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The popular success of the book, however, came from the blistering. Publication date 1920 topics treaty of versailles 1919, economic history 19181945, world war, 19141918 economic aspects publisher new york, harcourt, brace and howe. Harrod, without overstatement, describes as one of the greatest englishmen of his age. John maynard keynes, 1st baron keynes, cb 5 june 1883 21 april 1946 was a british economist. He discussed the settlement in terms of numbers, and criticized. From the treatise on probability to the generaltheory.