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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Thus , for example , according to the League of Nations calculations , agricultural production in Europe ( excluding the USSR ) between 1925/9 and 1935/8 increased by 12 % compared to a decrease of 3 % in North America ( Canada and ...
Thus , for example , according to the League of Nations calculations , agricultural production in Europe ( excluding the USSR ) between 1925/9 and 1935/8 increased by 12 % compared to a decrease of 3 % in North America ( Canada and ...
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The fact that , for example , at the turn of the twentieth century 79 % of British cotton textiles were exported and that more than half of those exports went to the Third World is probably the major explanation for the myth concerning ...
The fact that , for example , at the turn of the twentieth century 79 % of British cotton textiles were exported and that more than half of those exports went to the Third World is probably the major explanation for the myth concerning ...
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This leads us to a further example of the implicit dangers of myths . If nineteenth - century economic growth had been indeed rapid , it implies the possibility of such a growth in the first stages of economic development .
This leads us to a further example of the implicit dangers of myths . If nineteenth - century economic growth had been indeed rapid , it implies the possibility of such a growth in the first stages of economic development .
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Contents
Was there Free Trade in the Rest of the World? | 30 |
Has Protectionism Always had a Negative Impact? | 44 |
Major Myths on the Role of the Third World in Western | 57 |
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| Title | Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes |
| Author | Paul Bairoch |
| Publisher | Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993 |
| ISBN | 074500654X, 9780745006543 |
| Length | 184 pages |
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