The Economic Consequences of the Peace

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Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.

John Maynard Keynes

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Societal collapse Civilization

Author

John Maynard Keynes

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The Economic Consequences of the Peace

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Economic literature

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English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Self-published, 1919, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016, ch. 6.

The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

John Maynard Keynes

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Adaptability Human nature

Author

John Maynard Keynes

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The Economic Consequences of the Peace

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Economic literature

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English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Self-published, 1919, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016, ch. 1.

Lenin was certainly right. There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose.

John Maynard Keynes

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

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Inflation Political theory Politics Economics

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Source

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Self-published, 1919, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016, ch. 6.