The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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7 UK Balance of Visible Trade 1938–45. 8 Treasury Estimates (mid-1945) of UK Current Account Deficit for 1946. 9 UK Balance of Payments 1946–51. 10 Economic Growth in the UK 1900–76. 11 Annual Growth Rates of Real Gross Domestic Product ...
7 UK Balance of Visible Trade 1938–45. 8 Treasury Estimates (mid-1945) of UK Current Account Deficit for 1946. 9 UK Balance of Payments 1946–51. 10 Economic Growth in the UK 1900–76. 11 Annual Growth Rates of Real Gross Domestic Product ...
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DOI: 10.4324/9781315020372-1 In 1913 Britain stood at the centre of the international economy, the world's greatest trading nation providing, through the City of London, sophisticated financial and commercial services which underpinned ...
DOI: 10.4324/9781315020372-1 In 1913 Britain stood at the centre of the international economy, the world's greatest trading nation providing, through the City of London, sophisticated financial and commercial services which underpinned ...
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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.
... 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.
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By 1913 they were relatively diversified, encompassing most of the traditional staple industries and also the new growth sectors of international trade – the technologically advanced industries whose products, as noted above, ...
By 1913 they were relatively diversified, encompassing most of the traditional staple industries and also the new growth sectors of international trade – the technologically advanced industries whose products, as noted above, ...
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The result of this was to intensify trade union suspicions of proposals to rationalise production methods and to contribute directly towards mutual feelings of mistrust and antagonism between management and workers in the entire field ...
The result of this was to intensify trade union suspicions of proposals to rationalise production methods and to contribute directly towards mutual feelings of mistrust and antagonism between management and workers in the entire field ...
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Contents
Growth and Stagnation | |
Recovery on the Dole | |
the Bankrupt State | |
the Political Economy of Failure | |
Statistical Tables | 12 |
Notes | 25 |
Bibliography | 79 |
Index | 1982 |
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