Ebook: Bean counters: the triumph of the accountants and how they broke capitalism

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Prologue; Introduction: Meet the Bean Counters; Part I From the Tigris to Wall Street: A Noble Profession's Ignoble History; 1 Merchants and Mayhem; 2 Full Steam Ahead; 3 Accountancy Goes Wrong; 4 Trust Me, I'm a Consultant; 5 Free for All; 6 Crash!; Part II False Prophets: The Price We Pay for the Failure of the Bean Counters; 7 Duty Free; 8 Great Britain, LLP; 9 Crime and Very Little Punishment; 10 Far from Home; 11 Unreformed and Unrepentant; Conclusion: What Can Be Done?; Appendix: The Big Four Family Trees; Acknowledgements