nydus/The Economic Consequences of the PeacePublic

John Maynard Keynes, a former British Treasury representative at the Paris Peace Conference, outlines his objections to the economic policies established by the Treaty of Versailles. He argues that the terms of the peace agreement threaten the stability of the European economic organization and risk further damaging a system already weakened by war.

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German Imports, 1913	Amount: Million Dollars	Percentage of Total Exports
Saltpetre	42.75	1.6
Silk	39.50	1.5
Rubber	36.50	1.4
Jute	23.50	0.9
Petroleum	17.45	0.7
Tin	14.55	0.5
Phosphorus chalk	11.60	0.4
Lubricating oil	11.45	0.4
	951.90	35.3
II. Food, tobacco, etc.:—
Cereals, etc. (wheat, barley, bran, rice, maize, oats, rye, clover)	327.55	12.2
Oil seeds and cake, etc. (in- cluding palm kernels, copra, cocoa beans)	102.65	3.8
Cattle, lamb fat, bladders	73.10	2.8
Coffee	54.75	2.0
Eggs	48.50	1.8
Tobacco	33.50	1.2
Butter	29.65	1.1
Horses	29.05	1.1
Fruit	18.25	0.7
Fish	14.95	0.6

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