Today's Dark Lords of Finance

LONDON â?? In his Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, Lords of Finance, the economist Liaquat Ahamad tells the story of how four central bankers, driven by staunch adherence to the gold standard, â??broke the worldâ? and triggered the Great Depression. Todayâ??s central bankers largely share a new conventional wisdom â?? about the benefits of loose monetary policy. Are monetary policymakers poised to break the world again?