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Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world / Liaquat Ahamed.

Ahamed, Liaquat.
2009
332.10922 A285l 2009
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Title
Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world / Liaquat Ahamed.
Author
Ahamed, Liaquat.
ISBN
9781594201820
159420182X
Imprint
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
564 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
332.10922 A285l 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)233548111
(OCoLC)233548111
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-544) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
pt. 1. 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
pt. 2. After the deluge, 1919-23.
Demented inspirations
Uncle Shylock
A barbarous relic
pt. 3. 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
pt. 4. Reaping another whirlwind, 1928-33.
Into the vortex
Purging the rottenness
Magneto trouble
A loose cannon on the deck of the world
Gold fetters
pt. 5. Aftermath, 1933-1944.
Gold standard on the booze
The caravans move on
Epilogue.
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