Up to a point, his narrative builds upon the previous scholarship of economists Milton Friedman, Anna Schwartz, Charles Kindleberger, Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin. But where Ahamed , excels is in evoking the political, social and personal forces that led to disastrous economic decisions. His title refers to the four men who heavily engineered the era’s arbitrary policies: Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England; Benjamin Strong, head of the New York Federal Reserve Bank; Emile Moreau,head of the Banque de France; and Hjalmar Schacht, head of Germany’s Reichsbank. In what aspect is Ahamed’s book different from narratives of previous economists
A. It explores the causes of the Great Depression. B. It’s based on sufficient research and well - written. C. It shows how personal forces contributed to the Depression. D. It explains how gold standard worked in the Depression.