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John Bates Clark?s view on the Treaty of Versailles as the origin of both World War II and the idea of a European Union

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  • Luciano Messori
  • Raimondello Orsini

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The aim of this paper is to highlight the position of John Bates Clark about the Treaty of Versailles and the U.S. approach to Foreign Policy in the aftermath of World War I. To achieve this goal, we analyze some unpublished manuscripts from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library of Columbia University and four pub-lished articles written by Clark between 1918 and 1919 about the consequences of the Treaty and, more generally, the future of Europe. The main ideas emerging from this material are that Clark supported the Trea-ty because he thought that given the threat of a resurgent Germany, only a League of Nations including the U.S. could be able to maintain world peace. On the other hand, he also criticized it because he shared with Keynes the view that the very harsh provisions imposed on Germany would generate another World War in the near future. Finally, Clark saw the union among European countries as a tool for preventing another war.

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  • Luciano Messori & Raimondello Orsini, 2020. "John Bates Clark?s view on the Treaty of Versailles as the origin of both World War II and the idea of a European Union," HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 9(1), pages 131-150.
    • Handle: RePEc:fan:spespe:v:html10.3280/spe2020-001006
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    1. Luciano Messori & Raimondello Orsini, 2018. "John Bates Clark: the first American marginalist as a social economist," HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2018(2), pages 33-53.
    2. Henry, John F., 1981. "An Omission in the Semi-Official Bibliography of John Bates Clark," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 2(02), pages 15-17, December.
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    • B13 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Neoclassical through 1925 (Austrian, Marshallian, Walrasian, Wicksellian)
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values

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