Maier, Charles2011-09-062009Maier, Charles S. 2009. Economic consequences of the peace, social consequences of the war. Contemporanea 12(1): 157-63.1127-3070http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:5125207The article presents a debate on John Maynard Keynes' "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" and the social consequences of war. The article presents biographical information pertaining to the economist as published in "John Maynard Keynes, vol. 1, Speranze tradite 1883-1920," written by R. Skidelsky. It then outlines Keynes' beliefs on the viability of the Versailles Treaty and the negative influence that United States president Woodrow Wilson played during the peace conference and discusses the public reaction to Keynes' book.en-USJournal Article2011-09-06