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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... situation of the eve of World War 1 , the excess of net coal exports represented a volume about five times larger than the net imports of the rest of the raw materials . This implies , in global terms , even an excess of the magnitude ...
... situation of the eve of World War 1 , the excess of net coal exports represented a volume about five times larger than the net imports of the rest of the raw materials . This implies , in global terms , even an excess of the magnitude ...
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... SITUATION 10,270 55,400 560 560 Situation Europeb 1700 4,940 101 1750 4,940 120 1800 4,940 152 1826 4,940 11,200 176 210 CERT MEN US - NE 702 11 1,328 320 2,403 57 485 3 413 275 37 35 204 2,556 2,450 7 528 7,460 3,155 7,990 3,160 356 ...
... SITUATION 10,270 55,400 560 560 Situation Europeb 1700 4,940 101 1750 4,940 120 1800 4,940 152 1826 4,940 11,200 176 210 CERT MEN US - NE 702 11 1,328 320 2,403 57 485 3 413 275 37 35 204 2,556 2,450 7 528 7,460 3,155 7,990 3,160 356 ...
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... situation did not allow the rest of the economy to absorb the agricultural labour surplus . Therefore , we saw a continuous increase in the agricultural workforce which exacerbated an already negative situation in the land / workforce ...
... situation did not allow the rest of the economy to absorb the agricultural labour surplus . Therefore , we saw a continuous increase in the agricultural workforce which exacerbated an already negative situation in the land / workforce ...
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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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