LeBor, Adam.

Tower of Basel : the shadowy history of the secret bank that runs the world / Adam LeBor. - 1st ed. - New York : Public Affairs, c2013. - xxiii, 323 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-307) and index.

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" -- BUNDESREICH. United States to Europe: Unite, or Else -- All is Forgiven -- The German Phoenix Arises -- The Rise of the Desk-Murderers -- The Tower Arises -- MELTDOWN. The Second Tower -- The All-Seeing Eye -- The Citadel Cracks. I. II. III.

An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank.

9781610392549 161039254X

2012361252


Bank for International Settlements--History--20th century.
Bank for International Settlements--History--21st century.


Banks and banking, International.
International finance.

HG3881.5.B38 / L43 2013

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