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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... average level Level of duties of import duties on wheat on manufactures Developed countries Continental Europe 10.4 19 25 United Kingdom 5.7 0 0 Australia 18.2 16 22 Canada 18.7 26 Japan 9.1 25-30 18 New Zealand 16.6 15-20 3 United ...
... average level Level of duties of import duties on wheat on manufactures Developed countries Continental Europe 10.4 19 25 United Kingdom 5.7 0 0 Australia 18.2 16 22 Canada 18.7 26 Japan 9.1 25-30 18 New Zealand 16.6 15-20 3 United ...
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... average ; in percentages of value ) 1820a , b 1875b 1913 1925 1931 1950 1980 1990 EUROPE Austria 15-20 18 16 24 18 ... average tariff rates not significant . - Not available . a Very approximate rates . b Range of average rates , not ...
... average ; in percentages of value ) 1820a , b 1875b 1913 1925 1931 1950 1980 1990 EUROPE Austria 15-20 18 16 24 18 ... average tariff rates not significant . - Not available . a Very approximate rates . b Range of average rates , not ...
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... average developed countries . Since Kuznets expressly mentioned that the figure for less developed countries is almost incompressible , and if we apply to the developed countries the average yearly growth used above , this brings us for ...
... average developed countries . Since Kuznets expressly mentioned that the figure for less developed countries is almost incompressible , and if we apply to the developed countries the average yearly growth used above , this brings us for ...
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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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