The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... Britain highly vulnerable to changes in the international economy . This is not to suggest that the pre - 1914 ... Britain's faltering growth performance has led many economic historians to conclude that the period after 1870 was marked ...
... Britain highly vulnerable to changes in the international economy . This is not to suggest that the pre - 1914 ... Britain's faltering growth performance has led many economic historians to conclude that the period after 1870 was marked ...
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... Britain to the challenge of overseas in- dustrialisation . Thus an analysis of retardation based upon its ... Britain's ' early start ' in the process of industrialisation . After decades of expansion the staple industries were ...
... Britain to the challenge of overseas in- dustrialisation . Thus an analysis of retardation based upon its ... Britain's ' early start ' in the process of industrialisation . After decades of expansion the staple industries were ...
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... Britain are alleged to have done . A far more critical explanation of Britain's relative economic decline has centred on the collective failings of industrialists . In general terms it has been claimed that there was an unhealthy ...
... Britain are alleged to have done . A far more critical explanation of Britain's relative economic decline has centred on the collective failings of industrialists . In general terms it has been claimed that there was an unhealthy ...
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... Britain's economic performance and of the country's entrepreneurs in particular , is grounded in the belief that an analysis based upon the assumption of ' failure ' is grossly misleading since objectivity demands that patterns of ...
... Britain's economic performance and of the country's entrepreneurs in particular , is grounded in the belief that an analysis based upon the assumption of ' failure ' is grossly misleading since objectivity demands that patterns of ...
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... Britain and secondly , the complexity of the country's position in an evolving international economy . Few economic historians would disagree with the view that together they constitute two of the most distinctive elements in the ...
... Britain and secondly , the complexity of the country's position in an evolving international economy . Few economic historians would disagree with the view that together they constitute two of the most distinctive elements in the ...
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Bank Review Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's Economic Prospects British economy British industry British Overseas Business History Cambridge capital cent competition considerable cost cotton country's currency D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review Economic Journal Economic Policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure exports factors favour foreign Germany gold standard Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease Lloyds Bank loan London manufacturing industry million Moggridge multilateral National organisation output Oxford political position postwar prewar problem protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission return to gold Richardson rise role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury United Kingdom