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Language
English
Description
With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers unforgettable portraits of four men--Montagu Norman, Amile Moreau, Hjalmar Schacht, and Benjamin Strong--whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
On the death of France's most glorious king, Louis XIV, in 1715, few people benefited from the shift in power more than the intriguing financial genius from Edinburgh, John Law. Law had proposed to the English monarch that a bank be established to issue paper money with the credit based on the value of land. But Queen Anne was not about to take advice from a gambler and felon. So, in exile in Paris, he convinced the bankrupt court of Louis XV of the...
9) Prince of darkness: the untold story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's first black millionaire
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A prominent historian brings to life the story of a man who defied every convention of his time by becoming Wall Street's first black millionaire in pre-Civil War New York, marrying a white woman, owning railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride and outsmarting his contemporaries." --
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Bill Browder's lawyer was murdered in a Moscow jail, Browder vowed to bring the killers to justice. But in tracking them, he uncovered Vladimir Putin's campaign to steal untold billions and kill anyone in his way."--
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Newport is known as the yachting capital of the world, and it reached its zenith during the period between 1917 and 1946. Many of the nation's captains of finance and industry skippered legendary yachts that formed an argosy of splendor that has never been eclipsed."--
12) Soros
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Billionaire activist George Soros is one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. He is maligned by ideologues on both the left and the right for daring to tackle the world's problems. With unprecedented access to the man and his inner circle, director Jesse Dylan follows Soros and pulls back the curtain on his personal history, private wealth, and public activism." --
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Open Society philanthropist recounts how he survived World War II in Budapest despite his Jewish ancestry, the ambitions that led to his Wall Street Success, and his role in the fight against totalitarianism and communism.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The George Soros conspiracy is a frequent right-wing talking point: he pays protesters and influences elections. But the left isn't standing up to defend the billionaire who supports leftist causes. Reporter Emily Tamkin explores the genesis of Soros's influence and the truth of the conspiracies that surround him"--
For years hedge fund tycoon George Soros has been demonized by GOP politicians, fringe outlets, and right-wing media personalities,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn, and George Soros all started with nothing--and made billion-dollar fortunes solely by investing. But their investment strategies are so widely divergent, what could they possibly have in common' As Mark Tier demonstrates in this insightful book, the secrets that made Buffet, Icahn, and Soros the world's three richest investors are the same mental habits and strategies they all practice religiously. However, these are mental...
