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John Maynard Keynes is perhaps the foremost economic thinker of the 20th century. He ranks with Adam Smith and Karl Marx; and his impact on how economics was practiced, from the Great Depression to the 1970s, was unmatched.

It was voted the top Academic Book that Shaped Modern Britain by Academic Book Week (UK) in 2017, and in 2011 was placed on Time Magazine's top 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923.

John Maynard Keynes, a British economist, authored the guide "The Economic Consequence of the Peace." The guide was originally published in 1919 and is actually an evaluation of the Treaties of Versailles which completed World War I. Keynes was one of numerous British Treasury participants to the Versailles Peace Conference in addition to his insights are actually based on the personal experiences of his in the Conference.Keynes asserted the treaty's reparations and severe monetary steps on Germany had been far too punitive and would bring about severe economic problems in Europe. He thought that these actions would not simply affect Germany but additionally the economic stability in addition to healing of Europe postwar. Keynes was concerned the sizable reparations could cause an economic collapse of Germany, that may influence the economies of the winning places and furthermore, the majority of Europe.Keynes made several remarkable predictions that were really earlier. Keynes had warned the economic turbulence in addition to hyperinflation that characterized Germany in the 1920s, the rise of extremism and ultimate outbreak of World War II had been partly due to the financial situations necessary for the Treaty of Versailles.The guide is actually significant due to its economic analysis but additionally for affecting economic theory and international policy. Keynes established himself to become a high economist by using this particular function as being a base for his right after, much more well known publication, "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, as well as Money," which basically transformed macroeconomic Theory as well as practice & government economic policies.

From one of the most influential economists of the modern era, Keynes and his "General Theory" shaped economic thought and government policies for decades to come. Out of this magnum opus arose the Keynesian school of economics. Keynes argues that the level of employment in a modern economy was determined by three factors: the marginal propensity to consume (income that people chose to spend on goods and services), the marginal efficiency of capital (the rate used to see whether investments are worthy) and the rate of interest. This work has enormous implications to the present day in understanding the policies and that have shaped the current environment."The General Theory is nothing less than an epic journey out of intellectual darkness. That, as much as its continuing relevance to economic policy, is what makes it a book for the ages. Read it, and marvel." - Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics, winner of the 2008 Nobel prize in economics.

" Ce livre était principalement destiné à des lecteurs anglais et améri- cains. L'auteur a insisté sur les points qui, à son avis, intéressent un tel public. Il peut donc être utile, au début d'une traduction française, d'indi- quer nettement et brièvement quelques aspects de la situation, qui touchent particulièrement la France.Les chapitres qui suivent tendent à montrer entre autres choses que les délégués à la Conférence de Paris commirent deux graves erreurs à l'encontre de l'intérêt des alliés. En demandant l'impossible, ils abandonnèrent la proie pour l'ombre et perdront par la suite tout ce qu'ils croiront avoir obtenu. En concentrant leur attention sur des sujets poli- tiques, ils négligèrent l'unité économique de l'Europe, et la sécurité qu'ils crurent obtenir n'est qu'illusoire, - illusoire, parce qu'elle ne peut pas résulter de l'occupation de plus vastes frontières et parce que les artifices politiques actuels ne conviendront plus aux problèmes des années prochaines."

In THE END OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE, Keynes presents a brief historical review of laissez-faire economic policy. Though he agrees in principle that the marketplace should be free of government interference, he suggests that government can play a constructive role in protecting individuals from the worst harms of capitalism's cycles, especially as concerns unemployment. When the Great Depression struck a few years later, this work seemed very prescient. Keynes first earned widespread prominence immediately following World War I, when he published THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE. This book gained a good deal of notoriety because of its withering portraits of both French premier Georges Clemenceau and US president Woodrow Wilson. Keynes criticized the Allied victors for signing a treaty that would have ruinous consequences for Europe, if not modified as he suggested. Unfortunately, few leaders appreciated Keynes's criticisms, and he saw his worst fears realized in the rise of Hitler and the devastation of World War II. Keynes's brilliant mind and lucid writing are evident on every page. Both of these works are well worth reading for his profound knowledge of economics.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) is a book written and published by the British economist John Maynard Keynes. After the First World War, Keynes attended the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 as a delegate of the British Treasury. In his book, he argued for a much more generous peace, not out of a desire for justice or fairness - these are aspects of the peace that Keynes does not deal with - but for the sake of the economic well-being of all of Europe, including the Allied Powers, which the Treaty of Versailles and its associated treaties would prevent. The success of the book established Keynes' reputation as a leading economist.

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money of 1936 is a book by English economist John Maynard Keynes. It caused a profound shift in economic thought, giving macroeconomics a central place in economic theory and contributing much of its terminology - the "Keynesian Revolution". It had equally powerful consequences in economic policy, being interpreted as providing theoretical support for government spending in general, and for budgetary deficits, monetary intervention and counter-cyclical policies in particular. It is pervaded with an air of mistrust for the rationality of free-market decision making. Regarded widely as the cornerstone of Keynesian thought, this book challenged the established classical economics and introduced new concepts. It remains a relevant topic of debate to this day, perhaps more than ever. Given the economic turmoil of recent years, this debate is more heated than ever, between the Keynesian model of economics of Bush and Obama which favors bailouts and other government intervention to try to stabilize the market, and the Austrian school of economics which sees government intervention as detrimental and favors letting the market sort itself out on its own with minimal government interference.