Lords of Finance
The Bankers Who Broke the World
by Liaquat Ahamed
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Banking, Economics, and Most Recommended Books.
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 re...
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