Lords of Finance
The Bankers Who Broke the World
Liaquat Ahamed - Author
ISBN 9780143116806 | 576 pages | 29 Dec 2009 | Penguin | 8.26 x 5.23in | 18 - AND UP
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Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award: Winner 2009
Pulitzer Prize for History: Winner 2010
Arthur Ross Book Award
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"A magisterial work...You can't help thinking about the economic crisis we're living through now." --The New York Times Book Review
It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of that economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades. As yet another period of economic turmoil makes headlines today, Lords of Finance is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, their fallibility, and the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong.
Part One: The Unexpected Storm
1. Prologue
Part Two: After The Deluge
7. Demented Inspirations
10. A Bridge Between Chaos and Hope
Part Four: Reaping Another Whirlwind
16. Into the Vortex
Part Five: Aftermath
21. Gold Standard on the Booze
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