From the February 2019 Issue When the Shine Came Off The Story of Silver: How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World By William L Silber LR
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From the July 2010 Issue Saviour of the City High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg By Niall Ferguson LR
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From the May 2013 Issue Taking Gold The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order By Benn Steil LR
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