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M.W. Kirby. 1. The. British. Economy. 1870–1913: the. Descent. from. Hegemony. DOI: 10.4324/9781315020372-1 In 1913 Britain stood at the centre of the international economy, the world's greatest trading nation providing, through the City of ...
M.W. Kirby. 1. The. British. Economy. 1870–1913: the. Descent. from. Hegemony. DOI: 10.4324/9781315020372-1 In 1913 Britain stood at the centre of the international economy, the world's greatest trading nation providing, through the City of ...
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... international business services and interest and dividends from overseas investments (see Table 1, p. 138). The volume of exports continued to grow after 1870 but at a declining rate, both in relation to what had been achieved earlier ...
... international business services and interest and dividends from overseas investments (see Table 1, p. 138). The volume of exports continued to grow after 1870 but at a declining rate, both in relation to what had been achieved earlier ...
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... economy to utilise its resources in the most productive manner. As a statistical measure, therefore, total factor ... international economy. This is not to suggest that the pre-1914 economy was 8 completely resistant to structural ...
... economy to utilise its resources in the most productive manner. As a statistical measure, therefore, total factor ... international economy. This is not to suggest that the pre-1914 economy was 8 completely resistant to structural ...
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M.W. Kirby. 20 question as to why the pre-1914 economy remained overwhelmingly committed to the staple industries to ... international trade – the technologically advanced industries whose products, as noted above, were of comparatively ...
M.W. Kirby. 20 question as to why the pre-1914 economy remained overwhelmingly committed to the staple industries to ... international trade – the technologically advanced industries whose products, as noted above, were of comparatively ...
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... economy after 1870, in distribution with the rise of the multiple chain store, and in the provision of international services in the spheres of banking, shipping and insurance. 43 Nor should the rapidly expanding consumer industries ...
... economy after 1870, in distribution with the rise of the multiple chain store, and in the provision of international services in the spheres of banking, shipping and insurance. 43 Nor should the rapidly expanding consumer industries ...
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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