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A financial classic, Lombard Street continues to be widely read by those with a professional interest in the finance and banking industry'--more than a century after its first publication in 1873.

Lombard's author, Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877), was one of the most... Read Full Overview

Bagehot was one of the first writers to describe and explain the world of international and corporate finance, banking, and money in understandable language. The book was in part a reaction to the 1866 collapse of Overend, Gurney and Company, located at 65 Lombard Street, from... Read Full Overview

Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (1873) is an influential book by Walter Bagehot. Bagehot was one of the first writers to describe and explain the world of international and corporate finance, banking, and money in understandable language.

Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market is one of the all-time classics of finance and monetary policy, and is still relied upon today by central banks world-wide for its statement of broad principles in times of financial calamity. Written in 1873 in reaction to the... Read Full Overview

Die Lombard Street ist der Geburtsort der Finanzwirtschaft, Vorganger und Vorbild der Wall Street. Fur alle finanzhistorisch Interessierten ist dieser Reprint des Klassikers von 1873 aus der Reihe Wiley Investment Classics Lesevergnugen und Quelle aufschlu?reicher Einblicke zugleich:... Read Full Overview

Walter Bagehot (1826-77), the influential political and economic essayist, wrote a number of books that became standards in their respective fields. He attended University College, London, where he studied mathematics and gained a master's degree in intellectual and moral philosophy... Read Full Overview

Lombard Street is Walter Bagehot's famous explanation of the England central banking system established during the 19th century. At the time Bagehot wrote, the United Kingdom was at the peak of its influence. The Bank of England in London, was one of the most powerful institutions... Read Full Overview

Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market is a famous book by Walter Bagehot, published in 1873. Bagehot was one of the first writers to describe and explain the world of international and corporate finance, banking, and money in understandable language.

Lombard Street began as a series of articles the esteemed essayist and financial advisor, Walter Bagehot had written for The Economist during the 1850s. First published in book form in 1873, it is a vivid description of the money market that seamlessly brings together theoretical... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Lombard Street, une tude conomique de la banque et de la finance ax sur la gestion des crises. Il a t crit en r action la faillite de Overend, Gurney and Company, une banque anglaise situ e au 65 Lombard Street, London (d'o le titre du livre). Quand cette banque a suspendu... Read Full Overview

Short excerpt: I maintain that the Money Market is as concrete and real as anything else; that it can be described in as plain words; that it is the writer's fault if what he says is not clear.

"Lombard Street - A Description of the Money Market" from Walter Bagehot. British journalist, businessman, and essayist (1826-1877).

Filled with descriptions of Lombard Street that still ring true today, this jewel of a book has withstood the test of time to become a true investment classic-one that will appeal as much to the readers of today as it did to those of years ago.