A Brief History of Double Entry Bookkeeping
Recommend on Google+
Forget X Factor, EastEnders or Loose Women. Here’s something worth staying in for if, like me, you are a big fan of double-entry bookkeeping…
You might think I’m jesting. But I really AM a big fan of double-entry bookkeeping. As a trained accountant, I spent several years pouring over incomplete records, trial balances and ledgers. When the penny drops about double-entry, its a beautiful moment - a bit like the moment when you discover how to ride a bike without stabilisers or your Dad running alongside.
So here is a BBC resource that is just made for accountants. BBC Radio 4 is running a ten-part series of short pieces (15 mins each) which trace the history of double-entry,
It started a couple of days ago, and should be availabe on iPlayer for a while.
Many thanks to Craig McLeod from Lochgelly High School for first suggesting the link.
blog comments powered by Disqus
BUSINESS TEACHER RESOURCE NEWSLETTER
Get first news of business teaching resources, ideas and other materials from tutor2u. Over 9,400 business teachers from the UK and around the world receive our regular teacher email newsletters. Sign up for free here!
Popular Topic Tags
recession, demand, prices, price, unemployment, profit, economics, costs, investment, inflation, supply, employment, trade, competition, gdp, risk, china, debt, euro, entrepreneur, capacity, production, innovation, downturn, tutor2u, revision, pay, exports, manufacturing, confidence, profits, food, incentives, banks, strategy, globalisation, aqa, expectations, oil, csr, usa, startup, retailers, housing, productivity, sterling, supermarkets, takeover, google, economies of scale, mortgage, cash flow, advertising, quiz, leadership, property, buss4, tesco, economic growth, video, efficiency, enterprise, motivation, stakeholders, apple, deflation, corporate social responsibility, ebea, market share, airlines, pricing, taxation, merger, slowdown, bank of england, acquisition, interest rates, market failure, borrowing, competitiveness, sustainability, product life cycle, credit crunch, budget deficit, aqa business studies, facebook, twitter, aqa business, bbc, nelson thornes, philip allan updates, starbucks, philip allan, monopoly, diversification, recruitment, organic growth, stocks, training, oligopoly, starter activity, shareholders, uk economy, poverty, emerging markets, dollar, government failure, retailing, management, suppliers, buss1, marketing mix, tim harford, cpi, branding, opportunity cost, breakeven, government spending, hodder education, vat, product, customer service, eu, losses, wages, evaluation, india, external growth, wealth, environment, edexcel, location, promotion, technology, information failure, business studies revision, sources of finance, franchise, aqa gce business, elasticity, regulation, spare capacity, welfare, jobs, economic cycle, marketing, zondle, strategic direction, british airways,View all tags for the Business Blog
