Lords of Finance

THE TOP TEN OF AN ANNUS HORRIBILIS

Leave a Comment / Personal, Phenomena, Pop Culture / By stefan

A wholly personal and entirely idiosyncratic ranking of the what were the very best elements of what, apart from these and a few other gems, was a beast of year: 1.) London. A full week living the life of a roving journalist, enjoying posh circumsances, a limitless credit line, and the company of smart, thoughtful …

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TALKING LORDS OF FINANCE WITH LIAQUAT AHAMED

Leave a Comment / Books & Authors, The Economy / By stefan

In his fascinating new book Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, Liaquat Ahamed pulls off the rare accomplishment of looking into a lost world and finding lessons for our own. Lords of Finance focuses on the central bankers who oversaw the economies of the world’s four most important powers in the days …

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