Lords of Finance is a brisk, original, incisive and entertaining account of a crucial time in the world's economic history that continues to affect us all today. He weaves a spell-binding, richly human, cinematic narrative about a pivotal episode in the last century that resonates with the headlines of today.'- Strobe Talbott, president, Brookings Institution and author of The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States and the Quest for a Global Nation, 'In this fascinating book Liaquat Ahamed offers us the best of his talents as economist, historian, biographer and financier.

And what a storyteller they have found in Liaquat Ahamed. Unlucky and unwise as they were powerful, they presided over a global economic debacle that led to a world war. It stars four quirky, mysterious, and headstrong central bankers, masters of the universe in their era. Anyone who wants to understand the origins of the economic world we live in would do well to read this book.'- Michael Beschloss, author of Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How they Changed America 'Here is one of those rare books-authoritative, readable and relevant-that puts the 'story' back into history. 'In this fascinating book Liaquat Ahamed offers us the best of his talents as economist, historian, biographer and financier.

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