Accounting as simulacrum and hyperreality: perspectives on income and capital - The twilight of the real

@inproceedings{Macintosh2000AccountingAS,
  title={Accounting as simulacrum and hyperreality: perspectives on income and capital - The twilight of the real},
  author={Norman B. Macintosh},
  year={2000}
}
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