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The Brussels Finance Conference of 1920: a lesson in the perils of focusing on the past

  • Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
The Brussels Finance Conference of 1920: a lesson in the perils of focusing on the pastBrussels Gare du Nord.Transpress NZ

One hundred years ago officials from nations representing about four-fifths of the world’s population met in Brussels hoping to reset the global economic order, and promote prosperity and peace, after a disastrous world war and pandemic.

The International Financial Conference convened by the new League of...

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