Lords of finance
Subtitle: the bankers who broke the world
By: Liaquat Ahamed
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780143116806
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-544) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The unexpected storm, August 1914.; title: Prologue; title: A strange and lonely man; title: The young wizard; title: A safe pair of hands; title: L'inspecteur des finances; title: Money generals; title: pt. 2. After the deluge, 1919-23.; title: Demented inspirations; title: Uncle Shylock; title: A barbarous relic; title: pt. 3. Sowing a new wind, 1923-28.; title: A bridge between chaos and hope; title: The Dawes opening; title: The golden chancellor; title: La Bataille; title: The first squalls; title: Un petit coup de whisky; title: pt. 4. Reaping another whirlwind, 1928-33.; title: Into the vortex; title: Purging the rottenness; title: Magneto trouble; title: A loose cannon on the deck of the world; title: Gold fetters; title: pt. 5. Aftermath, 1933-1944.; title: Gold standard on the booze; title: The caravans move on; title: Epilogue.