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... cent of total costs of production . Furthermore , since sliding scales were negotiated on a coalfield basis between ... cent while in the same period numbers employed under- ground increased by more than 90 per cent and those on the ...
... cent of total costs of production . Furthermore , since sliding scales were negotiated on a coalfield basis between ... cent while in the same period numbers employed under- ground increased by more than 90 per cent and those on the ...
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... cent of the capital issues in the City of London were for investment overseas . On the eve of the First World War , Britain owned 43 per cent of the world's stock of over- seas assets and to place this figure in its historical ...
... cent of the capital issues in the City of London were for investment overseas . On the eve of the First World War , Britain owned 43 per cent of the world's stock of over- seas assets and to place this figure in its historical ...
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... cent to the USA . This meant that as long as the Indian market remained open to British manufacturers , Indian exports , in an increasingly protectionist world , would indirectly overcome foreign tariff barriers for the British economy ...
... cent to the USA . This meant that as long as the Indian market remained open to British manufacturers , Indian exports , in an increasingly protectionist world , would indirectly overcome foreign tariff barriers for the British economy ...
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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