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... competitors, Germany and the USA (see Tables 3 and 4, pp. 140–1). What was particularly disturbing was the deceleration in the rate of growth of manufactured exports (measured in constant prices) from 3–3 per cent per annum between 1853 ...
... competitors, Germany and the USA (see Tables 3 and 4, pp. 140–1). What was particularly disturbing was the deceleration in the rate of growth of manufactured exports (measured in constant prices) from 3–3 per cent per annum between 1853 ...
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... competition, British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action, entering new but markedly less prosperous markets while remaining heavily reliant upon existing product ranges and techniques of production ...
... competition, British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action, entering new but markedly less prosperous markets while remaining heavily reliant upon existing product ranges and techniques of production ...
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... competitors, British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities: few commercial travellers were employed and, as many a consular report lamented, techniques of salesmanship were crude and ...
... competitors, British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities: few commercial travellers were employed and, as many a consular report lamented, techniques of salesmanship were crude and ...
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... competitors , Germany and the USA ( see Tables 3 and 4 , pp . 140-1 ) . What was particularly disturbing was the deceleration in the rate of growth of manufactured exports ( measured in constant prices ) from 3.3 per cent per annum ...
... competitors , Germany and the USA ( see Tables 3 and 4 , pp . 140-1 ) . What was particularly disturbing was the deceleration in the rate of growth of manufactured exports ( measured in constant prices ) from 3.3 per cent per annum ...
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... competition , British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action , entering new but markedly less prosperous markets while remaining heavily reliant upon existing product ranges and techniques of production ...
... competition , British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action , entering new but markedly less prosperous markets while remaining heavily reliant upon existing product ranges and techniques of production ...
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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