The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... foreign issues produced a scarcity of capital resources in the 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 ...
... foreign issues produced a scarcity of capital resources in the 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 ...
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... foreign investments was higher than that on domestic investment . Whilst economic historians are divided in their opinions as to whether this was the case , it does seem to explain why overseas investment was so substantial during the ...
... foreign investments was higher than that on domestic investment . Whilst economic historians are divided in their opinions as to whether this was the case , it does seem to explain why overseas investment was so substantial during the ...
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... foreign income which would , in turn , result in a reduction in British demand for primary products and a further decline in British exports . To the extent that recession reduced the attractiveness of lending to the USA , British ...
... foreign income which would , in turn , result in a reduction in British demand for primary products and a further decline in British exports . To the extent that recession reduced the attractiveness of lending to the USA , British ...
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... foreign markets . Britain's ongoing commitment to free trade therefore played an important role in restraining international economic rivalries . Without access to the British market ' both Industrial Europe and the United States would ...
... foreign markets . Britain's ongoing commitment to free trade therefore played an important role in restraining international economic rivalries . Without access to the British market ' both Industrial Europe and the United States would ...
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... foreign tariff barriers for the British economy , 80 Britain's international economic position in 1913 was thus a vulnerable one . In the domestic market foreign manufactures con- tinued to make the inroads that had begun well before ...
... foreign tariff barriers for the British economy , 80 Britain's international economic position in 1913 was thus a vulnerable one . In the domestic market foreign manufactures con- tinued to make the inroads that had begun well before ...
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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