Drawing together a 15th century Venetian monk, Leonardo da Vinci, Josiah Wedgwoo
d and the rise of corporate capitalism, Jane Gleeson-White argues that double-en
try bookkeeping is one of history's best-kept secrets and most important untold
tales. Our world is governed by the numbers generated by the accounts of nations
and corporations. We depend on these numbers to direct our governments, organis
ations, economies, societies.
