Liaquat Ahamed is senior investment officer at the World Bank. Sebastian Edwards is associate professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Liaquat Ahamed, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World 0 likes Like Having grown up poor, in a society where class and family background were still overwhelming factors, he had learned the hard way that in a hostile world he could rely only on himself. Is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, their fallibility, and the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong. As yet another period of economic turmoil makes headlines today, San Francisco Book Company 17 rue Monsieur le Prince 75006 PARIS France Phone +33.(0)1.43.29.15.70. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of that economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades.

It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. He worked as a professional economist at the World Bank during the 1980s and since then as an investment manager. 'A magisterial work.You can't help thinking about the economic crisis we're living through now.' - Liaquat Ahamed India Transformed: 25 years of economic reforms Flagship reforms for a more effective African Union: A conversation with Rwandan President Paul. LIAQUAT AHAMED holds degrees in economics from the Universities of Cambridge and Harvard.

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