The Economic Consequences of the Peace

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.