October 29, 2009
London, 29 October 2009 – Liaquat Ahamed today won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2009 for Lords of Finance: 1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers Who Broke the World, published by William Heinemann.
The Award was presented today at a gala dinner at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London by Lionel Barber, editor, Financial Times, and Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Goldman Sachs. The keynote speaker was The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills.
Lord Mandelson said: “The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book Award celebrates books that are not just about running a business but are also about the social, political, and even ethical landscape in which business is done. This is the business that I deal with as a Minister, and which shapes our economy.”
Read at source: http://www2.goldmansachs.com/our-firm/press/press-releases/current/2009-business-book-award.html
Ismailimail 
Liaquat Ahamed is brilliant. His critique of the present financial crisis and his comments on the crisis of the 30’s shows his masterly knowledge and brilliance. Thanks for sharing.
Mansur.
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