Lords of Finance

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Pulitzer Prize Winner (2010), Liaquat Ahamed's *Lords of Finance* challenges the common belief that the 1929 Great Depression was an uncontrollable event. This "magisterial" (New York Times Book Review) and "absorbing study" (The Economist) reveals how the catastrophic decisions of a small group of central bankers were its primary cause, setting the stage for World War II and reverberating for decades. A potent and "highly readable" (Financial Times) reminder of leadership's fallibility and the profound human consequences of economic policy, this work remains powerfully relevant amidst ongoing global financial turmoil.