The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... Costs . 27 Growth Rate of UK Money Supply 1968-73 . 28 29 30 Estimated Industrial Distribution of Research and Development Expenditure 1962 . The Increasing Concentration of Net Assets in UK Manufacturing Industry 1957-69 . The Share of ...
... Costs . 27 Growth Rate of UK Money Supply 1968-73 . 28 29 30 Estimated Industrial Distribution of Research and Development Expenditure 1962 . The Increasing Concentration of Net Assets in UK Manufacturing Industry 1957-69 . The Share of ...
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... cost of the raw material necessary for this particular process . Similarly , with the automatic loom , the high capital cost of installation was outweighed by savings in labour 47 These conditions did not apply in the British industry ...
... cost of the raw material necessary for this particular process . Similarly , with the automatic loom , the high capital cost of installation was outweighed by savings in labour 47 These conditions did not apply in the British industry ...
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... cost effective for the lower yarn counts produced by the British industry.49 The second illustration of the ... costs of production.52 The fall in labour productivity , which set in during the 1880s , was a direct consequence of the ...
... cost effective for the lower yarn counts produced by the British industry.49 The second illustration of the ... costs of production.52 The fall in labour productivity , which set in during the 1880s , was a direct consequence of the ...
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... costs the fact that it was difficult to justify the installation of coal cutters without incurring additional and ... cost flexibility , perpetuated under the conciliation board system which began to replace sliding scales from the ...
... costs the fact that it was difficult to justify the installation of coal cutters without incurring additional and ... cost flexibility , perpetuated under the conciliation board system which began to replace sliding scales from the ...
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... cost flexibility against a background of secular market expansion.57 Similarly , in cotton textiles , the surplus produc- tive capacity of the interwar period cannot stand as a condemnation of the investment decisions of the prewar ...
... cost flexibility against a background of secular market expansion.57 Similarly , in cotton textiles , the surplus produc- tive capacity of the interwar period cannot stand as a condemnation of the investment decisions of the prewar ...
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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