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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... Japan * 5 30 - - 9.9 5.3 Numerous and important restrictions in importation of manufactured products , which make all calculations of average tariff rates not significant . - Not available . a Very approximate rates . b Range of average ...
... Japan * 5 30 - - 9.9 5.3 Numerous and important restrictions in importation of manufactured products , which make all calculations of average tariff rates not significant . - Not available . a Very approximate rates . b Range of average ...
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... Japan and developed countries in the southern hemisphere ( mainly Australia and South Africa ) . Japan's deficit was very important and started very early . In fact , in the first years of the twentieth century Japan imported from the ...
... Japan and developed countries in the southern hemisphere ( mainly Australia and South Africa ) . Japan's deficit was very important and started very early . In fact , in the first years of the twentieth century Japan imported from the ...
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... Japan is concerned , one of the most penetrating studies of the factors of growth was by Ohkawa and Rosovsky . According to these authors , the growth rate of Japanese exports has been high , much higher than the world average because ...
... Japan is concerned , one of the most penetrating studies of the factors of growth was by Ohkawa and Rosovsky . According to these authors , the growth rate of Japanese exports has been high , much higher than the world average because ...
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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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