The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... sources of supply , both for agricultural and manufactured products , in the domestic market itself , had conspired to undermine the confident optimism of the mid - Victorian era when the supremacy of British industry had gone ...
... sources of supply , both for agricultural and manufactured products , in the domestic market itself , had conspired to undermine the confident optimism of the mid - Victorian era when the supremacy of British industry had gone ...
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... source has further emphasised that the relative ease of entry into many engineering trades before that date subjected the industry as a whole to ' constant rejuvenation ' . In those areas where there were demonstrable technical or ...
... source has further emphasised that the relative ease of entry into many engineering trades before that date subjected the industry as a whole to ' constant rejuvenation ' . In those areas where there were demonstrable technical or ...
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M.W. Kirby. making or chocolate industry ' but , as the same source has also admitted , the generalised condemnation ... sources of demand in the face of mounting indigenous competition in its traditional overseas markets , 46 in common ...
M.W. Kirby. making or chocolate industry ' but , as the same source has also admitted , the generalised condemnation ... sources of demand in the face of mounting indigenous competition in its traditional overseas markets , 46 in common ...
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... sources of growth'.66 Here the problem was not so much the availability of finance , but the relatively unfavourable terms upon which it could be borrowed . British overseas investors preferred to hold high - grade foreign bonds and ...
... sources of growth'.66 Here the problem was not so much the availability of finance , but the relatively unfavourable terms upon which it could be borrowed . British overseas investors preferred to hold high - grade foreign bonds and ...
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... source of international economic stability at a time when the world was divided into several independent areas of multilateral settlement . Since these were linked only through the UK , a redirection of the flow of British lending could ...
... source of international economic stability at a time when the world was divided into several independent areas of multilateral settlement . Since these were linked only through the UK , a redirection of the flow of British lending could ...
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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