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A fascinating, well written book - [14 Nov 2009]
Liaquat Ahamed is a gifted writer and "Lords of Finance" is a fascinating, well written book. "Lords of Finance" is a history of central banking, in the decades leading up to the Great Depression. This history starts before the first world war and then...
"Lords of Finance" is a history of central banking, in the decades leading up to the Great...
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The eccentricities of economics and its human handlers - [11 Nov 2009]
An honestly amazing tour through the lives of the four central bankers (Strong, Norman, Moreau and Schacht) who played key roles during the 1920's and early 30's. If you desire an in-depth look at the role of the key economic players, and the evolution...
and Schacht) who played key roles during the 1920's and early 30's. If you desire an in...
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interesting perspective on major central bankers of the day - [20 Oct 2009]
This book was enjoyable to read and its audience is wide. If one wants to get a sense of the people making policy decisions, their biases and sequential actions from the time of the first world war until the great depression, this is a very interesting...
people making policy decisions, their biases and sequential actions from the time of the...
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Meanders too much - [13 Oct 2009]
This book is full of interesting information about how four central bankers drifted from the gold standard and brought about the Great Depression. It is also a portend of the current world paradigm, which has reulted in a global financial system which...
gold standard and brought about the Great Depression. It is also a portend of the current...
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'Twas ever thus - [12 Oct 2009]
Lords of Finance is about the central bankers who contributed to the Great Depression, in England, France, Germany, and the US. One of the author's theses is that although we usually think of the Great Depression as having being caused by large impersonal...
England, France, Germany, and the US. One of the author's theses is that although we usually...
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Breat Book!!! - [28 Sep 2009]
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Breat Book!!! - [28 Sep 2009]
This book gives a detailed and helpful insight on the history and monetary policy of the four major central bankers responsible of the financial collapse that entailed into the great depression
major central bankers responsible of the financial collapse that entailed into the great...
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The Human Side of International Monetary Economics - [17 Sep 2009]
"Lords of Finance" is an odd book. It uses the biographies of central bankers (and of Keynes) as a device to retell and popularize the monetary history of the 1920s and early 1930s. The story begins with World War I and Germany's Great Inflation, moves...
as a device to retell and popularize the monetary history of the 1920s and early 1930s....
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A 'Lord' of History Writing - [17 Sep 2009]
There have been enough thoughtful reviews of this book that I won't rehash the content. I will say only that in all my many, many years of history reading, I have very seldom, if ever, encountered a work that is simultaneously more wonderfully crafted...
will say only that in all my many, many years of history reading, I have very seldom, if ever...
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The Human Side of International Monetary Economics - [17 Sep 2009]
"Lords of Finance" is an odd book. It uses the biographies of central bankers (and Keynes) as a device to retell and popularize the monetary history of the 1920s and early 1930s. The story begins with World War I and Germany's Great Inflation, moves on...
as a device to retell and popularize the monetary history of the 1920s and early 1930s. The...
www.amazon.com/review/R30TKAG8PZRONO...
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