Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

Resumen del libro

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.



Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award: Winner 2009

Biografía del autor

Liaquat Ahamed es un economista formado en las universidades de Harvard y Cambridge. Trabajó como inversor financiero durante 25 años y ha sido asesor del Banco Mundial y director general de Fischer Francis Trees and Watts. Actualmente ejerce de consultor para numerosos fondos de inversión, entre los que se incluyen el Rock Creek Group y el Rohatyn Group. Es también director de la Aspen Insurance Co. y está en el consejo de administración de la Brookings Institution.