THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE The current financial crisis has only one parallel the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War Yet the economic meltdown could have been avoided had it not been for the decisions taken by a small number of central bankers In Lords of Finance we meet these men the four bankers who truly broke the world the enigmatic Norman Montaguof the bank of England Benjamin Strong of the NY Federal Reserve the arrogant yet brilliant Hjalmar Schacht of the Reichsbanlk and the xenophobic Emile Moreau of the Banque de France Their names were lost to history their lives and actions forgotten until now Liaquat Ahamed tells their story in vivid and gripping detail in a timely and arresting reminder that individuals their ambitions limitations and human nature lie at the very heart of global catastrophe
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Editorial: Random House International
ISBN: 9781847943002
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 576
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 19/03/2020
Año de edición: 2020
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Escrito por Liaquat Ahamed
Liaquat Ahamed es un economista formado en las universidades de Harvard y Cambridge. Trabajó como inversor financiero durante 25 años y ha sido asesor del Banco Mundial y director general de Fischer Francis Trees and Watts. Actualmente ejerce de consultor para numerosos fondos de inversión, entre los que se incluyen el Rock Creek Group y el Rohatyn Group. Es también director de la Aspen Insurance Co. y está en el consejo de administración de la Brookings Institution.