Liaquat Ahamed, Lessons from the Great Depression

Liaquat Ahamed, Lessons from the Great Depression part of the Academy Evenings lecture series Wisconsin 2050: Pioneering the Future

The global economy is racked by its worst crisis since the Great Depression. What are the lessons to be learned from the world economic collapse of the late 1920s and how might the current downturn affect our thinking a generation from now? Drawing on his best-selling book, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, noted author Liaquat Ahamed discusses insights gained fromt he Great Depression, the forces that cause global financial crises, and the changes that will be necessary in the domestic regulatory structure and the global financial system to avoid a repeat of the cataclysm.

The Wisconsin 2050: Pioneering the Future series is sponsored by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, M&I Bank, the Evjue Foundation, and Isthmus Publishing Company.