Books by Liaquat Ahamed
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If you enjoyed Liaquat Ahamed’s Lords of Finance , and his take on the 1920’s, and you are looking for something comparable on postwar economic reconstruction, this is the place to go.
9. Liaquat Ahamed, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World .
I've read only fifteen or so pages and I'm already convinced it's one of the must-read books relevant to the financial crisis. The other two books which come to mind are Lords of Finance and The Partnership , neither of which covers the crisis directly but both offer essential background.
That is from pp.442-3 of Liaquat Ahamed’s Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World , a truly timely book.
That is from Liaquat Ahamed’s Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World , which I am still enjoying. Here is my previous post on the book .
I am enjoying this book very much, though it terrifies me as well. I hadn’t known that Norman, later in his life, thought he could walk through walls. Nor did I know that in the 1920s one-third of the population of the state of Colorado lived there as a (supposed) respite from tuberculosis. You can buy it here .