Lords of Finance The Bankers Who Broke the World

Name: Lords of Finance The Bankers Who Broke the World
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ISBN: 9781594201820

ISBN-10: 159420182X

ISBN-13: 9781594201820

Edition: 2009

Authors: Liaquat Ahamed

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With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century 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 taken by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of the economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades. In Lords of Finance, we meet…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/22/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.156



Introduction



The Unexpected Storm: August 1914



Prologue



A Strange and Lonely Man



The Young Wizard



A Safe Pair of Hands



L'Inspecteur des Finances



Money Generals



After the Deluge: 1919-23



Demented Inspirations



Uncle Shylock



A Barbarous Relic



Sowing a New Wind: 1923-28



A Bridge Between Chaos and Hope



The Dawes Opening



The Golden Chancellor



La Bataille



The First Squalls



Un Petit Coup de Whisky



Reaping Another Whirlwind: 1928-33



Into the Vortex



Purging the Rottenness



Magneto Trouble



A Loose Cannon on the Deck of the World



Gold Fetters



Aftermath: 1933-44



Gold Standard on the Booze



The Caravans Move on



Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index