The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... Research and Development Expenditure 1962 . The Increasing Concentration of Net Assets in UK Manufacturing Industry 1957-69 . The Share of the Largest 100 Firms in UK Manufacturing Net Output 1909-70 . List of Tables.
... Research and Development Expenditure 1962 . The Increasing Concentration of Net Assets in UK Manufacturing Industry 1957-69 . The Share of the Largest 100 Firms in UK Manufacturing Net Output 1909-70 . List of Tables.
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... increasing encroachments of 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 ...
... increasing encroachments of 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 ...
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... increasing returns ' or the economies of large - scale production , whereas Britain , confronted by more slowly growing markets both at home and abroad , was bound to be increasingly handicapped in overseas markets by lower industrial ...
... increasing returns ' or the economies of large - scale production , whereas Britain , confronted by more slowly growing markets both at home and abroad , was bound to be increasingly handicapped in overseas markets by lower industrial ...
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... increasing proclivity to squander the hard - won wealth of their forebears in ostentatious and extravagant living . These attitudes were reflected in a substantial element of complacency in the running of British industry.39 This kind ...
... increasing proclivity to squander the hard - won wealth of their forebears in ostentatious and extravagant living . These attitudes were reflected in a substantial element of complacency in the running of British industry.39 This kind ...
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... increased principally by the recruitment of more labour to the industry . At first sight it appears incontrovertible that the introduction of machine mining on an extensive scale ( as in the USA ) would have helped to mitigate the ...
... increased principally by the recruitment of more labour to the industry . At first sight it appears incontrovertible that the introduction of machine mining on an extensive scale ( as in the USA ) would have helped to mitigate the ...
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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