The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... Depression ' in agriculture , trade and industry when , increasingly , the dogma of free trade began to be questioned and the security of Britain's international economic position reassessed . The ' Fair Trade ' movement of the early ...
... Depression ' in agriculture , trade and industry when , increasingly , the dogma of free trade began to be questioned and the security of Britain's international economic position reassessed . The ' Fair Trade ' movement of the early ...
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... depressed agricultural counties augmented in the longer term by the high rate of natural population increase in the coalfields themselves . Between 1889 and 1913 productive capacity in coalmining increased by 60 per cent while in the ...
... depressed agricultural counties augmented in the longer term by the high rate of natural population increase in the coalfields themselves . Between 1889 and 1913 productive capacity in coalmining increased by 60 per cent while in the ...
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... depression . As one writer has pointed out , ' It seems wrong to condemn businessmen's decisions by reference to hindsight arguments or because they base their decisions on benefits to the individual firm rather than the economy as a ...
... depression . As one writer has pointed out , ' It seems wrong to condemn businessmen's decisions by reference to hindsight arguments or because they base their decisions on benefits to the individual firm rather than the economy as a ...
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... depression led to a fall in replacement investment with the result that economic revival failed to produce an acceptable level of profits for industrial investors . After 1900 , therefore , overseas investment still remained an ...
... depression led to a fall in replacement investment with the result that economic revival failed to produce an acceptable level of profits for industrial investors . After 1900 , therefore , overseas investment still remained an ...
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... depression to the primary producing countries and therefore unable to prevent a decline in British exports . Secondly , the USA was emerging as an influential force in the international economy after 1890. With rising exports of ...
... depression to the primary producing countries and therefore unable to prevent a decline in British exports . Secondly , the USA was emerging as an influential force in the international economy after 1890. With rising exports of ...
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Bank Review Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's Economic Prospects British economy British industry British Overseas Business History Cambridge capital cent competition considerable cost cotton country's currency D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review Economic Journal Economic Policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure exports factors favour foreign Germany gold standard Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease Lloyds Bank loan London manufacturing industry million Moggridge multilateral National organisation output Oxford political position postwar prewar problem protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission return to gold Richardson rise role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury United Kingdom