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Finance ministers and central bankers

Political leaders and policymakers

Memoirs and biographies of treasury secretaries, finance ministers and central bankers, many written about financial crises.

10 books on Finance ministers and central bankers, recommended by 4 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Warren Buffett.

10 books · 4 experts

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  1. Stress Test: Reflections on Financial CrisesTimothy F. Geithner, 2014
  2. Adults in the RoomYanis Varoufakis, 2017
  3. Architect of ProsperityNeil Monnery, 2017
  4. Unfinished BusinessRoger Douglas, 1993
  5. Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11Alistair Darling, 2011

The best books on Finance ministers and central bankers 10

Stress Test: Reflections on Financial CrisesStress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
T2 Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
Timothy F. Geithner · 2014
Insider account by the New York Fed president who ran the $182bn rescue.
Open Library
Recommended byBill GatesMohnish PabraiMr. Money MustacheWarren Buffett
Adults in the RoomAdults in the Room
T2 Adults in the Room
Yanis Varoufakis · 2017
Insider account of the 2015 Eurogroup negotiation by the finance minister; partisan but primary.
Open Library
Architect of Prosperity
T2 Architect of Prosperity
Neil Monnery · 2017
Cowperthwaite and the fiscal rules that produced the low-tax model.
Open Library
Unfinished BusinessUnfinished Business
T3 Unfinished Business
Roger Douglas · 1993
Insider case for the reforms by the finance minister who forced them through.
Open Library
Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11
T3 Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11
Alistair Darling · 2011
Chancellor's memoir covering the guarantee and nationalisation; Open Library unreachable.
Open Library
The Courage to ActThe Courage to Act
T3 The Courage to Act
Ben S. Bernanke · 2015
The Fed chair's own account; read against Leonard and Greider.
Open Library
Game OverGame Over
T3 Game Over
George Papaconstantinou · 2016
Insider: the finance minister who signed the first bailout.
Open Library
Backstage
T3 Backstage
Montek Singh Ahluwalia · 2019
Insider memoir by the architect of much of the reform programme.
Open Library
In an Uncertain WorldIn an Uncertain World
T4 In an Uncertain World
Robert E. Rubin, Jacob Weisberg · 2003
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiWarren Buffett
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the CoOn the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
T4 On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
Henry M. Paulson · 2010
Insider memoir: the Treasury Secretary's version of the same weeks.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai

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