The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... position on the eve of the First World War appeared to be one of great strength. Yet it is salutary to remember that well before the turn of the century many of those doubts and uncertainties with which a later British public was to ...
... position on the eve of the First World War appeared to be one of great strength. Yet it is salutary to remember that well before the turn of the century many of those doubts and uncertainties with which a later British public was to ...
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... position simply because it possesses the considerable advantages of accumulated technical expertise and the requisite financial resources to apply that expertise.23 In other words, it would be wrong to presume that the difficulties of ...
... position simply because it possesses the considerable advantages of accumulated technical expertise and the requisite financial resources to apply that expertise.23 In other words, it would be wrong to presume that the difficulties of ...
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... position at the heart of the British industrial economy. Between 1885 and 1900 the total value of output rose from 3 per cent of national income to 7 per cent50 (although it fell back to 4 per cent in 1905), whilst in volume terms it ...
... position at the heart of the British industrial economy. Between 1885 and 1900 the total value of output rose from 3 per cent of national income to 7 per cent50 (although it fell back to 4 per cent in 1905), whilst in volume terms it ...
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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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