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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... early nineteenth century . Until the early 1840s the volume of beet sugar remained limited : its world production ( mainly in Europe ) amounted to 50,000 tons compared to 1,100,000 tons for cane sugar . But by 1880 it had reached ...
... early nineteenth century . Until the early 1840s the volume of beet sugar remained limited : its world production ( mainly in Europe ) amounted to 50,000 tons compared to 1,100,000 tons for cane sugar . But by 1880 it had reached ...
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... early 1960s , when it became cheaper than wheat . For centuries , as we saw earlier ( Chapter 8 ) , sugar was a very expensive product . Even in 1913 , it was still three to four times more expensive than wheat , and in the early 1950s ...
... early 1960s , when it became cheaper than wheat . For centuries , as we saw earlier ( Chapter 8 ) , sugar was a very expensive product . Even in 1913 , it was still three to four times more expensive than wheat , and in the early 1950s ...
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... early 1960s and the early 1990s . This leads us to another point . Those who don't obey the rules win But there is another limitation to the success story of post - World War II Western liberalization : one can ask to what extent the ...
... early 1960s and the early 1990s . This leads us to another point . Those who don't obey the rules win But there is another limitation to the success story of post - World War II Western liberalization : one can ask to what extent 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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