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The provided passages do not contain information about what questions remain unanswered. They focus on John Maynard Keynes's critique of the Treaty of Versailles in his book "The Economic Consequences of the Peace," his predictions of suffering and political extremism in Germany due to high reparations, and the book's reception and influence [1, 2]. The passages also mention that Keynes resigned from the British Treasury in protest of the treaty and describe his arguments against the burden placed on Germany, attributing it to domestic political considerations and a desire for revenge [2].
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n the population of an already impoverished enemy was considered a far lower priority than disputes involving borders. Meanwhile, the exceptionally high cost of reparations placed on an economically-spent Germany could never be repaid, and was mainly an act of political grandstanding. Keynes predicted widespread suffering in the defeated powers, resulting in a turn towards political extremism. Unfortunately, subsequent events would prove his predictions right.</p> <p><i>The Economic Consequences of the Peace</i> was an immediate bestseller in both the U.S. and the U.K. and has never been out…
Title: The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Twentieth-Century Classics) by John Maynard Keynes, Jens Hölscher, Matthias Klaes Description: <p>Before becoming one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated economists, <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/john-maynard-keynes">John Maynard Keynes</a> served as a financial representative for the British Treasury at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to negotiate the Versailles treaty which would officially end World War I. Keynes resigned from the treasury in protest about a month before the final treaty was signed, and <i>The Economic…