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  • 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World

    1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World - Hardcover

    1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World - Hardcover

    By Liaquat Ahamed

About Liaquat Ahamed Books

Liaquat Ahamed graduated with degrees in economics from Cambridge and Harvard, worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., and had a twenty-five career as a professional investment manager based in London and New York before turning to writing. His first book, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, about the lead up to the 1929 Great Depression, won the Pulitzer Prize for History, the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Gold Medal, and the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award. He is a trustee of the Putnam Funds, an adviser to the Rock Creek Group, and the Chair of the Sun Valley Writers' Conference. He lives in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. with his wife Meena.