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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... already extremely rapid in the 10-15 years before 1846 ( about 5 % per annum ) , and it accelerated further after that date . From 1843/7 to 1857/61 the volume of British exports increased by just over 6 % per annum . It is worth ...
... already extremely rapid in the 10-15 years before 1846 ( about 5 % per annum ) , and it accelerated further after that date . From 1843/7 to 1857/61 the volume of British exports increased by just over 6 % per annum . It is worth ...
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... already begun to change , the economy was still a traditional one , but after 1780 Britain could no longer be considered a traditional society . The process of development had passed the point of no return by then . Let us give just a ...
... already begun to change , the economy was still a traditional one , but after 1780 Britain could no longer be considered a traditional society . The process of development had passed the point of no return by then . Let us give just a ...
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... already rich before the Industrial Revolution , rich in comparison with other parts of the world ' . The figures he quotes implicitly lead to an income per capita of £ 60-70 in 1960 pounds for Europe and £ 25-30 for average countries of ...
... already rich before the Industrial Revolution , rich in comparison with other parts of the world ' . The figures he quotes implicitly lead to an income per capita of £ 60-70 in 1960 pounds for Europe and £ 25-30 for average countries of ...
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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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