Sarah Zaman Pulitzer Prize for this year's best book of history went to Liaquat Ahamed for Lords of Finance. In his first book, Ahamed takes a look at the personalities and decisions of 4 bankers that controlled the world's economy. These bankers were the head of the central banks of America, England, France and Germany. An investment banker by profession, Liaquat Ahamed say that the lead up to the Great Depression and well as the recent economic crisis was eerily similar and that bankers and banking have to go back to fundamental principles and work in the consumers' interest if they want to be profitable and respectable again. Liaquat Ahamed is of Indian origin and comes from Kenya where his family settled nearly a century ago. He is a graduate of Oxford and Harvard universities. This package is based on his views about choosing Great Depression as the topic for his book, the experience of writing and the lessons learned from the Great Depression and how they can be applied today.