The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... foreign competition, British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action, entering new but markedly less prosperous markets while remaining heavily reliant upon existing product ranges and techniques of ...
... foreign competition, British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action, entering new but markedly less prosperous markets while remaining heavily reliant upon existing product ranges and techniques of ...
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... foreign sources of supply , both for agricultural and manufactured products , in the domestic market itself , had conspired to undermine the confident optimism of the mid - Victorian era when the supremacy of British industry had gone ...
... foreign sources of supply , both for agricultural and manufactured products , in the domestic market itself , had conspired to undermine the confident optimism of the mid - Victorian era when the supremacy of British industry had gone ...
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... foreign competition , British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action , entering new but markedly less prosperous markets while remaining heavily reliant upon existing product ranges and techniques of ...
... foreign competition , British industrialists chose the weakest and most conservative course of action , entering new but markedly less prosperous markets while remaining heavily reliant upon existing product ranges and techniques of ...
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... foreign competition where it was most severe . Rather than improve the efficiency of their businesses and develop new lines of production British entrepreneurs remained obstinately committed to the staple trades , content to limit their ...
... foreign competition where it was most severe . Rather than improve the efficiency of their businesses and develop new lines of production British entrepreneurs remained obstinately committed to the staple trades , content to limit their ...
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... foreign rivals was abysmal . Both of these criticisms appear to carry greater weight because the new technology was readily available to the industry from Britain's own textile machinery makers who developed a thriving export trade in ...
... foreign rivals was abysmal . Both of these criticisms appear to carry greater weight because the new technology was readily available to the industry from Britain's own textile machinery makers who developed a thriving export trade in ...
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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