TY - BOOK ED - Royal Economic Society (Great Britain) TI - The economic consequences of the peace: the collected writings of John Maynard Keynes, vol. 2 SN - 0333107411 (v. 2) U1 - 330.15'6 PY - 1971///. CY - London : , New York PB - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, for the Royal Economic Society KW - Keynes, John Maynard. KW - Treaty of Versailles, 1919 KW - Economic history — 1918-1945 KW - World War, 1914-1918 — Economic aspects KW - Economic theory & philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical footnotes and index N2 - The Economic Consequences of the Peace was written by Maynard Keynes in 1919 following his resignation as Treasury representative at the Peace Conference at Versailles. It was this work that first made Maynard Keynes's name a household word, a figure of hatred and public criticism to some, a rallying point for rational thought and action to others. Written in the white heat of anger and despair, it vividly conveys to later generations Keynes's horror that clear thinking, human compassion and solemn pledges had been, in his eyes, destroyed by political opportunism ER -