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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Myths and Paradoxes Paul Bairoch. Statistical Tables Table 1.1 Historical trends in economic growth , 1800-1990 7 Table 1.2 Annual growth rates in the volume of GNP per capita , 1890– 1938 8 Table 1.3 Unemployment rates among industrial ...
Myths and Paradoxes Paul Bairoch. Statistical Tables Table 1.1 Historical trends in economic growth , 1800-1990 7 Table 1.2 Annual growth rates in the volume of GNP per capita , 1890– 1938 8 Table 1.3 Unemployment rates among industrial ...
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... Table 5.5 Product distribution of exports from the Third World for the 1815-1914 period 69 Table 6.1 Share of the Third World market economies in exports from Western developed countries , 1900–90 75 Table 7.1 Table 7.2 81 The ...
... Table 5.5 Product distribution of exports from the Third World for the 1815-1914 period 69 Table 6.1 Share of the Third World market economies in exports from Western developed countries , 1900–90 75 Table 7.1 Table 7.2 81 The ...
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... Table 1.3 ) . As we shall see , from 1936 onwards these positive developments were largely due to a military build ... Table 1.2 ) . Among those with better performances than Germany were Finland and Norway and probably also ...
... Table 1.3 ) . As we shall see , from 1936 onwards these positive developments were largely due to a military build ... Table 1.2 ) . Among those with better performances than Germany were Finland and Norway and probably also ...
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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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