TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolfensohn,James D.
TI  - A global life: my journey among rich and poor, from Sydney to Wall Street to the World Bank 
SN  - 9781586482558 :
AV  - HG2463.W65 A3 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Wolfensohn, James D.
KW  - World Bank
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Biography
KW  - Investment bankers
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-447) and index; A long way from New York -- Setting out -- Stepping up -- Harvard -- Learning my craft in Australia -- The eurodollar revolution -- Becoming a banker -- The outsider -- Salomon Brothers and a New York based career -- On my own -- The road to the World Bank -- A difficult entry -- Creativity and change during the Clinton years -- A fresh look at development -- The Bush years -- Travel as part of the job -- A new and different challenge
N2  - A memoir by the financier who led the World Bank for a decade recalls Wolfensohn's diverse career as an Olympic fencer, leading banker, amateur cellist, and philanthropist and reflects on his successes and failures in the battle against poverty
ER  -