The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... Manufacturing Investment as a Proportion of Gross Domestic Product 1960-72 . Rates of Male Unemployment in Great Britain 1955-77 . Gross Profit Shares of UK Manufacturing and Services 1966-76 . Proportions of Total Employment in ...
... Manufacturing Investment as a Proportion of Gross Domestic Product 1960-72 . Rates of Male Unemployment in Great Britain 1955-77 . Gross Profit Shares of UK Manufacturing and Services 1966-76 . Proportions of Total Employment in ...
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... manufacture of agricultural machinery and medium - range machine tools , for example - it has been argued convincingly that objective market factors - in particular the lack of a sufficiently large home market and the varied nature of ...
... manufacture of agricultural machinery and medium - range machine tools , for example - it has been argued convincingly that objective market factors - in particular the lack of a sufficiently large home market and the varied nature of ...
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... be employed with advantage in manufacturing processes which were comparatively labour intensive.48 This is not to suggest that the industry remained technologically stagnant . In the 10 THE DECLINE OF BRITISH ECONOMIC POWER.
... be employed with advantage in manufacturing processes which were comparatively labour intensive.48 This is not to suggest that the industry remained technologically stagnant . In the 10 THE DECLINE OF BRITISH ECONOMIC POWER.
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... manufacturers have abandoned the mule spindle when there was a readily available supply of relatively cheap and highly skilled labour with a long tradition of urbanised industrial employment ? The true irony of the market situation ...
... manufacturers have abandoned the mule spindle when there was a readily available supply of relatively cheap and highly skilled labour with a long tradition of urbanised industrial employment ? The true irony of the market situation ...
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... manufacturers , Indian exports , in an increasingly protectionist world , would indirectly overcome foreign tariff barriers for the British economy , 80 Britain's international economic position in 1913 was thus a vulnerable one . In ...
... manufacturers , Indian exports , in an increasingly protectionist world , would indirectly overcome foreign tariff barriers for the British economy , 80 Britain's international economic position in 1913 was thus a vulnerable one . 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