Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

  • 18h 33m 24s
  • Liaquat Ahamed
  • Recorded Books, Inc.
  • 2009

With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century.

In this Audiobook

  • Chapter 1 - Prologue
  • Chapter 2 - A Strange and Lonely Man
  • Chapter 3 - The Young Wizard
  • Chapter 4 - A Safe Pair of Hands
  • Chapter 5 - L'Inspecteur des Finances
  • Chapter 6 - Money Generals
  • Chapter 7 - Demented Inspirations
  • Chapter 8 - Uncle Shylock
  • Chapter 9 - A Barbarous Relic
  • Chapter 10 - A Bridge Between Chaos and Hope
  • Chapter 11 - The Dawes Opening
  • Chapter 12 - The Golden Chancellor
  • Chapter 13 - La Bataille
  • Chapter 14 - The First Squalls
  • Chapter 15 - Un Petit Coup de Whisky
  • Chapter 16 - Into the Vortex
  • Chapter 17 - Purging the Rottenness
  • Chapter 18 - Magneto Trouble
  • Chapter 19 - A Loose Cannon on the Deck of the World
  • Chapter 20 - Gold Fetters
  • Chapter 21 - Gold Standard on the Booze
  • Chapter 22 - The Caravans Move on
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