For 10 points, name this 1919 book which lamented the lack of attention paid to reconstructing Germany following World War I and attracted controversy to its author, John Maynard Keynes.
Thorstein Veblen's review of this work claimed it represented "the attitude of men accustomed to take political documents at their face value" and was flawed because it did not discuss the problem of "absentee owners" or understand that a tacit agreement to suppress Communism was an important theme of the event this book analyzes. It claims that many past calamities were due to an end to lucky conditions that allowed unnatural population growth to continue, in its section claiming that a rise in the number of people who earn their living through trade rather than agriculture will trigger mass starvation in certain areas. It specifically accuses David Lloyd George of being motivated only by the need to find a compromise acceptable to domestic politics, and George Clemenceau of acting out of vengeance. For 10 points, name this 1919 book which lamented the lack of attention paid to reconstructing Germany following World War I and attracted controversy to its author, John Maynard Keynes.
Thorstein Veblen's review of this work claimed it represented "the attitude of men accustomed to take political documents at their face value" and was flawed because it did not discuss the problem of "absentee owners" or understand that a tacit agreement to suppress Communism was an important theme of the event this book analyzes.
The {Economic Consequences of the Peace}