The Money Lenders

The Money Lenders 1981 is a book by British journalist Anthony Sampson that looks at the history of banking from the Renaissance to a meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC in 1980, with an emphasis on the interaction of finance with international diplomacy.

Related Topics:
1981 - Anthony Sampson - Banking - Renaissance - International Monetary Fund - Washington DC - 1980

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The book was largely inspired by the work of the Brandt Commission on "North-South relations." Mr. Sampson served as editorial advisor to the chairman, Willy Brandt, on that commission.

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The Money Lenders begins with a vivid description of the scene in the lobby of the Sheraton Washington Hotel during that 1980 IMF meeting, which Sampson labels "the most superior of all salesmen's conventions."

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