Students are often overwhelmed by the amount of information presented in the introductory financial accounting course, while instructors often want their students to better grasp "the big picture." Fundamentals of Financial Accounting Concepts delivers a unique approach to building accounting skills while maintaining a more traditional use of debits and credits. Through this method, the authors drive students' curiosity and inspire them to ask the "why" questions that get at the heart of how ...

Essential knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards for students of global accounting This important work provides the tools global accounting students need to understand international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and how they are applied in practice. This text emphasizes fair value, proper accounting for financial instruments, and new developments in international accounting. By presenting IFRS in light of current accounting practice, this book helps students gain prac...

An essential and intuitive treatment of financial accounting with an international perspective The use of International Financial Reporting Standards is growing rapidly, both outside of the United States and within, especially as IFRS incorporates more US GAAP rules. In the newly updated fifth edition of Financial Accounting with International Financial Reporting Standards, a team of accomplished financial practitioners and educators delivers the newest version of their highly anticipated tex...

A startling look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism transformed American politics, resulting in the emergence of populism and authoritarianism, the fall of the Democratic Party—while also providing the steps needed to create a new democracy.

Americans once had a coherent and clear understanding of political tyranny, one crafted by Thomas Jefferson and updated for the industrial age by Louis Brandeis. A concentration of power, whether in the hands of a military di...

Gain a complete grounding in Accounting and Finance and develop the skills necessary to work with financial information in the business environment. "A comprehensive, accessible and user-friendly text that employs contemporary, real-life examples, promotes critical thinking and reflects the latest international rules and regulations. A most valuable resource." Dr Christos Begkos, Associate Professor Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester Accounting and Finance: An Intro...

For one-semester undergraduate or graduate courses in accounting information systems. Accounting Information Systems delivers the most unprecedented coverage of each major approach to teaching AIS, giving instructors the opportunity to reorder chapters and focus the material to suit their individual course needs. The 15th Edition, Global Edition covers all of the most recent updates in AIS, including how developments in IT affect business processes and controls, the effect of recent regulator...

How do you explain that accountancy belongs to an industry with one of the highest labour shortages, while the working conditions are good, and how do you explain that very few people start the accountancy course and actually become accountants?

By doing research after this, I came to a discovery. I found out that young people know what an accountant does and how he does it, but often not why.

To change this in the long term, I wrote this book, 'Why Am I Accountant'. In the book I give tools...