The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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Thus, any attempt to explain the current problems of the British economy by reference to the period since 1939 or, worse still, from the early 1960s, is necessarily incomplete in so far as it lacks historical perspective.
Thus, any attempt to explain the current problems of the British economy by reference to the period since 1939 or, worse still, from the early 1960s, is necessarily incomplete in so far as it lacks historical perspective.
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... it would be wrong to presume that the difficulties of writing off past capital and the problem of interrelatedness were significantly greater in Britain than elsewhere.24Other economies may have been more diversified by 1914 but ...
... it would be wrong to presume that the difficulties of writing off past capital and the problem of interrelatedness were significantly greater in Britain than elsewhere.24Other economies may have been more diversified by 1914 but ...
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... they masked deep-seated problems which were to play a considerable role in the industry's troubled interwar history. ... the colliery entrepreneur failed to solve the dual problems of falling labour productivity and rising costs of ...
... they masked deep-seated problems which were to play a considerable role in the industry's troubled interwar history. ... the colliery entrepreneur failed to solve the dual problems of falling labour productivity and rising costs of ...
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There is, too, the problem of related costs – the fact that it was difficult to justify the installation of coal cutters without incurring additional and proportionately much greater expenditure in the provision of a power supply and ...
There is, too, the problem of related costs – the fact that it was difficult to justify the installation of coal cutters without incurring additional and proportionately much greater expenditure in the provision of a power supply and ...
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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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| Title | The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870 |
| Author | M.W. Kirby |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1136616748, 9781136616747 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Economic History Business & Economics / Economics / General Business & Economics / General |
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