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by: Mike Brown, Zoe-Vonna Palmrose
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780976469407
ISBN: 0976469405
Label: Thogian Press
Manufacturer: Thogian Press
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: January 01, 2005
Publisher: Thogian Press
Release Date: January 01, 2005
Sales Rank: 924010
Studio: Thogian Press
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A philosophical and historical exploration of why accounting is central to any society based on commerce.
The book tells the story of a charming 50,000-year-old family of hunter-gatherer-recordkeepers – the Thogs – who describe how they invented or discovered the essential elements for measuring economic activities. Their story reminds today's accountants and those involved in financial reporting that the past holds much accounting wisdom for the future. While it is a work of scientific fiction, the story in general is historically accurate. Writing and arithmetic, for example, were first invented for bookkeeping.
In telling their story, the Thogs teach a team of real-life cutting-edge complexity scientists how back-to-basics accounting is vital to their agent-based economic modeling. Together, Thogs and scientists offer a glimpse of how to reformulate economics using ideas from physics and biology. The book is a light-hearted read, but it suggests that a serious breakthrough is on the horizon: the ability to test the consequences of our financial and accounting regulations in virtual reality before trying them out on you and me
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - This was a fun little book to read!
This book follows the thought processes of a group of scientists in New Mexico trying to make economics more scientific. Specifically, they are attempting to use principles from the field of quantum physics and complexity science to show how societies might evolve from simple beginnings to develop more complex economic structures like banks and stock markets. Along the way they are assisted by a fictional family of "Thogs" who have been around for some 50,000 years. These Thogs instruct the scientists ... Read More
Rating: - An Amazing Accounting Book
This book is a "great read." It tells in a creative and charming manner the story of how accounting came to be over the course of tens of thousands of years. Accounting students will enjoy it because of it's fresh approach.
But that's only half the story. At another level, there are some fairly important ideas that lie behind this book, which will be evident to all who peak into Dr. Z's backpack and read some of these pieces.
By using simple examples that resemble parables, this ... Read More
Rating: - To understand why we need accounting
This book is a great read. For anyone who wants to understand why accounting is very necessary. Easy to read--each chapter is short and makes a new point the reader had not thought about before.
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