Lords of Finance

The Bankers Who Broke the World

Business & Finance, Business Reference, Business Ethics, Corporate History, Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
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Author: Liaquat Ahamed ISBN: 9781440697968
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: January 22, 2009
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: Liaquat Ahamed
ISBN: 9781440697968
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: January 22, 2009
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: English

**Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize

"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.

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**Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize

"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.

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