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    Liaquat Ahamed

    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.
    1873
    1873
    The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
    Liaquat Ahamed
    Hardcover
    Jun 02, 2026
    Lords of Finance
    Lords of Finance
    The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
    Liaquat Ahamed
    Paperback
    Dec 29, 2009
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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    1873
    1873
    The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
    Liaquat Ahamed
    Hardcover
    Jun 02, 2026
    Lords of Finance
    Lords of Finance
    The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
    Liaquat Ahamed
    Paperback
    Dec 29, 2009
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Events

    Wed Jun 03 | 07:00 PM
    POLITICS & PROSE
    5015 Connecticut Ave NW
    Washington, DC 20008
    Google Map

    Tue Jun 16 | 07:00 PM
    HARVARD BOOKSTORE
    1256 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    Google Map

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