How to Pay for the War.: A Radical Plan for the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
by KEYNES, John Maynard
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, Limited,, 1940. First edition, the corrected second impression, less common than the first impression, which was published a few months previously in green boards. How to Pay for the War was Keynes's most successful essay in persuasion, applying the ideas of his General Theory to the wartime economy. "Apart from suggesting ways of adding greatly to the financial resources of the government, this inaugurated the idea of an iron ration at low, fixed prices of a list of necessities in lower-income budgets, with government subsidies if required. He proposed also to assist families with low incomes by introducing family allowances payable directly to the mother. The net effect of these concessions would have been to effect an actual improvement in the condition of the worst-off compared with pre-war years" (ODNB). Octavo. Original orange card boards printed in black. Ink stain at foot of spine and lower edge, of book block, slight sunning and soiling to covers, contents clean and unmarked. A good copy. Fundaburk 9991; Mattioli 1819; Moggridge C11.2.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168203
- Title
- How to Pay for the War.
- Author
- KEYNES, John Maynard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan and Co, Limited,
- Date Published
- 1940
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Peter Harrington
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