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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... higher than that of France ; 61 % higher than that of the United Kingdom ; and 950 % higher than that of the United States . However , even Germany's success in 1934/5 was doubly relative . The country's 1935 unemployment level was ...
... higher than that of France ; 61 % higher than that of the United Kingdom ; and 950 % higher than that of the United States . However , even Germany's success in 1934/5 was doubly relative . The country's 1935 unemployment level was ...
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... higher and for fine yarn even two hundred to three hundred times higher than that of an Indian or other traditional worker . At that time the gap in incomes , and therefore also of salaries , was limited . In England the real per capita ...
... higher and for fine yarn even two hundred to three hundred times higher than that of an Indian or other traditional worker . At that time the gap in incomes , and therefore also of salaries , was limited . In England the real per capita ...
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... higher , much higher than , on average , the rest of the world and not vice versa . These authors are of the opinion that the most important factor in the increase of exports was not the advantage of low salaries but the possibilities ...
... higher , much higher than , on average , the rest of the world and not vice versa . These authors are of the opinion that the most important factor in the increase of exports was not the advantage of low salaries but the possibilities ...
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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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