The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... trade. For an industrial economy which had come to depend for its prosperity upon a buoyant and expanding export trade this was a serious situation and it was inevitably reflected in the country's steadily declining share of the world ...
... trade. For an industrial economy which had come to depend for its prosperity upon a buoyant and expanding export trade this was a serious situation and it was inevitably reflected in the country's steadily declining share of the world ...
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... trade unions and entrepreneurs. A factor of major importance in underpinning the charge of failure is the unsatisfactory nature of those arguments based upon the 'inevitability' of retardation in a mature industrial economy. In the ...
... trade unions and entrepreneurs. A factor of major importance in underpinning the charge of failure is the unsatisfactory nature of those arguments based upon the 'inevitability' of retardation in a mature industrial economy. In the ...
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... trade – the technologically advanced industries whose products, as noted above, were of comparatively limited importance in Britain's exports of manufactures.22 Like the 'climacteric', the 'early start' thesis is not without an element ...
... trade – the technologically advanced industries whose products, as noted above, were of comparatively limited importance in Britain's exports of manufactures.22 Like the 'climacteric', the 'early start' thesis is not without an element ...
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... Trade 1938-45 . 7 8 Treasury Estimates ( mid - 1945 ) of UK Current Account Deficit for 1946 . 9 10 11 UK Balance of Payments 1946-51 . Economic Growth in the UK 1900-76 . Annual Growth Rates of Real Gross Domestic Product 1955-73 . 12 ...
... Trade 1938-45 . 7 8 Treasury Estimates ( mid - 1945 ) of UK Current Account Deficit for 1946 . 9 10 11 UK Balance of Payments 1946-51 . Economic Growth in the UK 1900-76 . Annual Growth Rates of Real Gross Domestic Product 1955-73 . 12 ...
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... trade union movement, in conjunction with restrictive labour practices, were partly to blame for the lack of interest in the principles of 'Taylorism'. 36 American employers, on the other hand, confronted by extremely weak labour ...
... trade union movement, in conjunction with restrictive labour practices, were partly to blame for the lack of interest in the principles of 'Taylorism'. 36 American employers, on the other hand, confronted by extremely weak labour ...
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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