The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... 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. In the latter context, several observers have referred ...
... 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. In the latter context, several observers have referred ...
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... major consequence of this was the loss of economies of scale, both technical and commercial. Possibly the most outstanding area of neglect in the latter category was in overseas marketing. Unlike their German and American competitors ...
... major consequence of this was the loss of economies of scale, both technical and commercial. Possibly the most outstanding area of neglect in the latter category was in overseas marketing. Unlike their German and American competitors ...
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... major indigenous electrical engineering industry would have proved a greater long-term asset to the economy than a large, efficient jammaking or chocolate industry' but, as the same source has also. THE. BRITISH. ECONOMY. 1870-1913. 9.
... major indigenous electrical engineering industry would have proved a greater long-term asset to the economy than a large, efficient jammaking or chocolate industry' but, as the same source has also. THE. BRITISH. ECONOMY. 1870-1913. 9.
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... major element, was composed of ring spindles, an important conclusion in view of his calculation that ring spinning was cost effective for the lower yam counts produced by the British industry.49 The second illustration of the ...
... major element, was composed of ring spindles, an important conclusion in view of his calculation that ring spinning was cost effective for the lower yam counts produced by the British industry.49 The second illustration of the ...
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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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