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Author Ahamed, Liaquat.

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

Publisher New York : Penguin Press, 2009.

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Physical Description 564 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary This history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers 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 arguably changed the course of the twentieth century.
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-544) and index.
Contents Part I. 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 -- Part II. After the deluge, 1919-23 : Demented inspirations -- Uncle Shylock -- A barbarous relic -- Part III. 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 -- Part IV. Reaping another whirlwind, 1928-33 : Into the vortex -- Purging the rottenness -- Magneto trouble -- A loose cannon on the deck of the world -- Gold fetters -- Part V. Aftermath, 1933-1944 : Gold standard on the booze ; The caravans move on -- Epilogue.
Note Pulitzer Prize, 2010.
Subject Capitalists and financiers -- Biography.
Bankers -- Biography.