bWinner of the Pulitzer Prize pErudite, entertaining macroeconomic history of the lead-up to the Great Depression as seen through the careers of the West's principal bankers . . . Spellbinding, insightful and, perhaps most important, timely. b--iKirkus Reviewsi starredb pThere is terrific prescience to be found in iLords of Finance'si portrait of times past . . . A writer of great verve and erudition, Ahamed easily connects the dots between the economic crises that rocked the world during the years his book covers and the fiscal emergencies that beset us today. b--biThe New York Timesib pIt is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of that economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades. As we continue