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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... began as follows : ' Inspired by the results of economic science and by the experience of real facts , especially that of England , where , since the introduction of Sir Robert Peel's reforms , agriculture , navigation and industry ...
... began as follows : ' Inspired by the results of economic science and by the experience of real facts , especially that of England , where , since the introduction of Sir Robert Peel's reforms , agriculture , navigation and industry ...
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... began even later in absolute terms but earlier relatively , since modern commercial oil production began in the 1860s , and the United States , then ( and for over a century ) the world's largest producer , began exporting oil in the ...
... began even later in absolute terms but earlier relatively , since modern commercial oil production began in the 1860s , and the United States , then ( and for over a century ) the world's largest producer , began exporting oil in the ...
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... began . The June 1988 OECD Economic Outlook , which was the first published after the crash , made very similar comments . Let us first recall the main factors . The 1987 annual growth rate for all the OECD countries was estimated at ...
... began . The June 1988 OECD Economic Outlook , which was the first published after the crash , made very similar comments . Let us first recall the main factors . The 1987 annual growth rate for all the OECD countries was estimated at ...
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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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