The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... mean that investors were acting irrationally in the generations before 1914. The great attraction of foreign investments lay in their security , combined with high or moderate yields : the staple industries gave every appearance of ...
... mean that investors were acting irrationally in the generations before 1914. The great attraction of foreign investments lay in their security , combined with high or moderate yields : the staple industries gave every appearance of ...
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... means of surpluses with Britain and Canada . Britain thus enjoyed merchandise trade deficits with the USA and Continental Europe and also with a number of its imperial territories - Canada , New Zealand , South Africa , East Africa ...
... means of surpluses with Britain and Canada . Britain thus enjoyed merchandise trade deficits with the USA and Continental Europe and also with a number of its imperial territories - Canada , New Zealand , South Africa , East Africa ...
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... means of settling international indebtedness.73 For an individual country adherence to the gold standard required the fulfilment of three conditions : first , a commitment to a fixed rate of exchange for its currency ; secondly , to the ...
... means of settling international indebtedness.73 For an individual country adherence to the gold standard required the fulfilment of three conditions : first , a commitment to a fixed rate of exchange for its currency ; secondly , to the ...
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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