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Tower of Basel : the shadowy history of the secret bank that runs the world / Adam LeBor.

Author: LeBor, Adam.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Public Affairs, c2013.

Descriptionxxiii, 323 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

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

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



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Bank for International Settlements -- History -- 20th century.
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Banks and banking, International.
International finance.