John Maynard Keynes, Luigi Einaudi and Guglielmo Ferrero: comparing three theories on the consequences of world war I

Franco, Tommaso (A.A. 2023/2024) John Maynard Keynes, Luigi Einaudi and Guglielmo Ferrero: comparing three theories on the consequences of world war I. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative history of political systems, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Giovanni Orsina, pp. 92. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

The wold war i and the conference of peace of Paris. The economic consequences of the war. Inter-allied debts, war reparations and the new social question. Structural changes in the international economy and the Paris peace conference. Keynes and the Versailles treaties: the risk of a “Carthaginian peace”. The humiliating conditions of the treaty of Versailles. A Carthaginian peace? Keynes’ economic proposal to the peace treaties. The debate on the “economic consequences of peace”. Luigi Einaudi: his liberal vision, the elimination of the dogma of sovereignty and economic-social issues in post-war Italy. Luigi Einaudi and the Turin school of economics. The road to Versailles and the conditions imposed to the Germans. The league of nations and the dogma of absolute and perfect sovereignty. Social conflict in Einaudi’s thought. Banking in the Einaudian perspective. The Einaudian polemic on the growth of state interventionism in the post-war period. Guglielmo Ferrero: the Latin federation, the tragedy of peace, the legitimacy theory and the importance of self-regulation. The theory of the “modern war” and the idea of the Latin federation. The tragedy of peace and the “tissue paper treaties”. The legitimacy theory and the illegitimate (or revolutionary) government. The positive role of religion and the importance of self-regulation. Einaudi, Keynes and Ferrero: convergences and divergences on measures to be taken. A common opinion on the treaty of Versailles. Einaudi against national sovereignty. Ferrero: why reduce debt without canceling it. If the us “exits” Europe. Italian and English “hare pie”.

References

Bibliografia. pp. 85-87.

Thesis Type: Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair: Comparative history of political systems
Thesis Supervisor: Orsina, Giovanni
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Varsori, Antonio
Academic Year: 2023/2024
Session: Autumn
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 06 May 2025 13:23
Last Modified: 06 May 2025 13:23
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/41973

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