The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... economy by reference to the period since 1939 or, worse still, from the early 1960s, is necessarily incomplete in so far as it lacks historical perspective. This is particularly dangerous when economic policy prescriptions are being ...
... economy by reference to the period since 1939 or, worse still, from the early 1960s, is necessarily incomplete in so far as it lacks historical perspective. This is particularly dangerous when economic policy prescriptions are being ...
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... economy by reference to the period since 1939 or , worse still , from the early 1960s , is necessarily incomplete in so far as it lacks historical perspective . This is particularly dangerous when economic policy prescriptions are being ...
... economy by reference to the period since 1939 or , worse still , from the early 1960s , is necessarily incomplete in so far as it lacks historical perspective . This is particularly dangerous when economic policy prescriptions are being ...
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... policy in Britain in the years immediately following the First World War . Within orthodox financial circles there was an unquestioning belief that the expansion of the international economy after 1870 had been dependent upon stable ...
... policy in Britain in the years immediately following the First World War . Within orthodox financial circles there was an unquestioning belief that the expansion of the international economy after 1870 had been dependent upon stable ...
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... economy . This did not occur , however , because of the sustained flow of investment funds from the British economy and also because the country continued to adhere to a policy of free trade . One factor which the classical theory of ...
... economy . This did not occur , however , because of the sustained flow of investment funds from the British economy and also because the country continued to adhere to a policy of free trade . One factor which the classical theory of ...
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... policy to New Zealand and Canada - countries which continued to direct the great bulk of their foodstuffs to the UK market - but it could be of little interest to those imperial territories with increasingly complex trading links ...
... policy to New Zealand and Canada - countries which continued to direct the great bulk of their foodstuffs to the UK market - but it could be of little interest to those imperial territories with increasingly complex trading links ...
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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