Bean Counters : The Triumph of the Accountants and How They Broke Capitalism

'a Devastating Exposé.' Mail On Sunday They Helped Cause The 2008 Financial Crash. They Created A Global Tax Avoidance Industry. They Lurk Behind The Scenes At Every Level Of Government... The World's 'big Four' Accountancy Firms - Pwc, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, And Kpmg - Have Become A Gilded Elite. Up In The High Six Figures, An Average Partner Salary Rivals That Of A Premier League Footballer. But How Has The Seemingly Humdrum Profession Of Accountancy Got To This Level? And What Is The Price We Pay For Their Excesses? Leading Investigative Journalist Richard Brooks Charts The Profession's Rise To Global Influence And Offers A Gripping Exposé Of The Accountancy Industry. From Underpinning Global Tax Avoidance To Corrupting World Football, Bean Counters Reveals How The Accountants Have Used Their Central Role In The Economy To Sell Management Consultancy Services That Send Billions In Fees Its Way. A Compelling History Informed By Numerous Insider Interviews, This Is Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In How Our Economy Works And The Future Of Accountancy. The world's 'Big 4' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG - have become a gilded elite. Up in the high six figures, an average partner salary rivals that of a premier league footballer. But how has the seemingly humdrum profession of accountancy got to this level? And what is the price we pay for their triumph? Leading investigative journalist and former senior tax inspector Richard Brooks offers a ground-breaking exposé of the accountancy industry and its secret rise to vast global influence. Charting the profession's history from humble agrarian beginnings to its underappreciated role in the financial crash of 2008, Brooks explores how the industry hides behind its 'boring' image to ruthlessly exploit the financial system which depends on it. From underpinning global tax avoidance to corrupting world football, Beancounters reveals how the accountants use their central role in the economy to sell management consultancy services that... The world's 'Big Four' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG - have become a gilded elite. Up in the high six figures, an average partner salary rivals that of a Premier League footballer. But how has the seemingly humdrum profession of accountancy got to this level? And what is the price we pay for their excesses?0Leading investigative journalist Richard Brooks charts the profession's rise to global influence and offers a gripping expose of the accountancy industry. From underpinning global tax avoidance to corrupting world football, Bean Counters reveals how the accountants have used their central role in the economy to sell management consultancy services that send billions in fees its way. A compelling history informed by numerous insider interviews, this is essential reading for anyone interested in how our economy works and the future of accountancy 'A devastating expose.' Mail on Sunday They helped cause the 2008 financial crash. They created a global tax avoidance industry. They lurk behind the scenes at every level of government... The world's 'Big Four' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG - have become a gilded elite, with an average partner's salary rivalling that of a Premier League footballer. How has this seemingly humdrum profession achieved this, and what price are we paying for their excesses? Informed by numerous insider interviews, investigative journalist Richard Brooks charts the profession's rise to global influence and offers a gripping expose of the accountancy industry. This is essential reading for anyone interested in how our economy really works A compelling expose revealing how the world's accountants are running the world for their own benefit. A compelling exposé revealing how the world's accountants are running the world for their own benefit.