The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... role in the growth of productivity can be fulfilled by a small number of ' leading sectors ' with a high rate of innovation , but in a relatively mature economy it is far more likely that productivity growth is dependent upon ...
... role in the growth of productivity can be fulfilled by a small number of ' leading sectors ' with a high rate of innovation , but in a relatively mature economy it is far more likely that productivity growth is dependent upon ...
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... role in the industry's troubled interwar history . Unenthusiastic towards tech- nical innovation and large - scale business enterprise , the colliery entrepreneur failed to solve the dual problems of falling labour productivity and ...
... role in the industry's troubled interwar history . Unenthusiastic towards tech- nical innovation and large - scale business enterprise , the colliery entrepreneur failed to solve the dual problems of falling labour productivity and ...
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... role to the export of capital . In its most extreme form the argument is that the institutions of the City , many with Continental émigré origins , were ignorant of the conditions and needs of British industry and their bias towards ...
... role to the export of capital . In its most extreme form the argument is that the institutions of the City , many with Continental émigré origins , were ignorant of the conditions and needs of British industry and their bias towards ...
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... role played by overseas investment in underpinning the domestic standard of living . Reference has already been made to the growth of international trade in primary products and the central role of British lending in this process ...
... role played by overseas investment in underpinning the domestic standard of living . Reference has already been made to the growth of international trade in primary products and the central role of British lending in this process ...
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... role in the formulation of monetary policy in Britain in the years immediately following the First World War . Within orthodox financial circles there was an unquestioning belief that the expansion of the international economy after ...
... role in the formulation of monetary policy in Britain in the years immediately following the First World War . Within orthodox financial circles there was an unquestioning belief that the expansion of the international economy after ...
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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