The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... effect that its record in the installation of fully automatic looms vis - à - vis its principal foreign rivals was abysmal . Both of these criticisms appear to carry greater weight because the new technology was readily available to the ...
... effect that its record in the installation of fully automatic looms vis - à - vis its principal foreign rivals was abysmal . Both of these criticisms appear to carry greater weight because the new technology was readily available to the ...
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... have helped to mitigate the effects of declining productivity but it is necessary to take account of geological and other natural conditions which rendered mechanisation on the basis of the available THE BRITISH ECONOMY 1870-1913 11.
... have helped to mitigate the effects of declining productivity but it is necessary to take account of geological and other natural conditions which rendered mechanisation on the basis of the available THE BRITISH ECONOMY 1870-1913 11.
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... effects , and the severity and duration of the interwar depression . As one writer has pointed out , ' It seems wrong to condemn businessmen's decisions by reference to hindsight arguments or because they base their decisions on ...
... effects , and the severity and duration of the interwar depression . As one writer has pointed out , ' It seems wrong to condemn businessmen's decisions by reference to hindsight arguments or because they base their decisions on ...
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... effect was to retard the development of more advanced industrial sectors in the British economy . This can be illustrated particularly well by reference to the engineering industry which became increasingly dependent in the later ...
... effect was to retard the development of more advanced industrial sectors in the British economy . This can be illustrated particularly well by reference to the engineering industry which became increasingly dependent in the later ...
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... effects of a reduced demand for primary products , enabling the empire countries to meet their external debt obligations and to continue to import Britain's staple manufactures . The working of this mechanism was dependent upon ...
... effects of a reduced demand for primary products , enabling the empire countries to meet their external debt obligations and to continue to import Britain's staple manufactures . The working of this mechanism was dependent upon ...
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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