The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... examples of efficiently run and successful enterprises as of those that failed.40 One important study of the ... example - it has been argued convincingly that objective market factors - in particular the lack of a sufficiently ...
... examples of efficiently run and successful enterprises as of those that failed.40 One important study of the ... example - it has been argued convincingly that objective market factors - in particular the lack of a sufficiently ...
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... examples , drawn from the tradi- tional staple industries - cotton textiles and coalmining - will suffice to illustrate the nature of the argument . The cotton textile industry had been the most important growth sector in the early ...
... examples , drawn from the tradi- tional staple industries - cotton textiles and coalmining - will suffice to illustrate the nature of the argument . The cotton textile industry had been the most important growth sector in the early ...
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... example , substantial gains in productivity were achieved throughout the nineteenth century by means of continuous technical modifications , mostly of a minor character , but cumulatively significant . Sandberg , moreover , has ...
... example , substantial gains in productivity were achieved throughout the nineteenth century by means of continuous technical modifications , mostly of a minor character , but cumulatively significant . Sandberg , moreover , has ...
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... 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 countries ( excluding Canada ) were central to this ...
... 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 countries ( excluding Canada ) were central to this ...
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... example , develop and extend their own colonies and active spheres of influence or intensify world competition in manufactured goods . Probably the growth of world trade would have slackened and international friction would have ...
... example , develop and extend their own colonies and active spheres of influence or intensify world competition in manufactured goods . Probably the growth of world trade would have slackened and international friction would have ...
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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