THE WORLD, ITS DEBTS AND THE RICH MEN.
Finsbury Park, London: H. Finer, [1922].
Original printed wrappers, stapled. 23pp. Edges square, very good or better.
First edition. Report of a Meeting at Millbank School. Wells delivers an urgent public address on postwar economic recovery, critiquing the inequities of global finance and the shielding of the wealthy elite from the burdens of reconstruction. Advocating progressive taxation and international reform, he links fiscal policy to democratic survival. A revealing pamphlet that captures Wells in full rhetorical stride—political urgency meets literary charisma, and a stark glimpse into the literary engagement with interwar policy and post-Versailles frustration.
KIRKPATRICK D2.
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