CONTENTS


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I. THE TREATY OF PEACE

1. Paris (1919) 3
2. The Capacity of Germany to pay Reparations (1919) 7
3. Proposals for the Reconstruction of Europe (1919) 19
4. The Change of Opinion (1921) 46
5. War Debts and the United States 52


II. INFLATION AND DEFLATION

1. Inflation (1919) 77
2. Social Consequences of Changes in the Value of Money (1923) 80
3. The French Franc 105
4. A Programme of Expansion (General Election, May 1929) 118
5. The Great Slump of 1930 (Dec. 1930) 135
6. Economy (1931)
  1. Saving and Spending (Jan. 1931).
  2. The Economy Report (Aug. 15, 1931).
  3. The Economy Bill (Sept. 19, 1931).
 148
7. The Consequences to the Banks of the Collapse of Money Values (Aug. 1931) 168


III. THE RETURN TO THE GOLD STANDARD

1. Auri Sacra Fames (1930) 181
2. Alternative Aims in Monetary Policy (1923) 186
3. Positive Suggestions for the Future Regulation of Money (1923) 213
4. The Speeches of the Bank Chairmen 220
5. The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill (1925)
  1. The Misleading of Mr. Churchill.
  2. The Balance of Trade and the Bank of England.
  3. Is there a Remedy?
 244
6. Mitigation by Tariff
  1. Proposals for a Revenue Tariff (March 7, 1931).
  2. On the Eve of Gold Suspension (Sept. 10, 1931).
  3. After the Suspension of Gold (Sept. 28, 1931).
 271
7. The End of the Gold Standard (Sept. 27, 1931) 288


IV. POLITICS

1. A Short View of Russia (1925)
  1. What is the Communist Faith?
  2. Communism's Power to Survive.
 297
2. The End of Laissez-faire (1926) 312
3. Am I a Liberal? (1925) 323
4. Liberalism and Labour (1926) 339


V. THE FUTURE

1. Clissold (1927) 349
2. Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren (1930) 358
References

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