Jane Gleeson-White is the author of Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance, which won the 2012 Waverley Library Award for Literature. Gleeson-White has degrees in economics and literature from the University of Sydney.
"Entertaining and informative."
*The Economist*
"Lucidly presented. . . . An accessible introduction to this key
development in the history of capitalism."
*Edward Chancellor - Wall Street Journal*
"Stimulating. . . . Fascinating."
*Drew DeSilver - Seattle Times*
"A timely, topical, readable, and thought-provoking look at the
history and legacy of double-entry bookkeeping."
*Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed*
"Elegantly written . . . charts the epic journey of the humble
device that showed how to count the cost of everything, from the
Doge’s Palace to the acrobatics of John Maynard Keynes’s General
Theory."
*Nicholas Wapshott, author of Keynes Hayek*
"A stimulating approach that presents a compelling outline for
further detailed review."
*Kirkus Reviews*
"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."
*Publishers Weekly*
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