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Delve into The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a groundbreaking work by John Maynard Keynes published in 1919 that became an international bestseller. As a delegate at the Versailles Conference representing the British Treasury, Keynes advocated for a more lenient peace with Germany. His compelling arguments played a pivotal role in shaping global opinion, highlighting the harshness of the Versailles Treaty and its impact on Germany. The book not only swayed American sentiment against the treaty and the League of Nations but also influenced British public perception, contributing to ...

When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for "a new Bretton Woods" to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives of 44 nations gathered in July 1944, in the midst of the century's second great war, has become shorthand for enlightened globalization.