Fair value measurements are in the text and it involves two questions. The first questions is whether shareholders get the exact value through exit value and the second is whether one can apply a value that can come up with other values for the shareholders which may be termed as matching. The text summarizes by claiming the narrator has laid claims to the properties of valuation of historical cost accounting which are not entitled in the discussion concerning fair values.
The text has lessons to be learn in financial accounting. The first and simple lesson is that it is not that simple to develop or sate a balance sheet to make the goal of valuation real. The second most important lesson is that historical accounting is less well that fair value due to the assumptions on the required returns equally.