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The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States

The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

Sebastian Mallaby
2004
480 pages · about 8h to read Open Librarygoodreads

title confirmed on his CFR expert page

About Sebastian Mallaby

Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations; former Washington Post columnist and Economist correspondent

More Money Than God and The Power Law are the standard narrative histories of hedge funds and venture capital, cited far outside journalism.

Council on Foreign Relations, Financial Times, The Economist

Sebastian Mallaby’s page →Council on Foreign Relations →Financial Times →The Economist →

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