The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... social prestige and priority in economic terms to applied science and technology . Yet it is equally valid to maintain that these inadequacies were a partial reflection of the limited outlook of industrialists themselves . Practical ...
... social prestige and priority in economic terms to applied science and technology . Yet it is equally valid to maintain that these inadequacies were a partial reflection of the limited outlook of industrialists themselves . Practical ...
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... social and psychological impediments in the way of a more vigorous entrepreneurial response . In its simplest form the argument is that by the final quarter of the nineteenth century entrepreneurs were succumbing to the symptoms of ...
... social and psychological impediments in the way of a more vigorous entrepreneurial response . In its simplest form the argument is that by the final quarter of the nineteenth century entrepreneurs were succumbing to the symptoms of ...
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... social optimum ' but the individual entrepreneur cannot be expected to estimate external economies.56 A more capital - intensive and structurally integrated coalmining industry would undoubtedly have benefited the pre - 1914 economy and ...
... social optimum ' but the individual entrepreneur cannot be expected to estimate external economies.56 A more capital - intensive and structurally integrated coalmining industry would undoubtedly have benefited the pre - 1914 economy and ...
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... social overhead capital projects , mainly in the form of dock and harbour facilities . The net total of overseas investment on an annual basis had averaged slightly below 2 per cent of the gross national product in the years 1811-50 ...
... social overhead capital projects , mainly in the form of dock and harbour facilities . The net total of overseas investment on an annual basis had averaged slightly below 2 per cent of the gross national product in the years 1811-50 ...
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