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Stockholders Have a Tool to Analyze Financial Statements—Why Not Stakeholders?

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Stockholders Have a Tool to Analyze Financial Statements—Why Not Stakeholders?
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John Moorlach
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May I talk to you about extensible business reporting language (XBRL)? Do a Google search, and you'll find plenty of resources to explain what this transparency and consistency software tool is. But do a search on this website, and you won’t get one match.

John Moorlach
John Moorlach
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John Moorlach is the director of the California Policy Center's Center for Public Accountability. He has served as a California State Senator and Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer-Tax Collector. In 1994, he predicted the County's bankruptcy and participated in restoring and reforming the sixth most populated county in the nation.