The Money Lenders

by Anthony Sampson

Very Good Soft cover Text/BRAND NEW w/trace waffling to upper text corner pgs 1 - 14 from water spill, faint margin discoloration. Soft cover/VG; Strong & sound w/rubs & faint creasings to edges and surfaces. Survey of the world banking scene; a probe into the inter-relationship between bankers and nations from 14th century England through 19th century Ameirca to the developing world of the 1980s. Superbankers include Chase Manhattan, Citibank; debt-ridden regimes include Poland, Iran, Brazil & Zaire ... fascinating history. 22 1, Midas & the Ass; 2, Who Keeps the World?; 3, The Bankers' Disgrace (1781 - 1939); 4, The Brotherhood of Man; 5, The Superbankers; 6, The Other World; 7, London & the Eurodollards; 8, The Secret Hoard; 9, The Crashes of '74; 10, The Frontiers of Chaos; 11, the Eye of God; 12, The Supercompetitors; 13, Money Machines; 14, The Global Marketplace; 15, Grey Eminences; 16, An Island in the Sun; 17, Iran & the 'Great Satan'; 18, Country Risk; 19, The World Banker; 20, A New Order?; 21, The Financial Sheriff; and, 22, The Dangerous Edge.

Genres: Economics, History, Nonfiction, Finance

377 pages, Paperback

First published January 18, 1982

Reviews

[Suditi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was so informational and educational.

[Milad Sadati]

about history of international baking and bankers likes rockefellers owner of chase manhattan rothschild family owner of rothschild bank also banking operations gives loans by international banks to countries or persons and takes principal and interest on loans and explain about market shock therapy in chili after pinochet coup