Windmill Books
Writer Liaquat Ahamed tells the story of the crash of 1929 told from the point of view of the central bank chiefs of the US, Britain, France, and Germany.
It's a fantastically detailed personal account — based on letters and diaries — of the men who controlled the world's currencies during the historic financial crisis that continues to dominate how we think about economics today.
The power of the drama lies in the book's gradually unfolding revelation that those in charge of the great banks of the day did not themselves truly understand how capitalism worked (even though many of their colleagues had personal fortunes at stake) as they made error after error after error ...