The Economic Consequences of the Peace 12+

📖 “The proceedings of Paris all had this air of extraordinary importance and unimportance at the same time. The decisions seemed charged with consequences to the future of human society…” The Economic Consequences of the Peace rips apart the outcomes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and the Versailles Treaty. John Maynard Keynes, one of the greatest economic thinkers of the 20th century, was a delegate at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He was critical of the treatment of the Germans, arguing for more generous terms, and warned of the possible consequences of the treaty for Europe.