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Lords of finance the bankers who broke the world

With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers unforgettable portraits of four men--Montagu Norman, Amile Moreau, Hjalmar Schacht, and Benjamin Strong--whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks...

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Main Author: Ahamed, Liaquat.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Capitalists and financiers > Biography.
Bankers > Biography.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
Summary: With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers unforgettable portraits of four men--Montagu Norman, Amile Moreau, Hjalmar Schacht, and Benjamin Strong--whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century.
Physical Description: 564 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-544) and index.
ISBN: 9781594201820
159420182X
Author Notes: Liaquat Ahamed has been a professional investment manager for 25 years. He has worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C. and the New York based partnership of Fischer Francis Trees and Watts, where he served as Chief Executive. He is currently an adviser to several hedge fund groups, including the Rock Creek Group and the Rohatyn Group, is a director of Aspen Insurance Co. and is on the board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution. He has degrees in economics from Harvard and Cambridge Universities.

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