The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... primary producing countries of the world , exchanging staple manufactures for foodstuffs and raw materials . Beneficial though this trade may have been before 1914 , its long - term effect was to retard the development of more advanced ...
... primary producing countries of the world , exchanging staple manufactures for foodstuffs and raw materials . Beneficial though this trade may have been before 1914 , its long - term effect was to retard the development of more advanced ...
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... primary producing countries . In the period before 1890 the empire countries ( excluding Canada ) were central to this process . Since the great bulk of their exports were directed towards the metropolitan market a redirection of ...
... primary producing countries . In the period before 1890 the empire countries ( excluding Canada ) were central to this process . Since the great bulk of their exports were directed towards the metropolitan market a redirection of ...
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... primary producing countries and therefore unable to prevent a decline in British exports . Secondly , the USA was emerging as an influential force in the international economy after 1890. With rising exports of manufactured goods and ...
... primary producing countries and therefore unable to prevent a decline in British exports . Secondly , the USA was emerging as an influential force in the international economy after 1890. With rising exports of manufactured goods and ...
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... primary producing countries of the world . As long as their levels of economic activity continued to rise and the prices of their products remained high the impact of foreign industrial com- petition would be blunted . But in the event ...
... primary producing countries of the world . As long as their levels of economic activity continued to rise and the prices of their products remained high the impact of foreign industrial com- petition would be blunted . But in the event ...
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... and raw materials , industrialised Europe had achieved a sustained improvement in living standards by expanding its manufactured exports to the primary producing The British Economy in the 1920s: Growth and Stagnation.
... and raw materials , industrialised Europe had achieved a sustained improvement in living standards by expanding its manufactured exports to the primary producing The British Economy in the 1920s: Growth and Stagnation.
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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