HighFinancier
- 作者
- 出版社 PenguinUK
- 出版时间 2011年9月
- ISBN 9780141022017
- 定价 210.80
内容简介
Inthisgroundbreakingbiography,basedonmorethan10,000hithertounavailablelettersanddiaryentries,NiallFergusonreturnstohisrootsasafinancialhistoriantotellthestoryoftheextraordinarySiegmundWarburg.ArefugeefromHitler'sGermany,Warburgrosetobecomethedominantfigureinthepost-warCityofLondonandoneofthearchitectsofEuropeanfinancialintegration.Searedbyeventsinthe1930s,whenthelong-establishedWarburgbankwasfirstalmostdestroyedbytheDepressionandthen'Aryanized'bytheNazis,WarburgwasdeterminedthathisownbankwouldlearnfromthepastandcontributetotheeconomicrecoveryofBritain,theunityofWesternEuropeandthebirthofglobalization.SiegmundWarburgwasacomplexandambivalentman,asmuchapsychologist,politicianandactor-managerasabanker.InHighFinancierNiallFergusonrevealsWarburg'sidiosyncraciesbutaboveallherecapturesthemeticulousbusinessmethodsandstrictethicalcodethatsetWarburgapartfromthemerespeculatorsandtraderswhoinhabittoday'sfinancialworld.
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