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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... results from a uniform 20 % on all manufactured goods whatever their stage of elaboration . In country B this average results from a 5 % rate on raw materials , a 10 % rate and a 45 % rate on finished goods . The result is obvious ...
... results from a uniform 20 % on all manufactured goods whatever their stage of elaboration . In country B this average results from a 5 % rate on raw materials , a 10 % rate and a 45 % rate on finished goods . The result is obvious ...
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... result of technological innovations . By 1830 , as we have seen , the productivity of an English worker using modern equipment was for the best ( fine ) qualities of yarn some two to three hundred times higher ; and for the most ...
... result of technological innovations . By 1830 , as we have seen , the productivity of an English worker using modern equipment was for the best ( fine ) qualities of yarn some two to three hundred times higher ; and for the most ...
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... results in the relocation of some of the commercial facilities that were formerly in the cities . The inner city thereby loses an important part of the amenities it once offered , and , as a result , becomes less appealing , thus ...
... results in the relocation of some of the commercial facilities that were formerly in the cities . The inner city thereby loses an important part of the amenities it once offered , and , as a result , becomes less appealing , thus ...
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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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