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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... lead over its rivals , a lead which was already considerable . Even if calculations are made for the whole of the United Kingdom , which reduces the average level of industrialization since Ireland had few industries , this lead was ...
... lead over its rivals , a lead which was already considerable . Even if calculations are made for the whole of the United Kingdom , which reduces the average level of industrialization since Ireland had few industries , this lead was ...
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... lead and tin the trade balances have been calculated by comparing production figures of ore with metal at a relevant stage of consumption : refined copper ; primary lead ; primary tin . This is justified by the low cost of processing ...
... lead and tin the trade balances have been calculated by comparing production figures of ore with metal at a relevant stage of consumption : refined copper ; primary lead ; primary tin . This is justified by the low cost of processing ...
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... lead to a decline in food imports : in the short term the opposite is even probable . Therefore , globally , low Western production costs will probably lead to further increases in Western agricultural exports . However , since the West ...
... lead to a decline in food imports : in the short term the opposite is even probable . Therefore , globally , low Western production costs will probably lead to further increases in Western agricultural exports . However , since the West ...
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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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