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Jacob Soll

· University Professor, Professor of Philosophy, History, and Accounting

University of Southern California · Philosophy

Active 1997–2025

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Jacob Soll is a University Professor and Professor of Philosophy, History, and Accounting at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on the history of information and knowledge, political history, economic history, the history of books and libraries, accounting, and the history of political and financial transparency, particularly during the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods. Soll's work examines the origins of modern politics and the modern state by exploring elements often overlooked by political historians, such as the transformation of classical works, the development of information networks, and the cultural history of accounting. He has authored several influential books, including 'Publishing The Prince,' which analyzes how Machiavelli's work was popularized and influenced modern political thought; 'The Information Master,' which investigates how Louis XIV's finance minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert used libraries, accounting, and scientific knowledge to build a modern state; and 'The Reckoning,' a comprehensive history of accounting and financial accountability that discusses how accounting has been used to build and undermine civilizations and relates to contemporary financial crises. Soll's scholarship has been recognized with numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, and NEH Fellowships. He is actively engaged in promoting accounting standards and financial transparency through meetings with political and financial leaders worldwide.

Research topics

  • Accounting
  • Business
  • Philosophy
  • Economics
  • Linguistics

Selected publications

Frequent coauthors

  • Dag Detter

    21 shared

  • Ian Ball

    London Health Sciences Centre

    21 shared

  • Willem H. Buiter

    New York Proton Center

    21 shared

  • John L. Crompton

    20 shared

  • John L. Crompton

    Texas A&M University

    1 shared

  • 明彦 村井

    1 shared

Awards & honors

  • Kazarian Foundation Fellowship (2021-2022)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Recipient,…
  • MacArthur Fellow, MacArthur Fellowship (2012)
  • Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient, John Simon Guggenheim Memor…
  • Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities (2005-2006)
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