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Criticisms have also been levelled at the weaving section to the effect that its record in the installation of fully automatic looms vis-à-vis its principal foreign rivals was abysmal. Both of these criticisms appear to carry greater ...
Criticisms have also been levelled at the weaving section to the effect that its record in the installation of fully automatic looms vis-à-vis its principal foreign rivals was abysmal. Both of these criticisms appear to carry greater ...
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At first sight it appears incontrovertible that the introduction of machine mining on an extensive scale (as in the USA) would have helped to mitigate the effects of declining productivity but it is necessary to take.
At first sight it appears incontrovertible that the introduction of machine mining on an extensive scale (as in the USA) would have helped to mitigate the effects of declining productivity but it is necessary to take.
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effects of declining productivity but it is necessary to take account of geological and other natural conditions which rendered mechanisation on the basis of the available equipment impracticable in many of the coalfields.
effects of declining productivity but it is necessary to take account of geological and other natural conditions which rendered mechanisation on the basis of the available equipment impracticable in many of the coalfields.
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... World War but it is no argument to claim that nineteenthcentury entrepreneurs should have been expected to anticipate the First World War, its dislocative economic effects, and the severity and duration of the interwar depression.
... World War but it is no argument to claim that nineteenthcentury entrepreneurs should have been expected to anticipate the First World War, its dislocative economic effects, and the severity and duration of the interwar depression.
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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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