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FASB Board Member Linsmeier Defends Fair-Value Accounting

October 19th, 2009 · Filed under: Events · MPA

Posted by Tracy Mueller

On Oct. 13, the MPA Distinguished Speaker Lyceum hosted Tom Linsmeier (left), a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Fifth-year MPA student Doug Bedell shared this dispatch from Linsmeier’s talk, which he says was “one of the most riveting” Lyceum talks yet:
Dr. Linsmeier’s speech passionately defended fair-value accounting, a subject that, as of late, has [...]

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