The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... cotton textiles, coalmining, iron and steel, and possibly general engineering. 4 Measures of efficiency based upon the productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes. A more all ...
... cotton textiles, coalmining, iron and steel, and possibly general engineering. 4 Measures of efficiency based upon the productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes. A more all ...
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... cotton textiles , coalmining , iron and steel , and possibly general engineering.4 Measures of efficiency based upon the productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes . A more ...
... cotton textiles , coalmining , iron and steel , and possibly general engineering.4 Measures of efficiency based upon the productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes . A more ...
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... cotton textiles and coalmining - will suffice to illustrate the nature of the argument . The cotton textile industry had been the most important growth sector in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution . By 1830 it accounted for ...
... cotton textiles and coalmining - will suffice to illustrate the nature of the argument . The cotton textile industry had been the most important growth sector in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution . By 1830 it accounted for ...
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... cotton textiles the last prewar year was one of record exports with one - third of total output being marketed overseas . Unlike the cotton industry coalmining did not depend on an imported raw material and with its dominant position in ...
... cotton textiles the last prewar year was one of record exports with one - third of total output being marketed overseas . Unlike the cotton industry coalmining did not depend on an imported raw material and with its dominant position in ...
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... cotton textiles , the surplus produc- tive capacity of the interwar period cannot stand as a condemnation of the investment decisions of the prewar years . ' What reason could there be for not investing in cotton mills in 1905 when ...
... cotton textiles , the surplus produc- tive capacity of the interwar period cannot stand as a condemnation of the investment decisions of the prewar years . ' What reason could there be for not investing in cotton mills in 1905 when ...
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's economic British economy British industry British Overseas Cambridge capital cent Coalmining Industry competition considerable cost cotton countries country's currency current account D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review economic policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure factors favour foreign Germany gold standard government's Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy interwar period J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease loan London major manufacturing industry ment million Moggridge Monetary Policy multilateral organisation output political position postwar prewar primary producing problem programme protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission rise Robert Skidelsky role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury