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

from CFR Arthur Ross Book Award

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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