All the presidents' bankers : the hidden alliances that drive American power / Nomi Prins.
2014
332.10973 P957a 2014
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Title
All the presidents' bankers : the hidden alliances that drive American power / Nomi Prins.
Author
ISBN
9781568587493 (hardback)
156858749X (hardback)
9781568584911 (electronic)
156858749X (hardback)
9781568584911 (electronic)
Published
New York : Nation Books, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xvii, 521 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
332.10973 P957a 2014
System Control No.
(OCoLC)841892985
(OCoLC)841892985
(OCoLC)841892985
Summary
"All The Presidents' Bankers is a compelling narrative of how a small group of private bankers and their financial institutions shaped America's economy and its global position since the start of the twentieth century. Through personal, political and professional networks, these bankers strategically exercised, and continue to exercise, disproportionate control over the destiny of billions of people. Nomi Prins offers an explosive account of how this came to be, and how the banks continue to influence the world economy and dominate government. Aligning the complex relationships between political and financial leaders since the early 1900s, Prins exposes the elite bankers that served as unelected leaders and confidants, acting as a shadow government concealed behind the US presidency from Wilson to Obama. With eye-opening correspondence culled from Presidential libraries across the country, against a timeline of two world wars and multiple market crashes, All The Presidents' Bankers traces the shocking consequences of a system in which there is no line between public office and private power"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-502) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
When the President needed the bankers
The early 1910s : post-panic creature and party posturing
The mid-1910s : bankers go to war
The late 1910s : peace treaties and domestic politics
The 1920s : political isolationism, financial internationalism
1929 : the room at 23 Wall, crash, and Big-Six take
The early 1930s : tenuous times, tax-evading titans
The mid- to late 1930s : policing Wall Street, World War II
The early to mid-1940s : World War II, bankers, and war bucks
The late 1940s : world reconstruction and private bankers
The 1950s : Eisenhower's buds, Cold War, hot money
The early 1960s : "go-go" youth, murders, and global finance
The mid- to late 1960s : progressive policies and bankers' economy
The early to mid-1970s : corruption, gold, oil, and bankruptcies
The late 1970s : inflation, hostages, and bankers
The early to mid-1980s : free-market rules, bankers compete
The late 1980s : Third World staggers, S&Ls implode
The early to mid-1990s : killer instinct, bank wars. and the rise of Goldman Sachs
The late 1990s : currency crises and Glass-Steagall demise
The 2000 : multiple crises, the new Big Six, and global catastrophe.
The early 1910s : post-panic creature and party posturing
The mid-1910s : bankers go to war
The late 1910s : peace treaties and domestic politics
The 1920s : political isolationism, financial internationalism
1929 : the room at 23 Wall, crash, and Big-Six take
The early 1930s : tenuous times, tax-evading titans
The mid- to late 1930s : policing Wall Street, World War II
The early to mid-1940s : World War II, bankers, and war bucks
The late 1940s : world reconstruction and private bankers
The 1950s : Eisenhower's buds, Cold War, hot money
The early 1960s : "go-go" youth, murders, and global finance
The mid- to late 1960s : progressive policies and bankers' economy
The early to mid-1970s : corruption, gold, oil, and bankruptcies
The late 1970s : inflation, hostages, and bankers
The early to mid-1980s : free-market rules, bankers compete
The late 1980s : Third World staggers, S&Ls implode
The early to mid-1990s : killer instinct, bank wars. and the rise of Goldman Sachs
The late 1990s : currency crises and Glass-Steagall demise
The 2000 : multiple crises, the new Big Six, and global catastrophe.
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