Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
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Tantor Media, Inc., 2009.
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Liaquat Ahamed., Liaquat Ahamed|AUTHOR., & Stephen Hoye|READER. (2009). Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World . Tantor Media, Inc..

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Liaquat Ahamed, Liaquat Ahamed|AUTHOR and Stephen Hoye|READER. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Tantor Media, Inc, 2009.

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Liaquat Ahamed, Liaquat Ahamed|AUTHOR, and Stephen Hoye|READER. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Tantor Media, Inc., 2009.

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