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... Balance of Payments 1920-38. 6 Percentage Unemployed (Insured Workforce) 1920-39. 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 ...
... Balance of Payments 1920-38. 6 Percentage Unemployed (Insured Workforce) 1920-39. 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 ...
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... balance of payments was heavily in surplus and the exchange stability of the pound sterling unquestioned. The economy, moreover, was currently experiencing a phase of cyclical expansion, capped by an impressive export boom. In short ...
... balance of payments was heavily in surplus and the exchange stability of the pound sterling unquestioned. The economy, moreover, was currently experiencing a phase of cyclical expansion, capped by an impressive export boom. In short ...
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... balance of payments, for example, is the growing merchandise trade deficit. In terms of both volume and value, imports were growing more rapidly than exports, a situation which rendered the country increasingly dependent for the ...
... balance of payments, for example, is the growing merchandise trade deficit. In terms of both volume and value, imports were growing more rapidly than exports, a situation which rendered the country increasingly dependent for the ...
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... balance of payments.51 At one time, the statistics of expansion were sufficient by themselves as an indicator of the industry's successful performance in the years before 1914, but more recently it has been argued that they masked ...
... balance of payments.51 At one time, the statistics of expansion were sufficient by themselves as an indicator of the industry's successful performance in the years before 1914, but more recently it has been argued that they masked ...
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Contents
1 | |
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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