Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
By: Liaquat Ahamed
4.19
Format: 144 pages,
With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late …
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4.30
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
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"Time is a variable continuum."-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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By: Roger Lowenstein
4.20
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
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3. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
By: Roger Lowenstein , Edwin Lefèvre
4.18
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
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"If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month. But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a blessed thing"-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
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4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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By: Sebastian Mallaby
4.10
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
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6. Liar's Poker
By: Michael Lewis
4.15
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
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By: Sebastian Mallaby
2.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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4.01
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10. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
By: Liaquat Ahamed
4.19
Format: 144 pages,
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3.11
Format: 216 pages,
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3.48
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3.67
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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3.88
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3.86
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
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4.27
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3.94
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3.49
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3.69
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3.37
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4.44
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4.47
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4.34
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4.03
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4.70
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4.21
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4.07
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29. Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government
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3.80
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30. The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
By: Christopher Leonard
4.34
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