The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... critical explanation of Britain's relative economic decline has centred on the collective failings of industrialists. In general terms it has been claimed that there was an unhealthy aversion to meeting foreign competition where it was ...
... critical explanation of Britain's relative economic decline has centred on the collective failings of industrialists. In general terms it has been claimed that there was an unhealthy aversion to meeting foreign competition where it was ...
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... critical explanation of Britain's relative economic decline has centred on the collective failings of industrialists . In general terms it has been claimed that there was an unhealthy aversion to meeting foreign competition where it was ...
... critical explanation of Britain's relative economic decline has centred on the collective failings of industrialists . In general terms it has been claimed that there was an unhealthy aversion to meeting foreign competition where it was ...
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... critically important position at the heart of the British industrial economy . Between 1885 and 1900 the total value of output rose from 3 per cent of national income to 7 per cent50 ( although it fell back to 4 per cent in 1905 ) ...
... critically important position at the heart of the British industrial economy . Between 1885 and 1900 the total value of output rose from 3 per cent of national income to 7 per cent50 ( although it fell back to 4 per cent in 1905 ) ...
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... critical importance in the development of the world economy in the second half of the nineteenth century . Between 1850 and 1914 more than 40 million people emigrated from Europe to areas of expanding settle- ment located mainly in the ...
... critical importance in the development of the world economy in the second half of the nineteenth century . Between 1850 and 1914 more than 40 million people emigrated from Europe to areas of expanding settle- ment located mainly in the ...
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M.W. Kirby. This highly critical interpretation of the behaviour of the capital market is difficult to reconcile with the view that since Britain's financial institutions were the most sophisticated in the world by the late nineteenth ...
M.W. Kirby. This highly critical interpretation of the behaviour of the capital market is difficult to reconcile with the view that since Britain's financial institutions were the most sophisticated in the world by the late nineteenth ...
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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