Financial Accounting Theory
by William R. Scott · first published 1999
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…accounting concepts and terminology is also quite useful, as another commenter said. Then the function of the central banks, why they do what they do, and how. I do recommend, to understand the GFC, Reading “Financial Accounting Theory”, by William R. Scott, pages 9-15 (section 1.3). If you want to understand dodgy accounting, this is also a good book. Aside from Mankiw’s principles of Microeconomics, Bernanke’s Principles of Macroeconomics…
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