Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance by Jane Gleeson-White

Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance

Jane Gleeson-White

294 pages paperback 2011

6 editions

nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
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Filled with colorful characters and history, Double Entry takes us from the ancient origins of accounting in Mesopotamia to the frontiers of modern finance. At the heart of the story is double-entry bookkeeping: the first system that allowed merch...

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