George J. Benston graduated from Queens College in 1952 and earned his MBA in accounting and taxation from New York University in 1953. In 1963 he earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago. From 1987 to his death he was professor of finance, accounting and economics at Emory University and its Goizueta Business School, Atlanta. Before that prof. Benston was employed on the faculty of the University of Rochester for 21 years.
Quick, insightful read. Somewhat repetitive, but that is somewhat necessary to get the point across, and even with the slight repetition, the books is very short.