Tuesday, March 17, 2009

TPMtalks with Liaquat Ahamed

TPM's David Kurtz talks with Liaquat Ahamad, author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, a book about the causes of the Great Depression. After working as an economist at the World Bank, he spent twenty-five years as a professional investment manager in London and New York. We talk with him about the financial crisis, and the nightmares therein that keep him up at night.