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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... compared to an import rate of some 21 % for 1909/13 , the comparable figure is of the order of 45-50 % around 1970. By 1970 , the import share for bauxite and manganese was also of the same magnitude ( see Table 5.4 ) . However , as a ...
... compared to an import rate of some 21 % for 1909/13 , the comparable figure is of the order of 45-50 % around 1970. By 1970 , the import share for bauxite and manganese was also of the same magnitude ( see Table 5.4 ) . However , as a ...
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... compared to 17 % for all the developed countries . The difference is rather more important as far as the ratio of exports to the Third World as a share of the total volume of production is concerned : 1.4-1.8 % compared to 1.3–1.7 ...
... compared to 17 % for all the developed countries . The difference is rather more important as far as the ratio of exports to the Third World as a share of the total volume of production is concerned : 1.4-1.8 % compared to 1.3–1.7 ...
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... comparable on the international level than those of GNP . For the whole of Europe , the annual growth rate for the 1910-13 period was 5.2 % compared to 3.3 % for 1900-10 , 3.6 % for 1890-1900 and 2.2 % for 1830- 90. If 1913 was not the ...
... comparable on the international level than those of GNP . For the whole of Europe , the annual growth rate for the 1910-13 period was 5.2 % compared to 3.3 % for 1900-10 , 3.6 % for 1890-1900 and 2.2 % for 1830- 90. If 1913 was not the ...
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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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