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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... especially the case in the United States . The 1939 volume of US per capita GNP was some 3-4 % lower than that of 1929 , and the total unemploy- ment rate for the 1931-9 period reached an annual average of 18 % , which compares to below ...
... especially the case in the United States . The 1939 volume of US per capita GNP was some 3-4 % lower than that of 1929 , and the total unemploy- ment rate for the 1931-9 period reached an annual average of 18 % , which compares to below ...
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... especially the case in the United States , which , far from being a liberal country as many think , can be characterized as ' the mother country and bastion of modern protectionism ' . In the second sphere , the future Third World ( and ...
... especially the case in the United States , which , far from being a liberal country as many think , can be characterized as ' the mother country and bastion of modern protectionism ' . In the second sphere , the future Third World ( and ...
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... especially if it is unfavourable to the rest of economy . If the classical model is not very explicit on the economic gains of international trade , especially in trade between countries at different levels of development , the ...
... especially if it is unfavourable to the rest of economy . If the classical model is not very explicit on the economic gains of international trade , especially in trade between countries at different levels of development , 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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