Liaquat Ahamed

Author of “Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World"

Liaquat Ahamed appears in the following:

Financial Distrust is as American as Apple Pie

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Liaquat Ahamed examines cycles of resentment against bankers throughout American history.

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G-20: Assessing the Health of the Global Economy

Thursday, September 24, 2009

The G-20 summit gets underway today in Pittsburgh, and world leaders are hoping this big economic pow-wow will help stabilize a global economy still struggling back to its feet. For a...

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Lords of Finance: What the Great Depression can teach the G-20

Thursday, April 02, 2009

The G-20 summit is underway in London and world leaders are hoping the day will end with a new global deal for tackling the worldwide recession. It’s a moment that reminds our next gu...

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Lords of Finance

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Many people think the Great Depression resulted from a chain of events that no one person of government could control. Liaquat Ahamed reveals that, in fact, a small number of bankers were primarily responsible for the economic meltdown in his book Lords of Finance.

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