The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... was largely the product of an accident of timing: the technological lull before the exploitation of the dramatic innovations of the twentieth century in electrical power, for example, and advanced chemical processes, coincided with.
... was largely the product of an accident of timing: the technological lull before the exploitation of the dramatic innovations of the twentieth century in electrical power, for example, and advanced chemical processes, coincided with.
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... examples of interrelatedness), but it remains unsatisfactory as an objective explanation of industrial retardation as a whole. In the first instance, it is only logical to presume that the pioneering industrial country in any subsequent ...
... examples of interrelatedness), but it remains unsatisfactory as an objective explanation of industrial retardation as a whole. In the first instance, it is only logical to presume that the pioneering industrial country in any subsequent ...
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... example , is the growing merchandise trade deficit . In terms of both volume and value , imports were growing more rapidly than exports , a situation which rendered the country increasingly dependent for the maintenance of living ...
... example , is the growing merchandise trade deficit . In terms of both volume and value , imports were growing more rapidly than exports , a situation which rendered the country increasingly dependent for the maintenance of living ...
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... example , and advanced chemical processes , coincided with the spread of industrialisation overseas reducing the stimulus to invest in innovation . Although the climacteric thesis has much to commend it , it can only be of limited value ...
... example , and advanced chemical processes , coincided with the spread of industrialisation overseas reducing the stimulus to invest in innovation . Although the climacteric thesis has much to commend it , it can only be of limited value ...
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... example , which may restrict the potential for scale economies or , more to the point in the present context , by ... examples of interrelatedness ) , but it remains unsatisfactory as an objective explanation of industrial retardation as ...
... example , which may restrict the potential for scale economies or , more to the point in the present context , by ... examples of interrelatedness ) , but it remains unsatisfactory as an objective explanation of industrial retardation as ...
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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