Essays in Persuasion
This reissue of the authoritative Royal Economic Society edition of Essays in Persuasion features a new introduction by Donald Moggridge, which discusses the significance of this definitive work. The essays in this volume show Keynes' attempts to influenc
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Essays in Persuasion John Maynard Keynes with a new Introduction by Donald Moggridge
For the Royal Economic Society
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Contents
General Introduction
ix
Editorial Foreword
xv
Preface
xvii
Introduction to New Edition by Donald Moggridge
xx
Notes on Further Reading
xlviii
Corrections to this Edition
l
I
THE TREATY OF PEACE
1.
PARIS (1919)
3
2.
THE CAPACITY OF GERMANY TO PAY REPARATIONS (1919)
6
3.
PROPOSALS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE (1919)
14
4.
THE CHANGE OF OPINION (1921)
33
5.
WAR DEBTS AND THE UNITED STATES (1921, 1925, 1928)
37
II
INFLATION AND DEFLATION
1.
INFLATION (1919)
57
2.
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF MONEY (1923)
59
3.
THE FRENCH FRANC (1926, 1928)
76
4.
CAN LLOYD GEORGE DO IT? (1929)
86
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vi
Contents
5.
THE GREAT SLUMP OF 1930 (DECEMBER 1930)
126
6.
ECONOMY (1931)
135
7.
THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE BANKS OF THE COLLAPSE OF MONEY VALUES (AUGUST 1931)
150
III
THE RETURN TO THE GOLD STANDARD
1.
AURI SACRA FAMES (1930)
161
2.
ALTERNATIVE AIMS IN MONETARY POLICY (1923)
164
3.
POSITIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE REGULA
