The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... position simply because it possesses the considerable advantages of accumulated technical expertise and the requisite financial resources to apply that expertise.23 In other words, it would be wrong to presume that the difficulties of ...
... position simply because it possesses the considerable advantages of accumulated technical expertise and the requisite financial resources to apply that expertise.23 In other words, it would be wrong to presume that the difficulties of ...
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... position on the eve of the First World War appeared to be one of great strength . Yet it is salutary to remember that well before the turn of the century many of those doubts and uncertainties with which a later British public was to ...
... position on the eve of the First World War appeared to be one of great strength . Yet it is salutary to remember that well before the turn of the century many of those doubts and uncertainties with which a later British public was to ...
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... position simply because it possesses the considerable advantages of accumulated technical expertise and the requisite financial resources to apply that expertise . 23 In other words , it would be wrong to presume that the difficulties ...
... position simply because it possesses the considerable advantages of accumulated technical expertise and the requisite financial resources to apply that expertise . 23 In other words , it would be wrong to presume that the difficulties ...
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... position at the heart of the British industrial economy . Between 1885 and 1900 the total value of output rose from 3 per cent of national income to 7 per cent50 ( although it fell back to 4 per cent in 1905 ) , whilst in volume terms ...
... position at the heart of the British industrial economy . Between 1885 and 1900 the total value of output rose from 3 per cent of national income to 7 per cent50 ( although it fell back to 4 per cent in 1905 ) , whilst in volume terms ...
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... position through ' automatic ' wage reduc- tions , a crucial advantage in an industry where labour costs amounted to 70 per cent of total costs of production . Furthermore , since sliding scales were negotiated on a coalfield basis ...
... position through ' automatic ' wage reduc- tions , a crucial advantage in an industry where labour costs amounted to 70 per cent of total costs of production . Furthermore , since sliding scales were negotiated on a coalfield basis ...
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's economic British economy British industry British Overseas Cambridge capital cent Coalmining Industry competition considerable cost cotton countries country's currency current account D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review economic policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure factors favour foreign Germany gold standard government's Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy interwar period J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease loan London major manufacturing industry ment million Moggridge Monetary Policy multilateral organisation output political position postwar prewar primary producing problem programme protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission rise Robert Skidelsky role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury