The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... of the efficiency of a country's productive processes. A more all-embracing concept applicable to the economy as a whole is that of total factor productivity, a measure specifically designed to compare changes in total output with.
... of the efficiency of a country's productive processes. A more all-embracing concept applicable to the economy as a whole is that of total factor productivity, a measure specifically designed to compare changes in total output with.
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Total factor productivity is usually referred to as 'the residual' in so far as it measures the contribution to the ... the factors of production and also the ability of an economy to utilise its resources in the most productive manner.
Total factor productivity is usually referred to as 'the residual' in so far as it measures the contribution to the ... the factors of production and also the ability of an economy to utilise its resources in the most productive manner.
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A factor of major importance in underpinning the charge of failure is the unsatisfactory nature of those arguments based upon the 'inevitability' of retardation in a mature industrial economy. In the latter context, several observers ...
A factor of major importance in underpinning the charge of failure is the unsatisfactory nature of those arguments based upon the 'inevitability' of retardation in a mature industrial economy. In the latter context, several observers ...
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Nevertheless, despite the validity of this kind of argument it remains true that the rate of growth of a country's exports can be determined also by domestic factors, in the nature of demand in the home market, for example, ...
Nevertheless, despite the validity of this kind of argument it remains true that the rate of growth of a country's exports can be determined also by domestic factors, in the nature of demand in the home market, for example, ...
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... British industry arguably precluded the establishment of the direct selling and overseas distributive organisations which were such an important factor in aiding the expansion of German and American manufactured exports after 1880.
... British industry arguably precluded the establishment of the direct selling and overseas distributive organisations which were such an important factor in aiding the expansion of German and American manufactured exports after 1880.
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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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