Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world / Liaquat Ahamed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahamed, Liaquat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalists and financiers--Biography.

Capitalists and financiers.

Bankers--Biography.

Bankers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

564 pages: illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2009.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part 1 The Unexpected Storm: August 1914

2 A Strange and Lonely Man 23

3 The Young Wizard 35

4 A Safe Pair of Hands 45

5 L'Inspecteur des Finances 61

6 Money Generals 73

Part 2 After the Deluge: 1919-23

7 Demented Inspirations 99

8 Uncle Shylock 130

9 A Barbarous Relic 155

Part 3 Sowing a New Wind: 1923-28

10 A Bridge Between Chaos and Hope 179

11 The Dawes Opening 193

12 The Golden Chancellor 217

13 La Bataille 241

14 The First Squalls 270

15 Un Petit Coup de Whisky 291

Part 4 Reaping Another Whirlwind: 1928-33

16 Into the Vortex 307

17 Purging the Rottenness 347

18 Magneto Trouble 374

19 A Loose Cannon on the Deck of the World 393

20 Gold Fetters 422

Part 5 Aftermath: 1933-44

21 Gold Standard on the Booze 451

22 The Caravans Move on 477.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [533]-544) and index.

ISBN:

9781594201820

159420182X

OCLC:

233548111