item	5 to 14 business days	2 to 5 business days
First item	£ 0.00	£ 5.17

Delivery times are set by sellers and vary by carrier and location. Orders passing through Customs may face delays and buyers are responsible for any associated duties or fees. Sellers may contact you regarding additional charges to cover any increased costs to ship your items.

Payment methods

Store description

Aspen Book Company is a Colorado bookstore that breathes new life into loved books. We recycle and resell a diverse collection, connecting readers with their next favorite story while helping the environment.

Specialty

High quality and some hard to find books. Comic books and graphic novels, and lots of other fiction and non-fiction books.

Seller's business information

PINKERTON COLLECTIVE LLC

1868 E 117th ct
Northglenn, CO U.S.A. 80233

Contact sellerView this seller's itemsView seller's storefront

Terms of sale

Company name: Pinkerton Collective LLC.
Business Address:
80 E 62nd Ave. Unit 105A
Denver, CO 80216
Email: info@aspenbookco.com
Authorized Representitive: Jacob Pinkerton

Right of withdrawal

If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.

Information regarding the right of withdrawal

Statutory right to withdraw

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.

The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.

To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.

To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.

Effects of withdrawal

If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).

We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.

We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.

We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.

We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.

You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Aspen Book Co., Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., +1 7206631151, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.

Exceptions to the right of withdrawal

The right of withdrawal does not apply to:

The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.

Shipping terms

International packages exceeding 3 lbs may require additional postage.

The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations

Item description from seller

Bibliographic details

Synopsis

About the title

About the Author