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SCI LIBRARY

Essays in Persuasion

John Maynard Keynes

[1931]






Chapter 1: The Treaty of Peace
  • 1) Paris (1919)
  • 2) The Capacity of Germany to Pay Reparations
  • 3) Proposals for the Reconstruction of Europe (1919)
  • 4) The Change of Opinion (1921)
  • 5) War Debts and the United States

Chapter 2: Inflation and Deflation
  • 1) Inflation (1919)
  • 2) Social Consequences of changes in the Value of Money
  • 3) The French Franc
  • 4) A Programme of Expansion (General Election May 1929)
  • 5) The Great Slump of 1930 (1930)
  • 6) Economy (1931)
  • 7) The Consequences to the Banks of the Collapse of Money Values (Aug. 1931)

Chapter 3: The Return to the Gold Standard
  • 1) Auri Sacra Fames (Sept. 1930)
  • 2) Alternative Aims in Monetary Policy (1923)
  • 3) Positive Suggestions for the Future Regulation of Money 1923)
  • 4) The Speeches of the Bank Chairman (1924-1927)
  • 5) The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill (1925)
  • 6) Mitigation by Tariff
  • 7) The End of the Gold Standard (Sept. 27, 1931)

Chapter 4: Politics
  • 1) A Short View of Russia
  • 2) The End of Laissez-Faire (1926)
  • 3) Am I A Liberal? (1925)
  • 4) Liberalism and Labour (1926)

Chapter 5: The Future
  • 1) Clissold (1927)
  • 2) Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren (1930)