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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
by Keynes, John Maynard
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- Original blue cloth, very good
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First American Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, very good. First American Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. "Keynes' Best Book" A book whose prophetic insight into the terms imposed on the Central Powers at the end of World War I is now legendary."[It]...Has the claim to be regarded as Keynes's best book. In none of the others did he succeed so well in bringing all his gifts to bear on the subject at hand... The writing is angry, scornful and, rarely for Keynes, passionate." (Skidelsky, p.384) The book was originally printed in an edition of 5,000 but 2,000 were lost at sea between Edinburgh and London.
Synopsis
John Maynard Keynes, at the time a rising young economist, abruptly resigned his position as adviser to the British delegation negotiating the peace treaty ending World War I. Frustrated and angered by the Allies' focus on German war guilt, Keynes predicted that the vindictive reparations policy, which locked Germany into long-term payments, would not only stifle the German economy for another generation but leave Europe in ruins. Published in 1919, Keynes's The Economic Consequences of the Peace aroused heated debates throughout Europe; his remarkably prescient conclusions were frequently cited by German leaders during the decades between the wars. Keynes's well-reasoned yet impassioned arguments, peppered with biting portraits of the statesen involved in the peace treaty—including Llyod George, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson—brought him immediate fame. "The most important economic document relating to World War I and its aftermath" —John Kenneth Galbraith
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- Title
- The Economic Consequences of the Peace
- Author
- Keynes, John Maynard
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original blue cloth, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Howe
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Economics | Gift Ideas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Thought;
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