Lords of finance
Subtitle: the bankers who broke the world
By: Liaquat Ahamed.
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9781594201820
Subjects: Capitalists and financiers -- Biography.; Bankers -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
First sentence: On August 15, 1931, the following press statement was issued: The governor of the Bank of England has been indisposed as a result of the exceptional strain to which he has been subjected in the recent months.
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: pagenum: 1
class: section
title: Introduction; label: I
class: part
title: The Unexpected Storm, August 1914; label: 1
pagenum: 19
class: part
title: Prolog; label: 2
pagenum: 23
class: part
title: A Strange and Lonely Man; title: The Young Wizzard
pagenum: 35
class: part
label: 3; title: A Safe Pair of Hands
pagenum: 45
class: part
label: 4; label: 5
pagenum: 61
class: part
title: L'Inspecteur des Finances; title: Money Generals
pagenum: 73
class: part
label: 6; title: After the Deluge, 1919-23
class: part
label: II; title: Demented Inspirations
pagenum: 99
class: part
label: 7; label: 8
pagenum: 130
class: part
title: Uncle Shylock; label: 9
pagenum: 155
class: part
title: A Barbarous Relic; label: III
class: part
title: Sowing a New Wind, 1923-28; title: A Bridge Between Chaos and Hope
pagenum: 179
class: part
label: 10; label: 11
pagenum: 193
class: part
title: The Dawes Opening; title: The Golden Chancellor
pagenum: 217
class: part
label: 12; label: 13
pagenum: 241
class: part
title: La Bataille; label: 14
pagenum: 270
class: part
title: The First Squalls; label: 15
pagenum: 291
class: part
title: Un Pettit Coup de Whisky; label: IV
class: part
title: Reaping Another Whirlwind, 1928-33; title: Into the Vortex
pagenum: 307
class: part
label: 16; label: 17
pagenum: 347
class: part
title: Purging the Rottenness; label: 18
pagenum: 374
class: part
title: Magneto Trouble; title: A Loose Cannon on the Deck of the World
pagenum: 393
class: part
label: 19; label: 20
pagenum: 422
class: part
title: Gold Fetters; label: V
class: part
title: Aftermath, 1933-44; label: 21
pagenum: 451
class: part
title: Gold Standard on the Booze; title: The Caravans Move On
pagenum: 477
class: part
label: 22; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 498
class: part
label: 23; pagenum: 506
class: part
title: Acknowledgements; pagenum: 509
class: part
title: Notes; pagenum: 533
class: part
title: Bibliography; pagenum: 545
class: part
title: Index