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The Alchemists: Inside the Secret World of Central Bankers

Neil Irwin

Explores the work of the world's most powerful central bankers-- --Ben Bernanke of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Mervyn King of the Bank of England, and Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank--offering a view from the cockpit of the global economy as the three men struggled to keep it from going down.

Business & EconomicsBusiness & Economics · medium confidenceBusiness & Economics81 signalsLlm Classifier: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsOpen Library: European Central Bank -> World HistoryOpen Library: History -> HistoryBusiness, Capitalism & CorporationsLabor, Work & OrganizingMoney, Markets & Economic Policy

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
FT Business Book of the YearMajor2013ShortlistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Ben Bernanke82%
    • Mervyn King78%
    • Jean-Claude Trichet78%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.