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Lords of Finance (9th March 2009)By - Chetan Parikh
It is rare to come across a book as timely, well-written and informative as Liaquat Ahamed’s ‘Lords of Finance’. For more Click here. | The Man Who Shocked The World (17th January 2009)By - Chetan Parikh
This is a well-written biography of social psychologist Stanley Milgram, famous for his ‘obedience’ experiments. For more Click here. | The Ascent of Money (9th January 2009)By - Chetan Parikh
This book appears at an appropriate juncture when the credit markets are in the intensive care unit and equity markets have followed. But, according to the author, Harvard financial historian, Niall Ferguson, hostility to financiers at times of crises is a recurrent theme in the history of human civilisation, partly because debtors always outnumber creditors, partly because of the instability that financial crises produces, and partly because finance have always been run by ethnic minorities who have built tight-knit networks of kinship and trust. For more Click here. | |
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