Tower of Basel : the shadowy history of the secret bank that runs the world / Adam LeBor.
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TextPublication details: New York : Public Affairs, 2013Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiii, 323 p. ; ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781610393812 (pbk.)Subject(s): Bank for International Settlements -- History -- 20th century | Bank for International Settlements -- History -- 21st century | Banks and banking, International | International financeDDC classification: 332.155 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| JKRC Social Science Complex | JKRC Social Science Complex | 332.155 LEB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | PN105034 | BCL2963 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-307) and index.
I. KAPITAL UBER ALLES. The Bankers Know Best -- A Cozy Club in Basel -- A Most Useful Bank -- Mr. Norman Takes a Train -- An Authorized Plunder -- Hitler's American Banker -- Reassuring Wall Street -- "An Arrangement with the Enemy" -- II. BUNDESREICH. United States to Europe: Unite, or Else -- All is Forgiven -- The German Phoenix Arises -- The Rise of the Desk-Murderers -- The Tower Arises -- III. MELTDOWN. The Second Tower -- The All-Seeing Eye -- The Citadel Cracks.
An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank.
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