Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank That Runs the World - Paperback

by Adam LeBor (Author)

"Tower of Basel" is the first investigative history of the world's most secretive global financial institution. Based on extensive archival research in Switzerland, Britain, and the United States, and in-depth interviews with key decision-makers--including Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve; Sir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England; and former senior Bank for International Settlements managers and officials--Tower of Basel tells the inside story of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS): the central bankers' own bank.

Author Biography

Adam LeBor is an author, journalist, and literary critic based in Budapest. He writes for the Economist, the Times (London), Monocle, and numerous other publications, and also reviews books for the New York Times. He has been a foreign correspondent since 1991, covering the collapse of communism and the Yugoslav wars, and has worked in more than thirty countries. He is the author of seven critically acclaimed nonfiction books, including the groundbreaking Hitler's Secret Bankers, and two novels. His books have been published in twelve languages.