* Beautifully illustrated with atmospheric paintings by renowned artists, The Economic Consequences of the Peace was critical in establishing a general opinion that the Versailles Treaty was a "Carthaginian peace". It helped to consolidate American public opinion against the treaty and involvement in the League of Nations.* Just as accessible and informative for today's readers as it would have been when first published, the work is one of the great pieces of English economic literature and continues to be widely read throughout the world.* This meticulous edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text and is enhanced with images of classic works of art carefully selected by our team of professional editors.

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Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It?

It’s hard to understand the economic logic of President Trump’s tariffs. In our last episode, we tried, but with limited success. And that might be because the logic here isn’t entirely economic at all. So we wanted to spend an episode looking at Trump’s economic policies through a wider lens. Gillian Tett is a columnist at The Financial Times and a member of its editorial board. She’s also a trained anthropologist with a Ph.D. And she brings both perspectives into this conversation — exploring Trump’s policies as economics, as well as power politics, patronage and cultural messaging — which I think makes the whole thing make a bit more sense.

Books recommended:

• 📕  Debt: The First 5,000 Years,Updated and Expanded by David Graeber
• 📘  National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade (The Politics of the International Economy) by Albert Hirschman
• 📗  The Economic Consequences of the Peace - Classic Illustrated Edition by John Maynard Keynes, S. Harris
• 📙  How to Think Like an Anthropologist by Matthew Engelke

Gillian Tett March 14, 2025 4 books recommended

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