The Economic Consequences of the Peace
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-298, [2] pp. Blue publisher's cloth with publisher's device in blind on the front board, gold lettering and three gold rules on the spine. Without the dust jacket. Ahearn Collected Books (2011), 398. Keynes' prophetic reaction to the treaty of Versailles: the author recognized the danger of subjecting Germany and its allies to the economic decimation and humiliation from the treaty, and warned that the consequences of the poverty and inflation that followed in Germany would come back to haunt the rest of the continent. Before the treaty was finalized Keynes suggested a loan be offered to Germany in order to help stabilize the country before reparations were demanded from it. The U.S. President, Woodrow Wilson, rejected this idea as he feared Congress would not approve of it. Shortly after, Keynes resigned from his government post in protest, and produced this impassioned argument against the Treaty of Versailles. Good or better. Item #000015769
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