The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... problems of the British economy by reference to the period since 1939 or, worse still, from the early 1960s, is necessarily incomplete in so far as it lacks historical perspective. This is particularly dangerous when economic policy ...
... problems of the British economy by reference to the period since 1939 or, worse still, from the early 1960s, is necessarily incomplete in so far as it lacks historical perspective. This is particularly dangerous when economic policy ...
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... problem of interrelatedness were significantly greater in Britain than elsewhere.24 Other economies may have been more diversified by 1914 but they also possessed their ageing industrial sectors, many of them utilising early British ...
... problem of interrelatedness were significantly greater in Britain than elsewhere.24 Other economies may have been more diversified by 1914 but they also possessed their ageing industrial sectors, many of them utilising early British ...
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... problems which were to play a considerable role in the industry's troubled interwar history. Unenthusiastic towards technical innovation and large-scale business enterprise, the colliery entrepreneur failed to solve the dual problems of ...
... problems which were to play a considerable role in the industry's troubled interwar history. Unenthusiastic towards technical innovation and large-scale business enterprise, the colliery entrepreneur failed to solve the dual problems of ...
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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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