The 1920 Brussels conference convened 39 nations to craft global austerity

Evidence

In February 1920, the Council of the League of Nations met in London to summon the “world’s fi rst International Financial Conference,” to be held in Brussels from September 24 to October 4, 1920. Th irtynine nations were called to the table, representing threequarters of the world’s population. Th e conference had the primary objective of “studying the fi nancial crisis and looking for the means of remedying and of mitigating the dangerous consequences arising from it” (Brussels 1920, Report of the International Financial Conference, vol. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 667

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Austerity was codified as economic policy at the 1920 Brussels conference. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 7; British austerity predated its codification at the 1920 Brussels and Genoa conferences — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 823; The 1920 Brussels conference drew nations representing three-quarters of the world’s population. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 667 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Austerity was codified as economic policy at the 1920 Brussels conference. #corroborates (1.00) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 7
• At Brussels, international cooperation served austerity and closed off economic-democracy alternatives #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 672
• British austerity predated its codification at the 1920 Brussels and Genoa conferences #qualifies (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 823
• The 1920 Brussels conference drew nations representing three-quarters of the world’s population. #expands (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 667
• Interwar austerity conferences aimed to crush postwar visions of social emancipation. #expands (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 663
• Britain pioneered austerity in 1920 and Mussolini’s Italy followed in 1922 #expands (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 820
• The Brussels conference framed the postwar economy as a patient needing drastic treatment. #expands (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 688
• The liberal funding anxiety hardened into austerity doctrine by the 1920s #expands (0.70) — Mark Blyth, Austerity, 270