The Economic Consequences of the Peace

The British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote and published The Economic Consequences of the Peace in 1919. Following WWI, Keynes served as a representative for the British Treasury at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. He argued for a much more generous peace in his book, not out of a desire for justice or fairness, but for the sake of the economic well-being of all of Europe, including the Allied Powers, which the Treaty of Versailles and its associated treaties would prevent. The book wa...