The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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M.W. Kirby. by domestic factors , in the nature of demand in the home market , for example , which may restrict the potential for scale economies or , more to the point in the present context , by the reaction of industrialists in late ...
M.W. Kirby. by domestic factors , in the nature of demand in the home market , for example , which may restrict the potential for scale economies or , more to the point in the present context , by the reaction of industrialists in late ...
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... domestic econ- omy . Low domestic investment retarded the growth of productivity rendering industry uncompetitive and was thus an important cause of the country's declining share of world trade in manufactured goods.62 This highly ...
... domestic econ- omy . Low domestic investment retarded the growth of productivity rendering industry uncompetitive and was thus an important cause of the country's declining share of world trade in manufactured goods.62 This highly ...
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... domestic investment . This view presupposes , of course , that the rate of return on foreign investments was higher than that on domestic investment . Whilst economic historians are divided in their opinions as to whether this was the ...
... domestic investment . This view presupposes , of course , that the rate of return on foreign investments was higher than that on domestic investment . Whilst economic historians are divided in their opinions as to whether this was the ...
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... domestic investment in the newer industries would therefore have required investors ' to make real sacrifices in terms of current income ' . It is also worth re - emphasising the role played by overseas investment in underpinning the ...
... domestic investment in the newer industries would therefore have required investors ' to make real sacrifices in terms of current income ' . It is also worth re - emphasising the role played by overseas investment in underpinning the ...
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... domestic economy , to the housebuilding sector for example , and the established staple industries , or , alternatively , seek other profitable outlets abroad in the primary producing countries . In the period before 1890 the empire ...
... domestic economy , to the housebuilding sector for example , and the established staple industries , or , alternatively , seek other profitable outlets abroad in the primary producing countries . In the period before 1890 the empire ...
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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