Books by Liaquat Ahamed
Lords of Finance
by Liaquat Ahamed
Barry Ritholtz says: It covers a 50-year period from before World War I and leading up to World War II. Even if you’re not interested in finance, it’s a great read.
David J Lynch says: We get this general education in schools that follows the basic themes of presidents and wars and that kind of thing, and then there’s this alternative history of finance and economics. 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. A buddy of mine described it as The Guns of August for global finance and I think that sums it up nicely.
Interviews where books by Liaquat Ahamed were recommended
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
