Economics and World History: Myths and ParadoxesWe cherish many myths about our histories. Not the least of these myths are those about economic history: such as the roots of depressions, the causes of growth and the reasons behind nations' different stages of economic development. Paul Bairoch sets out in this book to demolish 18 such myths and to reveal generally unnoticed but economically important turning points in modern economic history. |
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... British economic growth slowed considerably . Finally , and perhaps most importantly , during the 1870s the total value of British exports to Europe and the United States fell , whereas those to the rest of the world , and especially to ...
... British economic growth slowed considerably . Finally , and perhaps most importantly , during the 1870s the total value of British exports to Europe and the United States fell , whereas those to the rest of the world , and especially to ...
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... British trade liberalization had a positive impact on the trade and economic growth of that country itself . Analysis of annual statistics on exports and GNP shows that this major change in tariff policy was accompanied by acceleration ...
... British trade liberalization had a positive impact on the trade and economic growth of that country itself . Analysis of annual statistics on exports and GNP shows that this major change in tariff policy was accompanied by acceleration ...
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... British textile industry undergo a complete transformation but , as we have seen , the British Empire expanded considerably . In contrast to its 1 million inhabitants in 1720 , in 1820 they could be counted in the hundreds of millions ...
... British textile industry undergo a complete transformation but , as we have seen , the British Empire expanded considerably . In contrast to its 1 million inhabitants in 1720 , in 1820 they could be counted in the hundreds of millions ...
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Were only the fascist economies able to overcome | 7 |
Was there a Golden Era of European Free Trade? | 16 |
NonEuropean traditional trade policies before the nineteenth | 30 |
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