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14 Output Per Person Employed in EEC Countries: Average Annual Rates of Increase 1955–73. 15 UK Share in World Trade in Manufactures 1955–76. 16 Trends in the UK Balance of Payments, Annual Averages for Selected Periods 1955–77.
14 Output Per Person Employed in EEC Countries: Average Annual Rates of Increase 1955–73. 15 UK Share in World Trade in Manufactures 1955–76. 16 Trends in the UK Balance of Payments, Annual Averages for Selected Periods 1955–77.
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As if to confirm the validity of this developing pessimism in late Victorian Britain the available statistical indices point to a deterioration in the country's economic performance in the half century before 1914.
As if to confirm the validity of this developing pessimism in late Victorian Britain the available statistical indices point to a deterioration in the country's economic performance in the half century before 1914.
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... upon an increasingly narrow range of export markets located mainly within the British Empire, South America and Asia, and coalmining, textiles and iron and steel alone contributed over 70 per cent of the country's export earnings.
... upon an increasingly narrow range of export markets located mainly within the British Empire, South America and Asia, and coalmining, textiles and iron and steel alone contributed over 70 per cent of the country's export earnings.
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... eighteenth century'.13 Failure implies responsibility and one impressive aspect of the debate on the country's growth performance has been the enthusiasm with which its participants have sought to cast the blame for retardation.
... eighteenth century'.13 Failure implies responsibility and one impressive aspect of the debate on the country's growth performance has been the enthusiasm with which its participants have sought to cast the blame for retardation.
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This is because, given the size and the rate of growth of the world market at any one time (including in that notion any particular country's 'own' or 'protected' market), the successful challenger which is able to increase its share in ...
This is because, given the size and the rate of growth of the world market at any one time (including in that notion any particular country's 'own' or 'protected' market), the successful challenger which is able to increase its share in ...
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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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| Title | The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870 |
| Author | M.W. Kirby |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1136616748, 9781136616747 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Economic History Business & Economics / Economics / General Business & Economics / General |
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