Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

图书标准信息

• 作者 Liaquat Ahamed 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2009-12
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780143116806
• 定价 157.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 576页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Winnerofthe2010PulitzerPrize

"Amagisterialwork...Youcan'thelpthinkingabouttheeconomiccrisiswe'relivingthroughnow."--TheNewYorkTimesBookReview

ItiscommonlybelievedthattheGreatDepressionthatbeganin1929resultedfromaconfluenceofeventsbeyondanyoneperson'sorgovernment'scontrol.Infact,asLiaquatAhamedreveals,itwasthedecisionsmadebyasmallnumberofcentralbankersthatweretheprimarycauseofthateconomicmeltdown,theeffectsofwhichsetthestageforWorldWarIIandreverberatedfordecades.Asyetanotherperiodofeconomicturmoilmakesheadlinestoday,LordsofFinanceisapotentreminderoftheenormousimpactthatthedecisionsofcentralbankerscanhave,theirfallibility,andtheterriblehumanconsequencesthatcanresultwhentheyarewrong.

【作者简介】

LiaquatAhamedhasbeenaprofessionalinvestmentmanagerfor25years.HehasworkedattheWorldBankinWashingtonD.C.andtheNewYorkbasedpartnershipofFischerFrancisTreesandWatts,whereheservedasChiefExecutive.Heiscurrentlyanadvisertoseveralhedgefundgroups,includingtheRockCreekGroupandtheRohatynGroup,isadirectorofAspenInsuranceCo.andisontheboardofTrusteesoftheBrookingsInstitution.HehasdegreesineconomicsfromHarvardandCambridgeUniversities.

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作者简介

　　Liaquat Ahmed has been a professional investment manager for twenty-five years. He has worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C., and the New York-based partnership of Fischer Francis Trees and Watts, where he served as chief executive.