{"product_id":"how-to-pay-for-the-war-by-john-maynard-keynes-1940-first-edition","title":"HOW TO PAY FOR THE WAR BY JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES 1940 FIRST EDITION","description":"\u003cp\u003e[KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD]. \u003cstrong\u003eHow to Pay for War: A Radical Plan for the Chancellor of the Exchequer. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: Macmillan and Co., 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST UK EDITION. Hardcover; octavo (19 x 12.5 x 1 cm); pp. vii, 88. English text. Bound in publisher's stiff paper boards, printed in black; double-ruled borders. \"PRICE 1\/-NET\" on front. With a four-page preface by Keynes. Printed by Purnell and Sons. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding secure. Light wear to covers. Bookseller ink stamp verso front cover. An excellent copy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes: First edition, first printing, published by Macmillan in 1940. Keynes's most successful \"essay in persuasion\", offering the seeds of a theory of inflation to complement his \"depression economics\" of the General Theory of Employment. A classic examination of how British fiscal policy should be altered in order to reconcile the demands of World War II and the claims of private consumption. It identifies the \"inflationary gap\", promoting the ideas of \"compulsory saving\" and \"rationing\" to prevent price inflation, proposals adopted in 1941. [Moggridge C11.1; Macmillan: A Publishing Tradition, 1843-1970, p. 218-229; DSB. Vol. 7, p. 316-319].\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56867015065975,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/image_f7bb5a21-053c-4836-accd-7fc8ea9d055f.jpg?v=1773360643","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/how-to-pay-for-the-war-by-john-maynard-keynes-1940-first-edition","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}