{"55128":{"#nid":"55128","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lords of Finance Author Ahamed to Discuss Economic Crisis in April 7 Lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELiaquat Ahamed, author of the best-selling book\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ELords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World\u003C\/em\u003E,\nwill discuss parallels between the Great Depression and the current\neconomic crisis on\u0026nbsp;Wednesday\u0026nbsp;April 7 in the second annual Thomas R.\nWilliams Distinguished Lecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAhamed, whose talk is\u0026nbsp;titled \u0022Lessons from the Great Depression,\u0022\nwill speak\u0026nbsp;from 4:30 to 5:30 PM in LeCraw Auditorium of the Management\nbuilding (800 West Peachtree Street NW). A reception with light\nrefreshments will follow in the Thornton Atrium.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAhamed, who has been a professional investment manager for 25 years,\nwon the 2009 Financial Times-Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the\nYear for \u003Cem\u003ELords of Finance\u003C\/em\u003E, which discusses the lead up to the Great Depression. According to a review in \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E,\nthe book \u0022easily connects the dots between the economic crises that\nrocked the world during the years his book covers and the emergencies\nthat beset us today.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile conventional wisdom holds that the Great Depression that began\nin 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person\u0027s or\ngovernment\u0027s control, Ahamed writes that the decisions taken by a small\nnumber of central bankers were the primary cause of the economic\nmeltdown\u2014 the effects of which set the stage for World War II and\nreverberated for decades.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough the years, Ahamed has worked at the World Bank in Washington\nand the New York-based partnership of Fischer Francis Trees and Watts,\nwhere he served as chief executive. He is currently an adviser to\nseveral hedge fund groups, including the Rock Creek Group and the\nRohatyn Group. He also is a director of Aspen Insurance Co. and serves\non the board of trustees of the Brookings Institution and the New\nAmerica Foundation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Williams Lecture\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Williams lecture is named in honor of Thomas R. Williams, a 1950 graduate of Georgia Tech who died in 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduation, Williams worked as an industrial engineer and then\na management consultant before joining National City Bank of Cleveland\nin 1965. He became chairman of that bank in 1969, three years before\nbeing named president of First National Bank of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe guided First National from third place to first in metro Atlanta\ndeposits, eventually helping arrange that bank\u0027s merger with Wachovia\nin 1985. He became chairman of the board of Wachovia, and then retired\nin 1987.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than a talented executive, Williams was an important civic\nleader, volunteering for many cultural and educational organizations.\nHe served as president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and chairman\nof the United Negro College Fund, among many other activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Williams Lecture is a special\u0026nbsp;event of the IMPACT Speaker\nSeries, organized by Georgia Tech\u0027s Institute for Leadership and\nEntrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Thomas R. Williams Distinguished Lecture will showcase author Liaquat Ahamed"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELiaquat Ahamed, author of the best-selling book\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ELords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World\u003C\/em\u003E,\nwill discuss parallels between the Great Depression and the current\neconomic crisis on\u0026nbsp;Wednesday\u0026nbsp;April 7 in the second annual Thomas R.\nWilliams Distinguished Lecture.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ahamed, whose talk is titled \u0022Lessons from the Great Depression,\u0022 will speak from 4:30 to 5:30 PM in LeCraw Auditorium of the Management building (800 West Peachtree Street NW). 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