More Than a Numbers Game

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"With his solid credentials--a CPA, CMA and Harvard MBA, aswell as the current treasurer of Progressive Insurance--Kingproves himself to be the insider, the historian, the yenta of theaccounting profession. More Than a Numbers Gameoffers enoughinsights to give occasional pause even to those who have a realgrasp of the wheres and whys behind the regulations that are dearto the heart of every practitioner." (Journal ofAccountancy, May 2007) "The author is at his best when telling stories, whether of thetwists and turns in specific accounting standards from the 1940s tothe present, of the accounting transgressions of Enron, GlobalCrossing, WorldCom, and HealthSouth, or of the factors leading tothe demise of Arthur Andersen. ... King's gift for renderingcomplex ideas into easily understandable explanations, all in aconversational style, makes this book accessible to the generalinvesting public as well.... This refreshing book is awell-researched, well-written, and intelligent explanation ofmodern-day U.S. accounting and how it has evolved to its presentstate." (The CPA Journal, April 2007) "King's chapter on volatility shows how U.S. companies canaccount for transactions in foreign currencies three differentways, all of them legitimate. His chapter about the Sarbanes-Oxleycorporate disclosure laws has an astute analysis of the accountingfrauds at Enron and WorldCom that begat that legislation."(Newsweek, April 16, 2007) "This demystifying book is likely to interest corporate folk whowant to understand better the whys of the accountingpractices they use, as well as inquiring investors." (HarvardMagazine, November-December 2006) "Inspired by a 1998 speech by former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt,this book addresses the why of accounting instead of the how,providing practitioners and students with a highly readable historyof U.S. corporate accounting." (SmartPros Accounting News& Insights, September 2006)