The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... major element , was composed of ring spindles , an important conclusion in view of his calculation that ring spinning was cost effective for the lower yarn counts produced by the British industry.49 The second illustration of the ...
... major element , was composed of ring spindles , an important conclusion in view of his calculation that ring spinning was cost effective for the lower yarn counts produced by the British industry.49 The second illustration of the ...
Page 12
... major disincentive to integration in the coalmining industry . It also helped to reduce the attractiveness of machine mining . In this it was augmented by the ready availability of labour stemming from the depressed agricultural ...
... major disincentive to integration in the coalmining industry . It also helped to reduce the attractiveness of machine mining . In this it was augmented by the ready availability of labour stemming from the depressed agricultural ...
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... major consequences of foreign investment was that it stimulated the development of inter- national trade in primary products . Britain was the first to benefit from this trade and , from the 1860s onwards , aided THE BRITISH ECONOMY ...
... major consequences of foreign investment was that it stimulated the development of inter- national trade in primary products . Britain was the first to benefit from this trade and , from the 1860s onwards , aided THE BRITISH ECONOMY ...
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... major industrial countries the volume of British lending , though still substantial , was insufficient to halt the transmission of the depression to the primary producing countries and therefore unable to prevent a decline in British ...
... major industrial countries the volume of British lending , though still substantial , was insufficient to halt the transmission of the depression to the primary producing countries and therefore unable to prevent a decline in British ...
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... major solution was advanced before 1914 for overcoming the problem of foreign competition . This was the campaign for tariff protection , first espoused by the ' Fair Trade ' movement in the early 1880s and later combined most ...
... major solution was advanced before 1914 for overcoming the problem of foreign competition . This was the campaign for tariff protection , first espoused by the ' Fair Trade ' movement in the early 1880s and later combined most ...
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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