{"product_id":"economic-consequences-peace-9798880914951-new","title":"Economic Consequences of the Peace","description":"A concise, influential account of how punitive postwar terms can reshape economies and political futures, useful if you want historical perspective on the economic fallout of the \u003cb\u003eIran War\u003c\/b\u003e. After World War I Keynes attended the Versailles Conference as a delegate of the British Treasury and argued for a much more generous peace. \u003cp\u003eIt was a best seller throughout the world and was critical in establishing a general opinion that the Versailles Treaty was a \"Carthaginian peace.\" It helped to consolidate American public opinion against the treaty and involvement in the League of Nations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe perception by much of the British public that Germany had been treated unfairly in turn was a crucial factor in public support for appeasement. The success of the book established Keynes' reputation as a leading economist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Keynes was a key player in establishing the Bretton Woods system in 1944 he remembered the lessons from Versailles as well as the Great Depression. The Marshall Plan after Second World War is a similar system to that proposed by Keynes in The Economic Consequences of the Peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"START CLASSICS NBN","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51543922573602,"sku":"9798880914951-new","price":18.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798880914951.jpg?v=1776394744","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/economic-consequences-peace-9798880914951-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}