The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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Page 14
... Europe to areas of expanding settle- ment located mainly in the temperate zones of the world - principally to North America and to a lesser extent Australia , New Zealand and South Africa . This vast movement of population , to which ...
... Europe to areas of expanding settle- ment located mainly in the temperate zones of the world - principally to North America and to a lesser extent Australia , New Zealand and South Africa . This vast movement of population , to which ...
Page 17
... Europe , the USA and later Japan , demand for foodstuffs and raw materials was growing rapidly . Increased ... European and Indian deficits by means of surpluses with Britain and Canada . Britain thus enjoyed merchandise trade ...
... Europe , the USA and later Japan , demand for foodstuffs and raw materials was growing rapidly . Increased ... European and Indian deficits by means of surpluses with Britain and Canada . Britain thus enjoyed merchandise trade ...
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... Europe to finance their purchases of primary products by exporting manufactures to Britain . In the same way that British overseas investment provided international liquidity for many primary pro- ducing countries , the visible trade ...
... Europe to finance their purchases of primary products by exporting manufactures to Britain . In the same way that British overseas investment provided international liquidity for many primary pro- ducing countries , the visible trade ...
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... Europe , China and Japan was improving ( in the European case because of rising coal exports ) , but this was largely offset by the mounting deficits with Canada and Argentina , with the addition of Australia and Brazil in the final ...
... Europe , China and Japan was improving ( in the European case because of rising coal exports ) , but this was largely offset by the mounting deficits with Canada and Argentina , with the addition of Australia and Brazil in the final ...
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... Europe and the USA.82 From the purely economic perspective there were two flaws in this conception of an ' imperial Zollverein ' . For one thing it conflicted with the ' cosmopolitan capitalism ' of the City of London and the market ...
... Europe and the USA.82 From the purely economic perspective there were two flaws in this conception of an ' imperial Zollverein ' . For one thing it conflicted with the ' cosmopolitan capitalism ' of the City of London and the market ...
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's economic British economy British industry British Overseas Cambridge capital cent Coalmining Industry competition considerable cost cotton countries country's currency current account D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review economic policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure factors favour foreign Germany gold standard government's Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy interwar period J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease loan London major manufacturing industry ment million Moggridge Monetary Policy multilateral organisation output political position postwar prewar primary producing problem programme protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission rise Robert Skidelsky role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury