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De dubbelboekhouding: aanjager van het kapitalisme

Lees in dit artikel hoe de dubbelboekhouding bij Dei Medici de aanjager werd van het kapitalisme en de opkomst van corporaties mogelijk maakte.

“Giovanni di Bicci Dei Medici turned to the double‑entry bookkeeping system and made it standard operating procedure at the Medici Bank, which forced competitors to follow suit. Being able to reliably work out how much money a business had and where it was located helped merchants grow even richer and displace aristocrats as the dominant social class. This helped to lay the groundwork for capitalism, with corporations starting to emerge after double-entry bookkeeping became the status quo.”

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