Tag: World War I

Books

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

– London: Macmillan, 1920, vii, 279 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920, 298 pp.; Amherst, New York: Prometheus, 2004, 298 pp.
Excerpt: The writer of this book was temporarily attached to the British Treasury during the war and was their official representative at the Paris Peace Conference up to June 7, 1919; he… More

A Tract on Monetary Reform

– London: Macmillan, 1923, viii, 209 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace, 227 pp.
From Amazon: This book, is devoted to the need for stable currency as the essential foundation of a healthy world economy. Describing the various effects of unstable currency on investors,… More

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

The Myths of Reparations

– Marks, Sally. "The Myths of Reparations." Central European History. Vol. 11, Iss. 3 (September, 1978), pp. 231-255.
Abstract: Reparations after World War I can be divided into two categories: non-German reparations, which remain largely terra incognita to the historian, and German reparations, an… More

Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History

– Kindleberger, Charles P. Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History. London: Routledge, 1985.
Table of Contents: Introduction Part 1: Keynesianism vs Monetarism 1. Was Adam Smith a Monetarist or a Keynesian? 2. Michel Chevalier (1806-1879), the Economic de Tocqueville 3.… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Versailles and After: 1919–1933

– Henig, Ruth. Versailles and After: 1919–1933. London: Routledge, 1995.
From Amazon: Ruth Henig’s fully revised and extended second edition of Versailles and After includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with… More

The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918–1933

– Marks, Sally. The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918– 1933. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
From Palsgrave Macmillan: Sally Marks provides a compelling analysis of European diplomacy between the First World War and Hitler’s advent. She explores in clear and lively prose the… More

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

The Modern Revolution in Political Economy by James Piereson

– Piereson, James. "John Maynard Keynes and the Modern Revolution in Political Economy." Society. Vol. 49, Iss. 3 (May, 2012), pp. 263-273.
Excerpt: Keynes understood capitalism to be an historical institution that evolved through different phases, with each one calling for new modes of theory and understanding. He wrote… More

The Great Depression and Keynes’s General Theory

– White, Lawrence H. "The Great Depression and Keynes's General Theory." In The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
From Cambridge University Press: The Clash of Economic Ideas interweaves the economic history of the last hundred years with the history of economic doctrines to understand how contrasting… More

J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations

– Schuker, Stephen A. "J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations." Diplomacy and Statecraft. Vol. 25, Iss. 3 (2014), pp. 453-471.
Abstract: Some observers still regard John Maynard Keynes’ polemic against the Treaty of Versailles as serious economic analysis. In fact, Keynes continued to play an unacknowledged… More

Essays

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

– London: Macmillan, 1920, vii, 279 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920, 298 pp.; Amherst, New York: Prometheus, 2004, 298 pp.
Excerpt: The writer of this book was temporarily attached to the British Treasury during the war and was their official representative at the Paris Peace Conference up to June 7, 1919; he… More

A Tract on Monetary Reform

– London: Macmillan, 1923, viii, 209 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace, 227 pp.
From Amazon: This book, is devoted to the need for stable currency as the essential foundation of a healthy world economy. Describing the various effects of unstable currency on investors,… More

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

The Myths of Reparations

– Marks, Sally. "The Myths of Reparations." Central European History. Vol. 11, Iss. 3 (September, 1978), pp. 231-255.
Abstract: Reparations after World War I can be divided into two categories: non-German reparations, which remain largely terra incognita to the historian, and German reparations, an… More

Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History

– Kindleberger, Charles P. Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History. London: Routledge, 1985.
Table of Contents: Introduction Part 1: Keynesianism vs Monetarism 1. Was Adam Smith a Monetarist or a Keynesian? 2. Michel Chevalier (1806-1879), the Economic de Tocqueville 3.… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Versailles and After: 1919–1933

– Henig, Ruth. Versailles and After: 1919–1933. London: Routledge, 1995.
From Amazon: Ruth Henig’s fully revised and extended second edition of Versailles and After includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with… More

The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918–1933

– Marks, Sally. The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918– 1933. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
From Palsgrave Macmillan: Sally Marks provides a compelling analysis of European diplomacy between the First World War and Hitler’s advent. She explores in clear and lively prose the… More

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

The Modern Revolution in Political Economy by James Piereson

– Piereson, James. "John Maynard Keynes and the Modern Revolution in Political Economy." Society. Vol. 49, Iss. 3 (May, 2012), pp. 263-273.
Excerpt: Keynes understood capitalism to be an historical institution that evolved through different phases, with each one calling for new modes of theory and understanding. He wrote… More

The Great Depression and Keynes’s General Theory

– White, Lawrence H. "The Great Depression and Keynes's General Theory." In The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
From Cambridge University Press: The Clash of Economic Ideas interweaves the economic history of the last hundred years with the history of economic doctrines to understand how contrasting… More

J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations

– Schuker, Stephen A. "J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations." Diplomacy and Statecraft. Vol. 25, Iss. 3 (2014), pp. 453-471.
Abstract: Some observers still regard John Maynard Keynes’ polemic against the Treaty of Versailles as serious economic analysis. In fact, Keynes continued to play an unacknowledged… More

Commentary

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

– London: Macmillan, 1920, vii, 279 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920, 298 pp.; Amherst, New York: Prometheus, 2004, 298 pp.
Excerpt: The writer of this book was temporarily attached to the British Treasury during the war and was their official representative at the Paris Peace Conference up to June 7, 1919; he… More

A Tract on Monetary Reform

– London: Macmillan, 1923, viii, 209 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace, 227 pp.
From Amazon: This book, is devoted to the need for stable currency as the essential foundation of a healthy world economy. Describing the various effects of unstable currency on investors,… More

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

The Myths of Reparations

– Marks, Sally. "The Myths of Reparations." Central European History. Vol. 11, Iss. 3 (September, 1978), pp. 231-255.
Abstract: Reparations after World War I can be divided into two categories: non-German reparations, which remain largely terra incognita to the historian, and German reparations, an… More

Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History

– Kindleberger, Charles P. Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History. London: Routledge, 1985.
Table of Contents: Introduction Part 1: Keynesianism vs Monetarism 1. Was Adam Smith a Monetarist or a Keynesian? 2. Michel Chevalier (1806-1879), the Economic de Tocqueville 3.… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Versailles and After: 1919–1933

– Henig, Ruth. Versailles and After: 1919–1933. London: Routledge, 1995.
From Amazon: Ruth Henig’s fully revised and extended second edition of Versailles and After includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with… More

The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918–1933

– Marks, Sally. The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918– 1933. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
From Palsgrave Macmillan: Sally Marks provides a compelling analysis of European diplomacy between the First World War and Hitler’s advent. She explores in clear and lively prose the… More

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

The Modern Revolution in Political Economy by James Piereson

– Piereson, James. "John Maynard Keynes and the Modern Revolution in Political Economy." Society. Vol. 49, Iss. 3 (May, 2012), pp. 263-273.
Excerpt: Keynes understood capitalism to be an historical institution that evolved through different phases, with each one calling for new modes of theory and understanding. He wrote… More

The Great Depression and Keynes’s General Theory

– White, Lawrence H. "The Great Depression and Keynes's General Theory." In The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
From Cambridge University Press: The Clash of Economic Ideas interweaves the economic history of the last hundred years with the history of economic doctrines to understand how contrasting… More

J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations

– Schuker, Stephen A. "J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations." Diplomacy and Statecraft. Vol. 25, Iss. 3 (2014), pp. 453-471.
Abstract: Some observers still regard John Maynard Keynes’ polemic against the Treaty of Versailles as serious economic analysis. In fact, Keynes continued to play an unacknowledged… More

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The Economic Consequences of the Peace

– London: Macmillan, 1920, vii, 279 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920, 298 pp.; Amherst, New York: Prometheus, 2004, 298 pp.
Excerpt: The writer of this book was temporarily attached to the British Treasury during the war and was their official representative at the Paris Peace Conference up to June 7, 1919; he… More

A Tract on Monetary Reform

– London: Macmillan, 1923, viii, 209 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace, 227 pp.
From Amazon: This book, is devoted to the need for stable currency as the essential foundation of a healthy world economy. Describing the various effects of unstable currency on investors,… More

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

The Myths of Reparations

– Marks, Sally. "The Myths of Reparations." Central European History. Vol. 11, Iss. 3 (September, 1978), pp. 231-255.
Abstract: Reparations after World War I can be divided into two categories: non-German reparations, which remain largely terra incognita to the historian, and German reparations, an… More

Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History

– Kindleberger, Charles P. Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History. London: Routledge, 1985.
Table of Contents: Introduction Part 1: Keynesianism vs Monetarism 1. Was Adam Smith a Monetarist or a Keynesian? 2. Michel Chevalier (1806-1879), the Economic de Tocqueville 3.… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Versailles and After: 1919–1933

– Henig, Ruth. Versailles and After: 1919–1933. London: Routledge, 1995.
From Amazon: Ruth Henig’s fully revised and extended second edition of Versailles and After includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with… More

The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918–1933

– Marks, Sally. The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918– 1933. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
From Palsgrave Macmillan: Sally Marks provides a compelling analysis of European diplomacy between the First World War and Hitler’s advent. She explores in clear and lively prose the… More

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

The Modern Revolution in Political Economy by James Piereson

– Piereson, James. "John Maynard Keynes and the Modern Revolution in Political Economy." Society. Vol. 49, Iss. 3 (May, 2012), pp. 263-273.
Excerpt: Keynes understood capitalism to be an historical institution that evolved through different phases, with each one calling for new modes of theory and understanding. He wrote… More

The Great Depression and Keynes’s General Theory

– White, Lawrence H. "The Great Depression and Keynes's General Theory." In The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
From Cambridge University Press: The Clash of Economic Ideas interweaves the economic history of the last hundred years with the history of economic doctrines to understand how contrasting… More

J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations

– Schuker, Stephen A. "J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations." Diplomacy and Statecraft. Vol. 25, Iss. 3 (2014), pp. 453-471.
Abstract: Some observers still regard John Maynard Keynes’ polemic against the Treaty of Versailles as serious economic analysis. In fact, Keynes continued to play an unacknowledged… More

Teaching

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

– London: Macmillan, 1920, vii, 279 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920, 298 pp.; Amherst, New York: Prometheus, 2004, 298 pp.
Excerpt: The writer of this book was temporarily attached to the British Treasury during the war and was their official representative at the Paris Peace Conference up to June 7, 1919; he… More

A Tract on Monetary Reform

– London: Macmillan, 1923, viii, 209 pp.; New York: Harcourt, Brace, 227 pp.
From Amazon: This book, is devoted to the need for stable currency as the essential foundation of a healthy world economy. Describing the various effects of unstable currency on investors,… More

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

The Myths of Reparations

– Marks, Sally. "The Myths of Reparations." Central European History. Vol. 11, Iss. 3 (September, 1978), pp. 231-255.
Abstract: Reparations after World War I can be divided into two categories: non-German reparations, which remain largely terra incognita to the historian, and German reparations, an… More

Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History

– Kindleberger, Charles P. Keynesianism vs. Monetarism: And Other Essays in Financial History. London: Routledge, 1985.
Table of Contents: Introduction Part 1: Keynesianism vs Monetarism 1. Was Adam Smith a Monetarist or a Keynesian? 2. Michel Chevalier (1806-1879), the Economic de Tocqueville 3.… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Versailles and After: 1919–1933

– Henig, Ruth. Versailles and After: 1919–1933. London: Routledge, 1995.
From Amazon: Ruth Henig’s fully revised and extended second edition of Versailles and After includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with… More

The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918–1933

– Marks, Sally. The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918– 1933. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
From Palsgrave Macmillan: Sally Marks provides a compelling analysis of European diplomacy between the First World War and Hitler’s advent. She explores in clear and lively prose the… More

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

The Modern Revolution in Political Economy by James Piereson

– Piereson, James. "John Maynard Keynes and the Modern Revolution in Political Economy." Society. Vol. 49, Iss. 3 (May, 2012), pp. 263-273.
Excerpt: Keynes understood capitalism to be an historical institution that evolved through different phases, with each one calling for new modes of theory and understanding. He wrote… More

The Great Depression and Keynes’s General Theory

– White, Lawrence H. "The Great Depression and Keynes's General Theory." In The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
From Cambridge University Press: The Clash of Economic Ideas interweaves the economic history of the last hundred years with the history of economic doctrines to understand how contrasting… More

J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations

– Schuker, Stephen A. "J. M. Keynes and the Personal Politics of Reparations." Diplomacy and Statecraft. Vol. 25, Iss. 3 (2014), pp. 453-471.
Abstract: Some observers still regard John Maynard Keynes’ polemic against the Treaty of Versailles as serious economic analysis. In fact, Keynes continued to play an unacknowledged… More