The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... 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 in the century and in comparison with Britain's principal overseas ...
... 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 in the century and in comparison with Britain's principal overseas ...
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... overseas marketing. Unlike their German and American competitors, British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities: few commercial travellers were employed and, as many a consular report ...
... overseas marketing. Unlike their German and American competitors, British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities: few commercial travellers were employed and, as many a consular report ...
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... overseas markets after 1870 and the 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 ...
... overseas markets after 1870 and the 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 ...
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... overseas invest- ments ( 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 in the century and in comparison with Britain's principal ...
... overseas invest- ments ( 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 in the century and in comparison with Britain's principal ...
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... overseas reducing the stimulus to invest in innovation . Although the climacteric thesis has much to commend it , it can only be of limited value as an explanation of retardation . Both versions of the argument are highly dependent upon ...
... overseas reducing the stimulus to invest in innovation . Although the climacteric thesis has much to commend it , it can only be of limited value as an explanation of retardation . Both versions of the argument are highly dependent upon ...
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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