The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... productivity (calculated by dividing the number of operatives into the index of industrial production) registered a sharp fall in the 1880s with a further reduction in the following decade (seeTable 3, p. 140). From 1890 to the outbreak ...
... productivity (calculated by dividing the number of operatives into the index of industrial production) registered a sharp fall in the 1880s with a further reduction in the following decade (seeTable 3, p. 140). From 1890 to the outbreak ...
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... productivity with the result that intersectoral shifts in the structure of the labour force contributed little to the growth of the economy.11 Britain's faltering growth performance has led many economic historians to conclude that the ...
... productivity with the result that intersectoral shifts in the structure of the labour force contributed little to the growth of the economy.11 Britain's faltering growth performance has led many economic historians to conclude that the ...
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... productive organisations created a barrier of communication between manufacturer and customer, a major disadvantage in promoting the sale of advanced technical products rather than relatively simple consumer goods.33 Thus the fragmented ...
... productive organisations created a barrier of communication between manufacturer and customer, a major disadvantage in promoting the sale of advanced technical products rather than relatively simple consumer goods.33 Thus the fragmented ...
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... productivity ( calculated by dividing the number of operatives into the index of industrial production ) registered a sharp fall in the 1880s with a further reduction in the following decade ( see Table 3 , p . 140 ) . From 1890 to the ...
... productivity ( calculated by dividing the number of operatives into the index of industrial production ) registered a sharp fall in the 1880s with a further reduction in the following decade ( see Table 3 , p . 140 ) . From 1890 to the ...
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... productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes . A more all - embracing concept applicable to the economy as a whole is that of total factor productivity , a measure ...
... productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes . A more all - embracing concept applicable to the economy as a whole is that of total factor productivity , a measure ...
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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