The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... 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 confident ...
... 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 confident ...
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... tariff barriers for the British economy . 80 Britain's international economic position in 1913 was thus a vulnerable one . In the domestic market foreign manufactures con- tinued to make the inroads that had begun well before 1900. The ...
... tariff barriers for the British economy . 80 Britain's international economic position in 1913 was thus a vulnerable one . In the domestic market foreign manufactures con- tinued to make the inroads that had begun well before 1900. The ...
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... tariff protection , first espoused by the ' Fair Trade ' movement in the early 1880s and later combined most spectacularly with the concept of Imperial Preference by Joseph Chamberlain in his tariff reform campaign in the years after ...
... tariff protection , first espoused by the ' Fair Trade ' movement in the early 1880s and later combined most spectacularly with the concept of Imperial Preference by Joseph Chamberlain in his tariff reform campaign in the years after ...
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... tariff reformers failed to perceive , therefore , was that ' the sale of Empire products throughout the world made possible the smooth flow of Britain's trade and far more important for international goodwill the smooth flow of the ...
... tariff reformers failed to perceive , therefore , was that ' the sale of Empire products throughout the world made possible the smooth flow of Britain's trade and far more important for international goodwill the smooth flow of the ...
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... tariff reformers came nearest to an accurate assessment of Britain's international position on the eve of the First World War , that in the words of Chamberlain himself ' a great Empire ' whose economic base was founded on ' jam and ...
... tariff reformers came nearest to an accurate assessment of Britain's international position on the eve of the First World War , that in the words of Chamberlain himself ' a great Empire ' whose economic base was founded on ' jam and ...
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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