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... gold standard , a period which witnessed the 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 ...
... gold standard , a period which witnessed the 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 ...
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... gold standard failed to take into account was the international movement of capital . In the British case , the annual net ouflow of funds abroad more or less matched the current account surplus . Britain , therefore , unlike , say ...
... gold standard failed to take into account was the international movement of capital . In the British case , the annual net ouflow of funds abroad more or less matched the current account surplus . Britain , therefore , unlike , say ...
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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