The life and times of the wealthiest man who ever lived--Jacob Fugger--the Renaissance banker who revolutionized the art of making money and established the radical idea of pursuing wealth for its own sake. Jacob Fugger lived in Germany at the turn of the sixteenth century, the …
Offering an understanding of the global nature of financial crises, this title is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, of their fallibility, and of the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong.
Offering an understanding of the global nature of financial crises, this title is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, of their fallibility, and of the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong.
Offering an understanding of the global nature of financial crises, this title is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, of their fallibility, and of the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong.
La quatrième de couverture indique : "The current economic crisis has only one parallel : the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930's, which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War. Yet…
Offering an understanding of the global nature of financial crises, this title is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, of their fallibility, and of the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong.
Offering an understanding of the global nature of financial crises, this title is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, of their fallibility, and of the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong.
"All The Presidents' Bankers is a compelling narrative of how a small group of private bankers and their financial institutions shaped America's economy and its global position since the start of the twentieth century. Through personal, political and professional networks, these…
