{"product_id":"lords-of-finance-1929-the-great-depression-and-the-bankers-who-broke-the-world-9781847943002","title":"Lords of Finance: 1929, The Great Depression, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLords of Finance\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet these men, the four bankers who truly broke the world: the enigmatic \u003cb\u003eNorman Montagu\u003c\/b\u003eof the bank of England, \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Strong\u003c\/b\u003e of the NY Federal Reserve, the arrogant yet brilliant \u003cb\u003eHjalmar Schacht\u003c\/b\u003e of the Reichsbanlk and the xenophobic \u003cb\u003eEmile Moreau\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Highly readable... [Ahamed] \u003cb\u003ecannot have foreseen how timely his book would be\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Niall Ferguson * FT *\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e...  a \u003cb\u003ebrisk, original, incisive\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eentertaining\u003c\/b\u003e account of a crucial time in the world's economic history that continues to affect us all today. \u003cb\u003eAnyone who wants to understand the origins of the economic world we live in would do well to read this book'\u003c\/b\u003e * Michael Beschloss *\u003cbr\u003eOne of those rare books - \u003cb\u003eauthoritative, readable and relevant - \u003c\/b\u003ethat \u003cb\u003eputs the \"story\" back into history\u003c\/b\u003e... a \u003cb\u003espellbinding\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003erichly human\u003c\/b\u003e [and] \u003cb\u003ecinematic\u003c\/b\u003e narrative. * Strobe Talbott *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA great read.\u003c\/b\u003e * George Soros *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing\u003c\/b\u003e [and] \u003cb\u003eprovocative\u003c\/b\u003e, not least because it is still \u003cb\u003erelevant\u003c\/b\u003e. * The Economist *","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742230557015,"sku":"9781847943002","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781847943002.jpg?v=1720060558","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lords-of-finance-1929-the-great-depression-and-the-bankers-who-broke-the-world-9781847943002","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}