This brief introduction announces a new series of accounting classics, beginning with the nomination of Abe Briloff's book: Unaccountable Accounting: Games Accountants Play.

This editorial is based on a presentation to The City University of New York Department of Sociology and Cultural Studies Situations Salon. Drawing on the 'Twelve steps to deregulatory heaven' documented in Multinational Monitor, Friday, 6 March 2009, the authors outline their own 15 steps to...

The world financial and economic crisis is the worse since the Great Depression. But it should not be forgotten that climate change is dangerously and continuously destroying planet earth. This editorial does not deny the importance of the economic mess that bankers and hedge-fund managers have...

The collapse of ABC Learning (ABC) is replete with lessons for accountants, auditors, executives and regulators. From its early beginnings, ABC's intervention into child care provision, gave plenty of red flags for anyone paying attention. Unfortunately, the euphoria, championed by Australian's...

USA is inflicting severe damage upon both the environment and its inhabitants. In 1979, the EPA estimated that in the USA there were as many as 51,000 sites containing potentially hazardous waste. The number of sites with 'significant problems' was anywhere. The EPA noted, "Industry has shown a...