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  Title

  Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world

  Author

  Ahamed, Liaquat.  

  Publisher:

  Penguin Press,

  Pub date:

  2009.

  Pages:

  564 p.:

  ISBN:

  9781594201820

  Item info:

  1 copy available in Adult nonfiction shelves.
  1 copy total in all locations.

  • 9781594201820
    
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    Call number	Copies	Material	Location
    332.10922 AHA	1	Book	Adult nonfiction shelves

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

  Personal Author:

  Ahamed, Liaquat.

  Title:

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

  Publication info:

  New York : Penguin Press, 2009.

  Physical description:

  564 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.

  Contents:

  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.

  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.

  Subject term:

  Capitalists and financiers--Biography.

  Subject term:

  Bankers--Biography.

  Electronic access:

  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2008044512-d.html