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003 OCoLC
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008 090805s2009 nyuacd e 001 0deng d
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020 $a9780143116806 (pbk.)
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050 14 $aHG172.A2$bA43 2009
082 0 $a332.1092/2$222
100 1 $aAhamed, Liaquat.
245 10 $aLords of finance :$bthe bankers who broke the world /$cLiaquat Ahamed.
260 $aNew York :$bPenguin Books,$cc2009.
300 $a564 p. :$bill., ports., chart ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [533]-544) and index.
505 0 $apt. 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.
520 $aWith 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.
600 10 $aNorman, Montagu,$d1871-1950.
600 10 $aMoreau, Emile,$d1868-1950.
600 10 $aSchacht, Hjalmar Horace Greeley,$d1877-1970.
600 10 $aStrong, Benjamin,$d1872-1928.
650 0 $aCapitalists and financiers$vBiography.
650 0 $aBankers$vBiography.
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0008516651
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n3140978
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