Lordsof Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

金融之王：搞垮了世界的银行家们

入选《纽约时报》2009年度十大好书

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"A magisterial work...Youcan'thelp thinking about the economic crisis we're living throughnow."--The New York Times BookReview 

It is commonly believed thattheGreat Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluenceofevents beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact,asLiaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a smallnumberof central bankers that were the primary cause of thateconomicmeltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World WarII andreverberated for decades. As yet another period of economicturmoilmakes headlines today, Lords of Finance is apotentreminder of the enormous impact that the decisions ofcentralbankers can have, their fallibility, and the terriblehumanconsequences that can result when they arewrong.