The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... final quarter of the twentieth century are to be found in the equivalent years of the last century. Thus, any attempt to explain the current problems of the British economy by reference to the period since 1939 or, worse still, from the ...
... final quarter of the twentieth century are to be found in the equivalent years of the last century. Thus, any attempt to explain the current problems of the British economy by reference to the period since 1939 or, worse still, from the ...
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... final quarter of the twentieth century are to be found in the equivalent years of the last century . Thus , any attempt to explain the current problems of the British economy by reference to the period since 1939 or , worse still , from ...
... final quarter of the twentieth century are to be found in the equivalent years of the last century . Thus , any attempt to explain the current problems of the British economy by reference to the period since 1939 or , worse still , from ...
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... final quarter of the nineteenth century entrepreneurs were succumbing to the symptoms of ' third - generation decline ' - a growing antipathy towards the conduct of their businesses which manifested itself in an increasing proclivity to ...
... final quarter of the nineteenth century entrepreneurs were succumbing to the symptoms of ' third - generation decline ' - a growing antipathy towards the conduct of their businesses which manifested itself in an increasing proclivity to ...
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... final triumph of gold as the basic means of settling international indebtedness.73 For an individual country adherence to the gold standard required the fulfilment of three conditions : first , a commitment to a fixed rate of exchange ...
... final triumph of gold as the basic means of settling international indebtedness.73 For an individual country adherence to the gold standard required the fulfilment of three conditions : first , a commitment to a fixed rate of exchange ...
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... final years before 1914. The importance of India to Britain lay in the fact that the former enjoyed trading surpluses with those areas where Britain was most heavily in deficit . A significant proportion of Indian exports was admitted ...
... final years before 1914. The importance of India to Britain lay in the fact that the former enjoyed trading surpluses with those areas where Britain was most heavily in deficit . A significant proportion of Indian exports was admitted ...
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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