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Lords of Finance
*The Battle of Bretton Woods* (2013-02-16)

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.

Lords of finance
Meta-list for best non-fiction books of 2009 (2009-12-03)

9. Liaquat Ahamed, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World .

House of Cards (2009-03-10)

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.

The Guardian Trust Company of Detroit — the good ol’ days (2008-12-24)

That is from pp.442-3 of Liaquat Ahamed’s Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World , a truly timely book.

Bagehot: Beware the busy banker (2008-12-24)

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 .

Lords of Finance (2008-12-22)

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 .

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