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Lords of Finance：The Bankers Who Broke the World

内容简介

"Amagisterialwork...Youcan'thelpthinkingabouttheeconomiccrisiswe'relivingthroughnow."—TheNewYorkTimesBookReviewItiscommonlybelievedthattheGreatDepressionthatbeganin1929resultedfromaconfluenceofeventsbeyondanyoneperson'sorgovernment'scontrol.Infact,asLiaquatAhamedreveals,itwasthedecisionsmadebyasmallnumberofcentralbankersthatweretheprimarycauseofthateconomicmeltdown,theeffectsofwhichsetthestageforWorldWarIIandreverberatedfordecades.Asyetanotherperiodofeconomicturmoilmakesheadlinestoday,LordsofFinanceisapotentreminderoftheenormousimpactthatthedecisionsofcentralbankerscanhave,theirfallibility,andtheterriblehumanconsequencesthatcanresultwhentheyarewrong.2010PulitzerPrizeWinnerforHistory2009FinancialTimes/GoldmanSachsBusinessBookoftheYearwinner.

作者简介

LiaquatAhamedhasbeenaprofessionalinvestmentmanagerfortwenty-fiveyears.HehasworkedattheWorldBankinWashington,D.C.,andtheNewYork-basedpartnershipofFischerFrancisTreesandWatts,whereheservedaschiefexecutive.Heiscurrentlyanadvisertoseveralhedgefundgroups,includingtheRockCreekGroupandtheRohatynGroup,isadirectorofAspenInsuranceCo.,andisontheboardoftrusteesoftheBrookingsInstitution.HehasdegreesineconomicsfromHarvardandCambridgeuniversities.

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