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📑 Critical Accounting

Scholarly works that challenge conventional accounting practices, exposing how financial reporting can obscure power, inequality, and environmental harm. These books treat numbers as political acts.
The Audit Society
by Michael Power • 1997
A critique of auditing: how it undermines the very trust and performance it seeks to secure.
3.92
36
🔍 Audit Culture🏛️ New Public Management📏 Performance Measurement
The Audit Society Summary
The Audit Society 91%
A critique of auditing: how it undermines the very trust and performance it seeks to secure.
by Michael Power 1997
3.92
36 ratings
🔍 Audit Culture🏛️ New Public Management📏 Performance Measurement
Intermediate Accounting
by Donald E. Kieso • 1902
GAAP and IFRS are principles, not recipes. Here is how professional judgment fills the gap.
3.95
814
📊 Financial Reporting📋 Accounting Standards⚖️ Professional Judgment
Intermediate Accounting Summary
Intermediate Accounting 90%
GAAP and IFRS are principles, not recipes. Here is how professional judgment fills the gap.
by Donald E. Kieso 1902
3.95
814 ratings
📊 Financial Reporting📋 Accounting Standards⚖️ Professional Judgment
Financial Statement Analysis
by Martin S. Fridson • 1991
Financial statements are not snapshots; they are arguments. What they conceal, and how to find it.
4.12
395
📊 Financial Statement Analysis🔍 Forensic Accounting🎭 Accounting Manipulation
Financial Statement Analysis Summary
Financial Statement Analysis 90%
Financial statements are not snapshots; they are arguments. What they conceal, and how to find it.
by Martin S. Fridson 1991
4.12
395 ratings
📊 Financial Statement Analysis🔍 Forensic Accounting🎭 Accounting Manipulation
Financial Accounting
by Jerry J. Weygandt • 2010
Master the language of business: where every transaction hits twice, and the equation never breaks.
4.14
144
🧮 Financial Accounting🏛️ Accounting Fundamentals📈 Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Accounting Summary
Financial Accounting 90%
Master the language of business: where every transaction hits twice, and the equation never breaks.
by Jerry J. Weygandt 2010
4.14
144 ratings
🧮 Financial Accounting🏛️ Accounting Fundamentals📈 Financial Statement Analysis
The Utopia of Rules
by David Graeber • 2013
Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.
4.02
7k+
🌍 Political Anthropology🗄️ Bureaucratic Critique⚡ Structural Violence
The Utopia of Rules Summary
The Utopia of Rules 90%
Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.
by David Graeber 2013
4.02
7k+ ratings
🌍 Political Anthropology🗄️ Bureaucratic Critique⚡ Structural Violence
Treasure Islands
by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
4.18
2k+
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands 90%
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011
4.18
2k+ ratings
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime
Pound Foolish
by Helaine Olen • 2012
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
3.67
2k+
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help
Pound Foolish Summary
Pound Foolish 89%
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
by Helaine Olen 2012
3.67
2k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
by William K. Black • 1995
Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.
4.06
185
🏦 Financial Fraud🏛️ Regulatory Capture📊 Accounting Fraud
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One 89%
Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.
by William K. Black 1995
4.06
185 ratings
🏦 Financial Fraud🏛️ Regulatory Capture📊 Accounting Fraud
Bullshit Jobs
by David Graeber • 2018
Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.
4.02
35k+
🏭 Critique Of Capitalism🏛️ Economic Anthropology💼 Meaningful Work
Bullshit Jobs Summary
Bullshit Jobs 89%
Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.
by David Graeber 2018
4.02
35k+ ratings
🏭 Critique Of Capitalism🏛️ Economic Anthropology💼 Meaningful Work
Accounting For Dummies
by John A. Tracy • 2016
Three statements that expose a company's real health, and how anyone can learn to read them.
3.59
497
📊 Accounting Basics📄 Financial Statements📋 Managerial Accounting
Accounting For Dummies Summary
Accounting For Dummies 89%
Three statements that expose a company's real health, and how anyone can learn to read them.
by John A. Tracy 2016
3.59
497 ratings
📊 Accounting Basics📄 Financial Statements📋 Managerial Accounting
Culture Jam
by Kalle Lasn • 1999
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
3.63
2k+
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam 89%
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
by Kalle Lasn 1999
3.63
2k+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism
Perfectly Legal
by David Cay Johnston • 2003
America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.
4.12
796
🏛️ Political Economy🔎 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality
Perfectly Legal Summary
Perfectly Legal 89%
America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.
by David Cay Johnston 2003
4.12
796 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🔎 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality
Financial Shenanigans, Fourth Edition
by Howard M. Schilit • 1993
Revenue faked, costs disguised, cash flow gamed: a forensic guide to the whole accounting playbook.
4.24
3k+
🔍 Forensic Accounting📊 Financial Statement Analysis🎭 Earnings Manipulation
Financial Shenanigans, Fourth Edition Summary
Financial Shenanigans, Fourth Edition 89%
Revenue faked, costs disguised, cash flow gamed: a forensic guide to the whole accounting playbook.
by Howard M. Schilit 1993
4.24
3k+ ratings
🔍 Forensic Accounting📊 Financial Statement Analysis🎭 Earnings Manipulation
Exile on Wall Street
by Mike Mayo • 2011
Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.
3.69
260
🏦 Banking Industry📖 Wall Street Memoirs📉 Financial Crises
Exile on Wall Street Summary
Exile on Wall Street 89%
Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.
by Mike Mayo 2011
3.69
260 ratings
🏦 Banking Industry📖 Wall Street Memoirs📉 Financial Crises
Escape from Capitalism
by Clara E. Mattei • 2026
Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.
4.20
342
🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism📊 Political Economy💸 Austerity Politics
Escape from Capitalism Summary
Escape from Capitalism 89%
Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.
by Clara E. Mattei 2026
4.20
342 ratings
🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism📊 Political Economy💸 Austerity Politics
Wars and Capital (Semiotext
by Éric Alliez • 2016
Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.
3.93
29
🧠 Continental Philosophy📊 Political Economy⚔️ War And Capitalism
Wars and Capital (Semiotext Summary
Wars and Capital (Semiotext 89%
Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.
by Éric Alliez 2016
3.93
29 ratings
🧠 Continental Philosophy📊 Political Economy⚔️ War And Capitalism
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer • 2014
Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.
4.02
149
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich 89%
Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.
by Andrew Sayer 2014
4.02
149 ratings
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization
Consequences of Capitalism
by Noam Chomsky • 2020
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
4.33
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism
Consequences of Capitalism Summary
Consequences of Capitalism 89%
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
by Noam Chomsky 2020
4.33
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism
The Smartest Guys in the Room
by Bethany McLean • 2003
Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.
4.22
28k+
🏢 Corporate Fraud📊 Accounting Manipulation🏛️ Corporate Governance
The Smartest Guys in the Room Summary
The Smartest Guys in the Room 89%
Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.
by Bethany McLean 2003
4.22
28k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Fraud📊 Accounting Manipulation🏛️ Corporate Governance
Lying for Money
by Dan Davies • 2018
Fraud is the price of trust: a predictable equilibrium with its own rules, not a system glitch.
3.99
1k+
🕵️ White Collar Crime🤝 Systems Of Trust🪤 Perverse Incentives
Lying for Money Summary
Lying for Money 89%
Fraud is the price of trust: a predictable equilibrium with its own rules, not a system glitch.
by Dan Davies 2018
3.99
1k+ ratings
🕵️ White Collar Crime🤝 Systems Of Trust🪤 Perverse Incentives
The Acquisitive Society
by R.H. Tawney • 1920
When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.
4.09
110
🏛️ Political Economy💰 Critique Of Capitalism✝️ Christian Socialism
The Acquisitive Society Summary
The Acquisitive Society 89%
When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.
by R.H. Tawney 1920
4.09
110 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy💰 Critique Of Capitalism✝️ Christian Socialism
The End of Reality
by Jonathan Taplin • 2023
Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?
3.92
540
🏢 Tech Oligarchy🐍 Libertarian Critique👁️ Surveillance Capitalism
The End of Reality Summary
The End of Reality 89%
Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?
by Jonathan Taplin 2023
3.92
540 ratings
🏢 Tech Oligarchy🐍 Libertarian Critique👁️ Surveillance Capitalism
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
by Slavoj Žižek • 2018
The Communist Manifesto foresaw virtual money, debt bondage, false choices. But offered no way out.
3.57
822
🔻 Marxist Theory🧠 Critical Theory🏛️ Political Economy
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto 89%
The Communist Manifesto foresaw virtual money, debt bondage, false choices. But offered no way out.
by Slavoj Žižek 2018
3.57
822 ratings
🔻 Marxist Theory🧠 Critical Theory🏛️ Political Economy
Griftopia
by Matt Taibbi • 2010
From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.
4.16
10k+
📰 Financial Journalism🫧 Bubble Economics🏛️ Systemic Corruption
Griftopia Summary
Griftopia 89%
From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.
by Matt Taibbi 2010
4.16
10k+ ratings
📰 Financial Journalism🫧 Bubble Economics🏛️ Systemic Corruption
The Road to Freedom
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024
Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.
3.98
857
🏛️ Political Economy⚖️ Economic Justice📉 Market Failure
The Road to Freedom Summary
The Road to Freedom 89%
Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024
3.98
857 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy⚖️ Economic Justice📉 Market Failure
The Big Con
by Mariana Mazzucato • 2023
Consultancies charge steep fees while offloading risk; governments are their biggest marks.
3.61
2k+
💼 Management Consulting🏛️ Outsourcing Governance⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest
The Big Con Summary
The Big Con 89%
Consultancies charge steep fees while offloading risk; governments are their biggest marks.
by Mariana Mazzucato 2023
3.61
2k+ ratings
💼 Management Consulting🏛️ Outsourcing Governance⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest
When McKinsey Comes to Town
by Walt Bogdanich • 2022
McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.
3.80
12k+
🏢 Consulting Industry🏛️ Corporate Power🔍 Investigative Journalism
When McKinsey Comes to Town Summary
When McKinsey Comes to Town 89%
McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.
by Walt Bogdanich 2022
3.80
12k+ ratings
🏢 Consulting Industry🏛️ Corporate Power🔍 Investigative Journalism
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins • 2016
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
3.93
8k+
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 89%
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
by John Perkins 2016
3.93
8k+ ratings
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts
Fooling some of the People all of the time
by David Einhorn • 2007
He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.
4.01
4k+
🔍 Corporate Fraud📉 Short Selling⚡ Activist Investing
Fooling some of the People all of the time Summary
Fooling some of the People all of the time 89%
He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.
by David Einhorn 2007
4.01
4k+ ratings
🔍 Corporate Fraud📉 Short Selling⚡ Activist Investing
Killing the Host
by Michael Hudson • 2013
Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.
4.34
387
🏦 Financialization🏛️ Political Economy💸 Debt Cycles
Killing the Host Summary
Killing the Host 89%
Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.
by Michael Hudson 2013
4.34
387 ratings
🏦 Financialization🏛️ Political Economy💸 Debt Cycles
Accounting Made Simple
by Mike Piper • 2013
The principles that keep a company's books balanced, with no jargon and no wasted pages.
3.94
6k+
🧾 Financial Accounting💼 Business Finance📄 Financial Statements
Accounting Made Simple Summary
Accounting Made Simple 89%
The principles that keep a company's books balanced, with no jargon and no wasted pages.
by Mike Piper 2013
3.94
6k+ ratings
🧾 Financial Accounting💼 Business Finance📄 Financial Statements
Money Men
by Dan McCrum • 2022
When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.
4.03
3k+
🏦 Corporate Fraud🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowers
Money Men Summary
Money Men 89%
When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.
by Dan McCrum 2022
4.03
3k+ ratings
🏦 Corporate Fraud🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowers
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger • 2002
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
4.14
1k+
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World 89%
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
by John Pilger 2002
4.14
1k+ ratings
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
Manufacturing Consent
by Edward S. Herman • 1988
Why a free press produces propaganda as reliably as a state ministry: the structural answer.
4.23
25k+
📰 Media Criticism📢 Propaganda Studies⚙️ Structural Bias
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent 89%
Why a free press produces propaganda as reliably as a state ministry: the structural answer.
by Edward S. Herman 1988
4.23
25k+ ratings
📰 Media Criticism📢 Propaganda Studies⚙️ Structural Bias
Damned Lies and Statistics
by Joel Best • 1998
Every statistic conceals a choice: what to count, what to ignore, and whose agenda it serves.
3.72
830
📊 Statistical Literacy📰 Media Criticism🏗️ Social Constructionism
Damned Lies and Statistics Summary
Damned Lies and Statistics 89%
Every statistic conceals a choice: what to count, what to ignore, and whose agenda it serves.
by Joel Best 1998
3.72
830 ratings
📊 Statistical Literacy📰 Media Criticism🏗️ Social Constructionism
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang • 2020
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
3.61
1k+
🌐 Internet Economy👀 Attention Economy💥 Market Bubbles
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis 89%
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
by Tim Hwang 2020
3.61
1k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Economy👀 Attention Economy💥 Market Bubbles
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
by Steve Keen • 2017
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
4.22
281
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 89%
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
by Steve Keen 2017
4.22
281 ratings
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money
Trouble in Paradise
by Slavoj Žižek • 2014
Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.
3.73
1k+
🏛️ Critical Theory👁️ Cultural Critique🏴 Anti-Capitalism
Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise 89%
Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.
by Slavoj Žižek 2014
3.73
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Critical Theory👁️ Cultural Critique🏴 Anti-Capitalism
The Great Indian Fraud
by Smarak Swain • 2020
Financial innovation outruns regulation by years. In that gap, India's biggest frauds are built.
4.21
77
🕵️ Financial Fraud🏢 Corporate Crime💰 Money Laundering
The Great Indian Fraud Summary
The Great Indian Fraud 89%
Financial innovation outruns regulation by years. In that gap, India's biggest frauds are built.
by Smarak Swain 2020
4.21
77 ratings
🕵️ Financial Fraud🏢 Corporate Crime💰 Money Laundering
Butler to the World
by Oliver Bullough • 2022
How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.
3.98
3k+
🏝️ Offshore Finance💸 Money Laundering🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Butler to the World Summary
Butler to the World 89%
How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.
by Oliver Bullough 2022
3.98
3k+ ratings
🏝️ Offshore Finance💸 Money Laundering🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Very Bad People
by Patrick Alley • 2022
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
4.05
799
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism
Very Bad People Summary
Very Bad People 89%
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
by Patrick Alley 2022
4.05
799 ratings
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism
The Key Man
by Simon Clark • 2021
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
4.18
3k+
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud
The Key Man Summary
The Key Man 89%
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
by Simon Clark 2021
4.18
3k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud
A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 1
by David Harvey • 2010
Capital, Volume 1, decoded: a guided tour through every concept, contradiction, and hidden argument.
4.26
2k+
📈 Political Economy📚 Marxist Theory🔍 Capitalist Critique
A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 1 Summary
A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 1 89%
Capital, Volume 1, decoded: a guided tour through every concept, contradiction, and hidden argument.
by David Harvey 2010
4.26
2k+ ratings
📈 Political Economy📚 Marxist Theory🔍 Capitalist Critique
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
by Jeffrey H. Reiman • 1979
The justice system ignores corporate harm and targets the poor. That failure is its real job.
3.94
589
⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform🔍 Critical Criminology💰 Class And Inequality
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Summary
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison 89%
The justice system ignores corporate harm and targets the poor. That failure is its real job.
by Jeffrey H. Reiman 1979
3.94
589 ratings
⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform🔍 Critical Criminology💰 Class And Inequality
Our Lives in Their Portfolios
by Brett Christophers • 2023
The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.
4.00
303
🔑 Rentier Capitalism📊 Financialization🏦 Institutional Investment
Our Lives in Their Portfolios Summary
Our Lives in Their Portfolios 89%
The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.
by Brett Christophers 2023
4.00
303 ratings
🔑 Rentier Capitalism📊 Financialization🏦 Institutional Investment
Lights Out
by Thomas Gryta • 2020
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
3.92
5k+
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out 88%
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
by Thomas Gryta 2020
3.92
5k+ ratings
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline
Bad Company
by Megan Greenwell • 2025
Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.
4.03
5k+
🏢 Private Equity📉 Economic Inequality⚖️ Corporate Accountability
Bad Company Summary
Bad Company 88%
Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.
by Megan Greenwell 2025
4.03
5k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity📉 Economic Inequality⚖️ Corporate Accountability
The Accounting Game
by Darrell Mullis • 1998
A lemonade stand, a box of receipts, and the three sheets that reveal if your business survives.
4.27
1k+
🧮 Introductory Accounting💡 Financial Literacy🏪 Small Business Finance
The Accounting Game Summary
The Accounting Game 88%
A lemonade stand, a box of receipts, and the three sheets that reveal if your business survives.
by Darrell Mullis 1998
4.27
1k+ ratings
🧮 Introductory Accounting💡 Financial Literacy🏪 Small Business Finance
The Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord • 1967
Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.
4.03
24k+
📚 Critical Theory🎭 Situationist🛒 Commodity Culture
The Society of the Spectacle Summary
The Society of the Spectacle 88%
Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.
by Guy Debord 1967
4.03
24k+ ratings
📚 Critical Theory🎭 Situationist🛒 Commodity Culture
The People's Business
by Lee Drutman • 2004
Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.
4.33
12
🏛️ Corporate Accountability⚖️ Corporate Personhood💰 Money In Politics
The People's Business Summary
The People's Business 88%
Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.
by Lee Drutman 2004
4.33
12 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Accountability⚖️ Corporate Personhood💰 Money In Politics
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