The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... Economy 1860-1913. 4 Comparative Long-Term Rates of Growth 1870/1-1913. 5 UK ... International Comparison of Labour Costs. 27 Growth Rate of UK Money Supply ... Economy 1870-1913: the Descent from Hegemony In List of Tables.
... Economy 1860-1913. 4 Comparative Long-Term Rates of Growth 1870/1-1913. 5 UK ... International Comparison of Labour Costs. 27 Growth Rate of UK Money Supply ... Economy 1870-1913: the Descent from Hegemony In List of Tables.
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M.W. Kirby. 1. The. British. Economy. 1870-1913: the. Descent. from. Hegemony. In 1913 Britain stood at the centre of the international economy, the world's greatest trading nation providing, through the City of London, sophisticated ...
M.W. Kirby. 1. The. British. Economy. 1870-1913: the. Descent. from. Hegemony. In 1913 Britain stood at the centre of the international economy, the world's greatest trading nation providing, through the City of London, sophisticated ...
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... international business services and interest and dividends from overseas investments (see Table 1, p. 138). The volume of exports continued to grow after 1870 but at a declining rate, both in relation to what had been achieved earlier ...
... international business services and interest and dividends from overseas investments (see Table 1, p. 138). The volume of exports continued to grow after 1870 but at a declining rate, both in relation to what had been achieved earlier ...
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... international economy. This is not to suggest that the pre-1914 economy was completely resistant to structural transforma tion since there were, in fact, quite marked changes in the distribution of the occupied labour force. Agriculture ...
... international economy. This is not to suggest that the pre-1914 economy was completely resistant to structural transforma tion since there were, in fact, quite marked changes in the distribution of the occupied labour force. Agriculture ...
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... 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', the 'early start' thesis is not ...
... 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', the 'early start' thesis is not ...
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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