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International Comparison of Labour Costs. 27 Growth Rate of UK Money Supply 1968-73. Estimated Industrial Distribution of Research and Development Expenditure 1962. The Increasing Concentration of Net Assets in UK Manufacturing Industry ...
International Comparison of Labour Costs. 27 Growth Rate of UK Money Supply 1968-73. Estimated Industrial Distribution of Research and Development Expenditure 1962. The Increasing Concentration of Net Assets in UK Manufacturing Industry ...
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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 the structure of world trade.
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 the structure of world trade.
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Victorian Britain the available statistical indices point to a deterior ation in the country's economic performance ... derived from international business services and interest and dividends from overseas investments (see Table 1, p.
Victorian Britain the available statistical indices point to a deterior ation in the country's economic performance ... derived from international business services and interest and dividends from overseas investments (see Table 1, p.
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These industries were the 'wave of the future' and their slow development before 1914 rendered Britain highly vulnerable to changes in the international economy. This is not to suggest that the pre-1914 economy was completely resistant ...
These industries were the 'wave of the future' and their slow development before 1914 rendered Britain highly vulnerable to changes in the international economy. This is not to suggest that the pre-1914 economy was completely resistant ...
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... and also the new growth sectors of international 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', ...
... and also the new growth sectors of international 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', ...
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Contents
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Growth and Stagnation | 24 |
Recovery on the Dole | 57 |
the Bankrupt State | 82 |
the Political Economy of Failure | 105 |
Statistical Tables | 137 |
Notes | 160 |
Bibliography | 185 |
Index | 201 |
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