The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... during the last two years: she has coped admirably with the frustrations of an author who finds the process of writing agonisingly difficult. M. W. KIRBY Stirling, November 1979 List of Tables 1 Balance of Payments and Export of Preface.
... during the last two years: she has coped admirably with the frustrations of an author who finds the process of writing agonisingly difficult. M. W. KIRBY Stirling, November 1979 List of Tables 1 Balance of Payments and Export of Preface.
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... exports continued to grow after 1870 but at a declining rate, both in relation to what had been achieved earlier in the century and in comparison with Britain's principal overseas competitors, Germany and the USA (see Tables 3 and 4, pp ...
... exports continued to grow after 1870 but at a declining rate, both in relation to what had been achieved earlier in the century and in comparison with Britain's principal overseas competitors, Germany and the USA (see Tables 3 and 4, pp ...
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... exports.17 Hence, subsequent retardation 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 ...
... exports.17 Hence, subsequent retardation 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 ...
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... exports of manufactures.22 Like the 'climacteric', the 'early start' thesis is not without an element of plausibility, especially when applied to individual industries (the railways being the classic examples of interrelatedness), but ...
... exports of manufactures.22 Like the 'climacteric', the 'early start' thesis is not without an element of plausibility, especially when applied to individual industries (the railways being the classic examples of interrelatedness), but ...
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M.W. Kirby. 1 2 3 List of Tables Balance of Payments and Export of Capital in the UK 1861-1913 . World Exports of Manufactured Goods . Average Annual Rates of Growth of Selected Indices of the UK Economy 1860-1913 . Comparative Long ...
M.W. Kirby. 1 2 3 List of Tables Balance of Payments and Export of Capital in the UK 1861-1913 . World Exports of Manufactured Goods . Average Annual Rates of Growth of Selected Indices of the UK Economy 1860-1913 . Comparative Long ...
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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