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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... ( annual growth rates based on three - year annual average ) Date of 10 - year period preceding Periods following protectionist move policy protectionist move First 10 years change Exports GNP Exports GNP Second 10 years Exports GNP ...
... ( annual growth rates based on three - year annual average ) Date of 10 - year period preceding Periods following protectionist move policy protectionist move First 10 years change Exports GNP Exports GNP Second 10 years Exports GNP ...
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... annual economic growth around 5 % . In the United States , which is less relevant since the war broke out in Europe , these years were even better especially since there was no recession in 1910.7 Let us see now what happened in ...
... annual economic growth around 5 % . In the United States , which is less relevant since the war broke out in Europe , these years were even better especially since there was no recession in 1910.7 Let us see now what happened in ...
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... annual rate of 0.6 % , rose by 2.3 % between 1841/5 to 1851/5 and by 1.8 % between 1851/5 and 1861/5 . This was the best achieved in the United Kingdom's history over a 20 - year period until after World War II , when we find a similar ...
... annual rate of 0.6 % , rose by 2.3 % between 1841/5 to 1851/5 and by 1.8 % between 1851/5 and 1861/5 . This was the best achieved in the United Kingdom's history over a 20 - year period until after World War II , when we find a similar ...
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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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