Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance [Paperback]

Filled with colorful characters and history,Entertaining and informative.Lucidly presented. . . . An accessible introduction to this key development in the history of capitalism.Stimulating. . . . Fascinating.A timely, topical, readable, and thought-provoking look at the history and legacy of double-entry bookkeeping.Elegantly written . . . charts the epic journey of the humble device that showed how to count the cost of everything, from the Doges Palace to the acrobatics of John Maynard Keyness General Theory.A stimulating approach that presents a compelling outline for further detailed review.Starred review. Lively and elegantly written account of the history of double-entry bookkeeping.... This dynamic examination of the impact and legacy of double-entry bookkeeping is sure to appeal to those in the accounting profession, business leaders, and history buffs, and will likely become required reading in business school curricula.