Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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... Keynes visited Washington , calling at the White House to elaborate on the argument of his letter . His conference with Roosevelt was as disappointing to the don as it was confusing for the president . Shortly afterward , when visiting ...
... Keynes visited Washington , calling at the White House to elaborate on the argument of his letter . His conference with Roosevelt was as disappointing to the don as it was confusing for the president . Shortly afterward , when visiting ...
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... Keynes could approve parts of it , but other parts ran counter to his ideas . Social Security taxes , for example ... Keynes's thesis , brought about a recession precisely because it cut back government investments sharply ...
... Keynes could approve parts of it , but other parts ran counter to his ideas . Social Security taxes , for example ... Keynes's thesis , brought about a recession precisely because it cut back government investments sharply ...
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... Keynes served as financial representative of the British Treasury at the Paris Peace Conference . As one who believed that Euro- peans had always formed a cultural entity , he hoped that the treaty con- cluding the Great War would be ...
... Keynes served as financial representative of the British Treasury at the Paris Peace Conference . As one who believed that Euro- peans had always formed a cultural entity , he hoped that the treaty con- cluding the Great War would be ...
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Times and Tensions of a Developing Industrial Society | 3 |
Maps | 21 |
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