The Economic Consequences of the Peace
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3.8 • 66 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The book was critical in establishing a general worldwide opinion that the Versailles Treaty was a brutal and unfair peace towards Germany. It helped to consolidate American public opinion against the treaty and involvement in the League of Nations. The perception by much of the British public that Germany had been treated unfairly in turn was a crucial factor in public support for appeasement.
Customer Reviews
A Worthwhile Read
This book is a great analysis of Europe’s economy before and after the First World War. It details the conditions of the peace compact made between the Allied and Central Powers, and charts out the general impact towards Continental Europe with the growth of capital and the steady increase in standard of living. Keynes describes the militarism and imperialism of his times as a serpent in the otherwise economic paradise of Europe before the Great War. Keynes was flawed in some undeniable ways with his understanding of the economy, but a Warhawk he certainly was not. If one wishes to (and feels they must) slander another Brit of the same period who was much more chummy with militarism and imperialism, they should go leave bad reviews for Rudyard Kipling.
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The negative reviews are from people who I suspect did not even read this text. I have actually read it entirely and am providing this review as an equipoise to their buffoonery.
Keynes is a fool.
The mere idea that peace can harm an economy should be laughed at by anyone who proposes it, but Keynes is the same buffoon who put forth the BROKEN WINDOW THEORY. The fact that so many people within academia idolize this man is beyond scary.
Great book
Keynes was a genius who put forth fundamentals of economic theory and was a visionary who saw further than anyone of his time. Despite what certain readers may think, this book is NOT about war being "good" but rather the crippling effects of reparations on Germany, and consequently, the world.