Books by Liaquat Ahamed
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
by Liaquat Ahamed
🏆 Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for History
“Lords of Finance gives you that alternative history, particularly through the inter-war years from the end of World War I into the Great Depression.” Read more...
The best books on Economic History
David J Lynch, Political Commentator
Interviews where books by Liaquat Ahamed were recommended
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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
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Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War
by Edda L. Fields-Black -
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No Right to An Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
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Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
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Cuba: An American History
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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
by Nicole Eustace
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Every year, the Pulitzer Prize jury awards $15,000 to a “distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the United States.” We’ve compiled a guide to the winning books since the turn of the millennium.
The best books on Causes of the Financial Crisis, recommended by Barry Ritholtz
Wall Street money manager Barry Ritholtz diagnoses the ills of America’s political and economic system in a fizzing, irreverent analysis (with promised f-bombs thrown in). He recommends the best books on the causes of the financial crisis.
The best books on Economic History, recommended by David J Lynch
The author of When the Luck of the Irish Ran Out says the villains were reckless banks that binged on cheap capital to fuel a housing and credit bubble that was larger even than that in the US
