The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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The volume of exports continued to grow after 1870 but at a declining rate, both in relation to what had been achieved earlier in the century and in comparison with Britain's principal overseas competitors, Germany and the USA (see ...
The volume of exports continued to grow after 1870 but at a declining rate, both in relation to what had been achieved earlier in the century and in comparison with Britain's principal overseas competitors, Germany and the USA (see ...
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Nor does it provide an adequate explanation for the reason why, of all the possible responses to foreign competition, British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action, entering new but markedly less ...
Nor does it provide an adequate explanation for the reason why, of all the possible responses to foreign competition, British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action, entering new but markedly less ...
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... remained obstinately committed to the staple trades, content to limit their commercial activities to 'safe' imperial markets and other areas in underdeveloped parts of the world which had yet to be penetrated by foreign competition.
... remained obstinately committed to the staple trades, content to limit their commercial activities to 'safe' imperial markets and other areas in underdeveloped parts of the world which had yet to be penetrated by foreign competition.
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Unlike their German and American 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 ...
Unlike their German and American 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 ...
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competing hypotheses. The first is essentially a variant of the 'early start' thesis, but whereas the latter lays stress on the purely technological barriers to innovation, the former attaches greater weight to social and psychological ...
competing hypotheses. The first is essentially a variant of the 'early start' thesis, but whereas the latter lays stress on the purely technological barriers to innovation, the former attaches greater weight to social and psychological ...
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Contents
Growth and Stagnation | |
Recovery on the Dole | |
the Bankrupt State | |
the Political Economy of Failure | |
Statistical Tables | 12 |
Notes | 25 |
Bibliography | 79 |
Index | 1982 |
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