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The Economic Consequences of the Peace

Why did the peace made at Paris threaten to ruin Europe's economy rather than restore it?

At a glance

Author
John Maynard Keynes

Why read it

  • You will see how fragile the economic order was that Europeans took for granted before the war
  • You will understand how peacemakers absorbed in frontiers and revenge can ignore how a continent will earn its living
  • You will learn why crushing a defeated neighbour's economy can drag down the victors too, when their economies are tightly bound together

Who it is for

  • A student studying how the First World War settlement unravelled
  • A policy adviser drafting settlement terms for the end of a conflict
  • A citizen deciding whether victors should make defeated rivals pay

Contents

  1. The Economic Consequences of the Peace
  2. eBook Info

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