The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... reduction in the following decade (seeTable 3, p. 140). From 1890 to the outbreak of the First World War, industrial productivity grew extremely slowly at an average annual rate of 0.25 per cent as compared with 1.87 per cent from the ...
... reduction in the following decade (seeTable 3, p. 140). From 1890 to the outbreak of the First World War, industrial productivity grew extremely slowly at an average annual rate of 0.25 per cent as compared with 1.87 per cent from the ...
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... reduction in the following decade ( see Table 3 , p . 140 ) . From 1890 to the outbreak of the First World War , industrial productivity grew extremely slowly at an average annual rate of 0.25 per cent as compared with 1.87 per cent ...
... reduction in the following decade ( see Table 3 , p . 140 ) . From 1890 to the outbreak of the First World War , industrial productivity grew extremely slowly at an average annual rate of 0.25 per cent as compared with 1.87 per cent ...
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... reducing the stimulus to invest in innovation . Although the climacteric thesis has much to commend it , it can only be ... reduction in the British share of world markets . As Lord Kaldor has pointed out , in commenting on the general ...
... reducing the stimulus to invest in innovation . Although the climacteric thesis has much to commend it , it can only be ... reduction in the British share of world markets . As Lord Kaldor has pointed out , in commenting on the general ...
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... reduction of prices so that trade recession was invariably accompanied by an intensification of interdistrict competition . This degree of cost flexibility , perpetuated under the conciliation board system which began to replace sliding ...
... reduction of prices so that trade recession was invariably accompanied by an intensification of interdistrict competition . This degree of cost flexibility , perpetuated under the conciliation board system which began to replace sliding ...
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... reduction in the costs of ocean - going transport , it began to develop a close trading relationship with the primary producing countries of the world , exchanging staple manufactures for foodstuffs and raw materials . Beneficial though ...
... reduction in the costs of ocean - going transport , it began to develop a close trading relationship with the primary producing countries of the world , exchanging staple manufactures for foodstuffs and raw materials . Beneficial though ...
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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