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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
Also, hyperinflation can lead to radicalism. Germany underwent hyperinflation because of the impossible demands placed upon it after World War I, and John Maynard Keynes (the economist) at the time was smart enough to forsee that this was going to lead to radical politics likely taking over Germany, and likely a second world war. But no one wanted to hear it then.
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BS2004--
IMO, your understanding of modern European history continues to be compromised by your desire to find a single cause that can explain intricately complex events. Your habit of privileging the judgements of economists without doing your due diligence is also problematic.
In regards to Germany and the origins of the Second World War, if you're not patient enough to do more reading, you might profit from finding a copy of the transcript of Richard J. Evans's lecture, "Hitler and the Origins of the War" that he gave at Gresham College in 2008.
In regards to Keynes's views on German reparations, you might find a paper by Kepa Ormazabal on the debate between Keynes and Bertil Ohlin in 1929 useful.
My $0.02.