There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. William […]
Month: March 2009
Lords of Finance
If it hasn’t already, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by former World Bank economist Liaquat Ahamed and hedge fund advisor, is one book that needs to catch your attention. Four men, as Mr. Ahamed tells the tale, revamped the world banking system at the end of WWI and set the stage […]