TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brooks,Richard
TI  - BEAN COUNTERS: the triumph of the accountants and how they broke capitalism 
SN  - 9781786490285
U1  - 657 
PY  - 2018////01/01
CY  - London
PB  - Atlantic
KW  - Accounting firms
KW  - Accountants
KW  - Accounting
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - International business enterprises
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-323) and index; Contents

List of Figures
Prologue
Introduction: Meet the Bean Counters

Part 1: From the Tigris to  Wall Stree :

1.Merchants and Mayhem
2.Full Steam Ahead
3.Accountancy Goes Wrong
4.Trust Me, I's 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
Bibliography
Notes and References
Index
N2  - The world's 'Big 4' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG - have become a gilded elite. Up in the high six figures, an average partner salary rivals that of a premier league footballer. But how has the seemingly humdrum profession of accountancy got to this level? And what is the price we pay for their triumph? Leading investigative journalist and former senior tax inspector Richard Brooks offers a ground-breaking exposé of the accountancy industry and its secret rise to vast global influence. Charting the profession's history from humble agrarian beginnings to its underappreciated role in the financial crash of 2008, Brooks explores how the industry hides behind its 'boring' image to ruthlessly exploit the financial system which depends on it
ER  -