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The Need to Reform the Dangerous IFRS System of Accounting

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  • Richard Jacques

    (Autorité des Normes Comptables (ANC) Committee, Dauphine University of Paris, Paris, France)

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As a fundamental instrument of financial capitalism the today’s IFRS system of accounting is not only totally unsuitable for the needs of a new ecological world but also represents a serious menace for the development of a sound economic system. The goal of this article is to explain the main reasons for this criticism and to suggest some elements of reconstruction of the today’s accounting system with a new international environmental accounting to be promoted by the European Union.

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  • Richard Jacques, 2017. "The Need to Reform the Dangerous IFRS System of Accounting," Accounting, Economics, and Law: A Convivium, De Gruyter, vol. 7(2), pages 93-103, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:aelcon:v:7:y:2017:i:2:p:93-103:n:13
    DOI: 10.1515/ael-2017-0017
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