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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... France can largely be explained by the fact that France was not only one of the main European trading partners of the United Kingdom but was also the country with which Britain had the highest trade deficit . What the French supporters ...
... France can largely be explained by the fact that France was not only one of the main European trading partners of the United Kingdom but was also the country with which Britain had the highest trade deficit . What the French supporters ...
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... France , and thus indirectly to the rest of the Continent , against the will of most of those in charge of the different sectors of the economy . The minority in favour of free trade were strongly supported by Napoleon III , who had ...
... France , and thus indirectly to the rest of the Continent , against the will of most of those in charge of the different sectors of the economy . The minority in favour of free trade were strongly supported by Napoleon III , who had ...
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... France , where 1913 was characterized by slow growth , this was a very good year , one of the best of the century ( 4.5 % annual total growth in Germany ; 3.4 % in the United Kingdom , but 0.6 % in France ) . France's poor performance ...
... France , where 1913 was characterized by slow growth , this was a very good year , one of the best of the century ( 4.5 % annual total growth in Germany ; 3.4 % in the United Kingdom , but 0.6 % in France ) . France's poor performance ...
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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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