2010 Arthur Ross Book Award Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Speaker

Liaquat Ahamed

Author, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

Presider

James F. Hoge Jr.

Peter G. Peterson Chair and Editor, Foreign Affairs

Liaquat Ahamed discusses his book, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, recipient of the 2010 Arthur Ross Book Award.

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