On Friday, 9 May 1873 the Vienna stock market collapsed. Four months later Wall Street was in trouble. Elsewhere, as panic selling spread across financial markets, some countries defaulted on their debts, while the Bank of England was forced to raise... Zobraziť viac
It 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... Zobraziť viac
Strong, Schacht, Norman und Moreau - ihre Namen sind Legende, ihr Vermächtnis die schlimmste Weltwirtschaftskrise des letzten Jahrhunderts. Pulitzerpreisträger Liaquat Ahamed schaut ihnen über die Schulter, im Jahr 1929 an der Klippe des Abstiegs vom... Zobraziť viac
