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200 10$aMore than a numbers game$b[electronic resource] $ea brief history of accounting /$fThomas A. King
210   $aHoboken, N.J. $cJohn Wiley & Sons$dc2006
215   $a1 online resource (258 p.)
225 1 $aWiley Finance ;$vv.363
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.
327   $aDouble-entry -- Railroads -- Taxes -- Costs -- Disclosure -- Standards -- Science -- Inflation -- Volatility -- Intangibles -- Debt -- Options -- Earnings -- SOX -- Epilogue.
330   $aThe world certainly suffers no shortage of accounting texts. The many out there help readers prepare, audit, interpret and explain corporate financial statements. What has been missing is a book offering context and discussion for divisive issues such as taxes, debt, options, and earnings volatility. King addresses the why of accounting instead of the how, providing practitioners and students with a highly readable history of U.S. corporate accounting. More Than a Numbers Game: A Brief History of Accounting was inspired by Arthur Levitt's landmark 1998 speech delivered at 
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