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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... tariff policy of the federal government . From the first measure of 1789 until the present time no generation of the American people has escaped the tariff controversy . " A legislator in the state of Pennsylvania suggested that man ...
... tariff policy of the federal government . From the first measure of 1789 until the present time no generation of the American people has escaped the tariff controversy . " A legislator in the state of Pennsylvania suggested that man ...
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... tariff history in Europe and the United States were very different , and it is during the 1860–90 period that the contrast between European and American trade policies became most marked . The 1861 tariff was the beginning of a policy ...
... tariff history in Europe and the United States were very different , and it is during the 1860–90 period that the contrast between European and American trade policies became most marked . The 1861 tariff was the beginning of a policy ...
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... tariff legislation came into force on 22 September 1922. This involved a distinct increase in protectionism compared with the 1913 tariff . Although import duties did not return to the high levels of the tariffs in force in the 1861 ...
... tariff legislation came into force on 22 September 1922. This involved a distinct increase in protectionism compared with the 1913 tariff . Although import duties did not return to the high levels of the tariffs in force in the 1861 ...
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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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