{"product_id":"more-than-a-numbers-game-thomas-a-king-9780470008737","title":"More Than a Numbers Game: A Brief History of Accounting","description":"The 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 \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e of accounting instead of the \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e, providing practitioners and students with a highly readable history of U.S. corporate accounting. \u003ci\u003eMore Than a Numbers Game: A Brief History of Accounting\u003c\/i\u003e was inspired by Arthur Levitt's landmark 1998 speech delivered at New York University. The Securities and Exchange Commission chairman described the too-little challenged custom of earnings management and presaged the breakdown in the US corporate accounting three years later. \u003cp\u003eSomehow, over a one-hundred year period, accounting morphed from a tool used by American railroad managers to communicate with absent British investors into an enabler of corporate fraud. How this happened makes for a good business story. This book is not another description of accounting scandals. Instead it offers a history of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach chapter covers a controversial topic that emerged over the past century. Historical background and discussion of people involved give relevance to concepts discussed. The author shows how economics, finance, law and business customs contributed to accounting's development. Ideas presented come from a career spent working with accounting information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas A. King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0470008733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780470008737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.40w x 0.91d","brand":"Thomas A. King","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993000345855,"sku":"9780470008737","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a366b82-355b-4664-91e9-48217eca8bfd.jpg?v=1683321969","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/more-than-a-numbers-game-thomas-a-king-9780470008737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}