The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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Page 6
... overseas in- dustrialisation . Thus an analysis of retardation based upon its inevitability according to the notion of the ' climacteric ' cannot by itself provide an answer to the question as to why the pre - 1914 economy remained ...
... overseas in- dustrialisation . Thus an analysis of retardation based upon its inevitability according to the notion of the ' climacteric ' cannot by itself provide an answer to the question as to why the pre - 1914 economy remained ...
Page 8
... overseas marketing . Unlike their German and American competitors , British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities : few commercial travellers were employed and , as many a consular report ...
... overseas marketing . Unlike their German and American competitors , British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities : few commercial travellers were employed and , as many a consular report ...
Page 10
... overseas markets , 46 in common with other British industries it has been severely censured for its technical stagnation . The conventional criticism , based upon a comparison with the American industry , is that there was a failure to ...
... overseas markets , 46 in common with other British industries it has been severely censured for its technical stagnation . The conventional criticism , based upon a comparison with the American industry , is that there was a failure to ...
Page 11
... overseas markets : as in cotton textiles the last prewar year was one of record exports with one - third of total output being marketed overseas . Unlike the cotton industry coalmining did not depend on an imported raw material and with ...
... overseas markets : as in cotton textiles the last prewar year was one of record exports with one - third of total output being marketed overseas . Unlike the cotton industry coalmining did not depend on an imported raw material and with ...
Page 13
... overseas markets , especially in the Far East , would still have been lost with an equivalent waste of real resources . The argument that entrepreneurs may have been acting rationally in the conduct of their businesses does not , of ...
... overseas markets , especially in the Far East , would still have been lost with an equivalent waste of real resources . The argument that entrepreneurs may have been acting rationally in the conduct of their businesses does not , of ...
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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