The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... rise in productivity, but this would only slightly modify the general picture of decelerating productivity growth. It is noteworthy that the lag in efficiency was particularly marked in such key exporting industries as cotton textiles ...
... rise in productivity, but this would only slightly modify the general picture of decelerating productivity growth. It is noteworthy that the lag in efficiency was particularly marked in such key exporting industries as cotton textiles ...
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... rise of a mass-production steel industry after that date) 16 together with an exogenously determined fall in the rate of growth of exports.17 Hence, subsequent retardation was largely the product of an accident of timing: the ...
... rise of a mass-production steel industry after that date) 16 together with an exogenously determined fall in the rate of growth of exports.17 Hence, subsequent retardation was largely the product of an accident of timing: the ...
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... rise of tariff protection in overseas markets after 1870 and the increasing encroachments of foreign sources of supply , both for agricultural and manufactured products , in the domestic market itself , had conspired to undermine the ...
... rise of tariff protection in overseas markets after 1870 and the increasing encroachments of foreign sources of supply , both for agricultural and manufactured products , in the domestic market itself , had conspired to undermine the ...
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... economy enjoying a more rapid rise in productivity , but this would only slightly modify the general picture of decelerating productivity growth . It is noteworthy that the lag in 2 THE DECLINE OF BRITISH ECONOMIC POWER.
... economy enjoying a more rapid rise in productivity , but this would only slightly modify the general picture of decelerating productivity growth . It is noteworthy that the lag in 2 THE DECLINE OF BRITISH ECONOMIC POWER.
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... ( either in the application of steam power and iron to industrial processes by 1870,15 or in the rise of a mass - production steel industry after that date ) 16 together with an exogenously determined 4 THE DECLINE OF BRITISH ECONOMIC ...
... ( either in the application of steam power and iron to industrial processes by 1870,15 or in the rise of a mass - production steel industry after that date ) 16 together with an exogenously determined 4 THE DECLINE OF BRITISH ECONOMIC ...
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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