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Copyright © Liaquat Ahamed, 2009

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Anonyme; pp. 242 and 290 : Federal Reserve Bank of New York; p. 346 : MPI/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; p. 394 :
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LIBRARY of CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Ahamed, Liaquat.
Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world / Liaquat Ahamed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN: 9781440697968

1. Capitalists and financiers—Biography. 2. Bankers—Biography. I. Title.
HG172.A2A43 2009
332.1092’2--dc22 2008044512

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