{"product_id":"high-financier-the-lives-and-time-of-siegmund-warburg-9780143119401","title":"High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ascent of Money\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Square and the Tower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Prodigiously researched but also splendidly written-clear and vivid and precise.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on more than ten thousand hitherto unavailable letters and diary entries, bestselling author Niall Ferguson tells the story of Siegmund Warburg, a complex man who was as much a psychologist, a politician, and an actor-manager as a banker. An obsessive perfectionist with an aversion to excessive risk, Warburg-and the S. G. Warburg firm-adopted a financial philosophy that was the antithesis of the debt-fueled, algorithm-driven banking of our time. In High Financier, Niall Ferguson recaptures the meticulous business methods and strict ethical code that set Warburg apart from the mere speculators and traders who inhabit today's financial world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143119401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.37h x 5.58w x 1.24d","brand":"Niall Ferguson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431866167477,"sku":"9780143119401","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f5c9c5d2-06a6-44b6-913b-8136fd2f765b.jpg?v=1721138589","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/high-financier-the-lives-and-time-of-siegmund-warburg-9780143119401","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}