The Bankers Who Broke the World Ahamed, Liaquat Primary Author mixed material bibliography New York Penguin Books 2009 monographic 1st en English

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234p It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of that economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades. As yet another period of economic turmoil makes headlines today, Lords of Finance is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, their fallibility, and the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong. Capitalists and Financiers 332.10929780143116806 Podomoro University Digital Library 332.1092 Aha l lord_of_finance.jpg.jpg 728 2016-05-03 12:17:01 2016-05-03 12:17:14 machine generated