This reissue of the authoritative Royal Economic Society edition of Essays inPersuasion features a new introduction by Donald Moggridge, which discusses the significance of this definitive work. The essays in this volume show Keynes' attempts to influence the course of events by public persuasion over the period of 1919-40. INDICE: Introduction; D.Moggridge - PART I: THE TREATY OF PEACE - Paris - The Capacity of German to Pay Reparations - Proposals for the Reconstruction of Europe - The Changing of Opinion - War Debts and the United States - PART II: INFLATION AND DEFLATION - Inflation - Social Consequences of Changes in the Value of Money - The French Franc - Can Lloyd George do it? - The Great Slump of 1930 - Economy - The Consequences to the Banks of the Collapse of Money Values - PART III: The Return to the Gold Standard - Auri Sacra Fames - Alternative Aims in Monetary Policy - Positive Suggestions for the Future Regulation ofMoney - The Speeches of the Bank Chairman - The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill - Mitigation by Tariff - The End of the Gold Standard - PART IV: POLITICS - A Short View of Russia - The End of Laissez-Faire - Am I a Liberal? - Liberalism and Labour - PART V: THE FUTURE - Clissold - Economic Possibilitiesfor our Grandchildren - PART VI: LATER ESSAYS - The Means to Prosperity - Howto Pay for the War
- ISBN: 978-0-230-24957-8
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 504
- Fecha Publicación: 16/07/2010
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