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
Brussels Gare du Nord.Transpress NZOne 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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