{"product_id":"9781847943002-lords-of-finance","title":"Lords of Finance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers who Broke the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War. Yet the economic meltdown could have been avoided, had it not been for the decisions taken by a small number of central bankers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLords of Finance\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet these men, the four bankers who truly broke the world: the enigmatic \u003cb\u003eNorman Montagu\u003c\/b\u003eof the bank of England, \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Strong\u003c\/b\u003e of the NY Federal Reserve, the arrogant yet brilliant \u003cb\u003eHjalmar Schacht\u003c\/b\u003e of the Reichsbanlk and the xenophobic \u003cb\u003eEmile Moreau\u003c\/b\u003e of the Banque de France. Their names were lost to history, their lives and actions forgotten, until now. Liaquat Ahamed tells their story in vivid and gripping detail, in a timely and arresting reminder that individuals - their ambitions, limitations and human nature - lie at the very heart of global catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40946010259553,"sku":"9781847943002","price":24.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32376203.jpg?v=1737203303","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847943002-lords-of-finance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}