Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed

Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

"A magisterial work." --New York Times Book Review

"The rich and charming story of the end of the world." --TIME

"Highly readable." --Financial Times

"This absorbing study of the first collective of central bankers is provocative, not least because it is still relevant." --The Economist

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 we continue to grapple with economic turmoil, 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.

Liaquat Ahamed has twenty-five years of experience as a professional financial manager. He has worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., and at Fischer Francis Trees and Watts in New York, where he was the chief executive. He is now an adviser to the Rock Creek Group and the Rohatyn Group, as well as a director of the Aspen Insurance Company and a member of the Brookings Institution's board of trustees. Ahamed graduated from Harvard and Cambridge universities with degrees in economics.

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ISBN 13	9780143116806
ISBN 10	0143116800
Title	Lords of Finance
Author	Liaquat Ahamed
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2009-12-29
Number of pages	576
Prizes	Winner of Arthur Ross Book Award., Winner of Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award., Winner of Pulitzer Prize (History).
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