How many chapters are in the Economic Consequences of the Peace course?

The Economic Consequences of the Peace course has 5 chapters, each with its own lessons and topics.

How many lessons are in the Economic Consequences of the Peace course?

There are 52 lessons across the course, and you can ask your 24/7 tutor about any of them.

Can I see what the Economic Consequences of the Peace course covers before I start?

Yes. The full curriculum is listed on this page, beginning with "THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF · THE PEACE".

Do I get a certificate for the Economic Consequences of the Peace course?

Yes. Finishing the course earns a personal Cavua certificate of completion.

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The Economic Consequences of the Peace

Name: The Economic Consequences of the Peace
Availability: LimitedAvailability
Author: Cavua

by John Maynard Keynes · 1919 · 5 chapters · 24/7 tutor

Postwar settlement and economic instability.

5Chapters

52Lessons

139Topics

Certificate of completion included

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What you'll learn

Skills this course leaves you with.

Explain the economic conditions of Europe before the First World War
Analyze the major political and economic positions at the peace conference
Assess the treaty provisions affecting coal, iron, transport, tariffs, and reparations
Evaluate Germany's capacity to pay and the logic of reparation claims
Describe the postwar currency, trade, and budgetary instability in Europe
Summarize proposed remedies including treaty revision, debt settlement, and international loans

Curriculum

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Chapters: 5
Lessons: 52
Topics: 139

- 01Preface

- 01French leadership and negotiating tactics
- 02Clemenceau’s policy and authority
- 01Clemenceau's appearance and manner at the Council of Four
- 02Lloyd George's interventions and the disorder of the meetings
- 03Clemenceau's political outlook and peace principles
- 01Power politics and the rejection of sentimentality
- 02France's changing position relative to Germany
- 03Why Clemenceau demanded guarantees
- 01Carthaginian peace and France's policy
- 02Wilson's collapse and the promise of peace
- 01Wilson's prestige and influence in Europe
- 02Disillusionment after the Paris settlement
- 03Wilson's character and first impressions
- 01The President's temperament as a Nonconformist minister
- 02The President's lack of practical plans for peace
- 03Ill-informed and slow among Europeans
- 01Presidential weakness in council negotiations
- 02Isolation from advisers and Council of Four pressure
- 03Obstruction and compromise over treaty drafts
- 01Wilson's strategic dilemma at the Conference
- 02Drafting evasions in the Treaty text
- 03The pensions clause and final breakdown
- 01Armistice negotiations and the Allied contract
- 02Wilson’s Fourteen Points and later addresses
- 03The Treaty’s breach of faith and economic focus
- 01German mercantile marine and overseas possessions
- 02Expropriation of German private property abroad
- 03Renunciation of overseas rights and privileges
- 01Coal and iron as Germany’s industrial foundation
- 02Saar Basin coal cession
- 03Upper Silesia plebiscite and coal loss
- 04Coal deliveries for French war damage
- 05Reparation coal quotas to France, Belgium, Italy, and Luxemburg
- 06Germany’s postwar coal balance and industrial consequences
- 07European coal distribution and barter
- 08Treaty claims versus economic necessity
- 09Even-handed coal allocation and production
- 01Iron-ore provisions and their economic effects
- 01Economic clauses on imports, exports, and customs duties
- 02Railway freight rules and rolling-stock surrender
- 01International regulation of German rivers
- 02Cession of navigation rights and river property
- 01Upper Silesia plebiscite and economic stakes
- 02Coal deliveries, reparations, and production limits
- 03Iron, steel, and related industrial losses
- 01Occupation of the Rhineland and reoccupation rights
- 02Rhineland administration by the Inter-Allied Commission
- 03Related treaty articles and revisions
- 01Undertakings given prior to the Peace Negotiations
- 02Strict interpretation of reparation claims
- 03Estimated aggregate demand and Belgian losses
- 04Belgium's physical losses and war claims
- 05French devastation and inflated claims
- 06British, Italian, and Serbian claims
- 01Estimated Allied claims against Germany
- 02The Conference and the Terms of the Treaty
- 01Electioneering for indemnities and anti-German promises
- 02The 1918 manifesto and campaign escalation
- 03Consequences for the Paris Conference and Europe
- 01Financial proposals for European reconstruction
- 02Clemenceau, Klotz, and the contradictory Treaty policy
- 03Article 231 and Article 232 compromise
- 01Claims for civilian damage and war injuries
- 02Pensions, separation allowances, and the enlarged reparation claim
- 03Indeterminate liability and the Treaty’s payment schedule
- 04Deferred interest and compound growth of the debt
- 05Limits of the Reparation Commission's discretion
- 01Forms of Germany's reparation payments
- 02Gold and silver reserves of the Reichsbank

- 01German merchant shipping
- 02Foreign securities and deductions
- 03Immediately transferable wealth and maximum contribution
- 01Private and government property in ceded territories
- 02Armistice surrenders and book credits
- 03Occupation costs and remaining balance
- 01Annual Payments spread over a Term of Years
- 01Purpose and powers of the Reparation Commission
- 02Allied defense and criticism of the Commission
- 01German counter-proposals and the $25,000,000,000 formula
- 01Allied reply on lump-sum reparation settlement
- 01Allied financial conditions and reparation claims
- 02Limits of wartime damage claims
- 03Belgian claim and the field of Ypres
- 01Belgian claims and German bank-notes
- 02Valuing war damage and restoration
- 01Losses of life in Serbia
- 01French claims and the challenge from other Allies
- 01Allied claims and occupation costs
- 01Reparations interest and sinking fund
- 02German silver coin and exchange leakage
- 03Mercantile Marine transfer for food supplies
- 04Foreign securities mobilization in Germany
- 01Estimates of Germany's foreign investments
- 02Economic capacity, territorial losses, and public misconceptions
- 03Reparation Commission powers and treaty provisions
- 01Europe after the Treaty
- 01German Economic Commission's warning on economic collapse
- 01Three immediate economic problems
- 02Decline in productivity and labor exhaustion
- 03Coal, food, and transport breakdown
- 04Railways and currency disruption
- 01Inflation as a weapon against society
- 02Collapse of European currencies and domestic purchasing power
- 01Price regulation and economic decay
- 02Foreign trade under inflation and blockade
- 01Three obstacles to the revival of trade
- 02France's inflation and trade imbalance
- 03Italy's inflation and external dependence
- 04Budgetary weakness in France and Italy
- 01Italy's wartime finances and postwar deficit

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01How many chapters are in the Economic Consequences of the Peace course?
The Economic Consequences of the Peace course has 5 chapters, each with its own lessons and topics.
02How many lessons are in the Economic Consequences of the Peace course?
There are 52 lessons across the course, and you can ask your 24/7 tutor about any of them.
03Can I see what the Economic Consequences of the Peace course covers before I start?
Yes. The full curriculum is listed on this page, beginning with "THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF · THE PEACE".
04Do I get a certificate for the Economic Consequences of the Peace course?
Yes. Finishing the course earns a personal Cavua certificate of completion.

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THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF · THE PEACE

CONTENTS C H A P T E R I. I N T R O D U C T O R Y · C H A P T E R III. T H E C O N F E R E N C E C H A P T E R IV. T H E T R E A T Y · C H A P T E R VII. R E M E D I E S THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE

C H A P T E R III T H E C O N F E R E N C E

Chapter IV., the first charge on these assets is the private claims of Allied against German nationals. It

C H A P T E R VII R E M E D I E S

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04Do I get a certificate for the Economic Consequences of the Peace course?

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