The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... position in an evolving international economy . Few economic historians would disagree with the view that together they constitute two of the most distinctive elements in the pattern of British economic history in the years between 1870 ...
... position in an evolving international economy . Few economic historians would disagree with the view that together they constitute two of the most distinctive elements in the pattern of British economic history in the years between 1870 ...
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... position in the world economy and it was a source of international economic stability at a time when the world was divided into several independent areas of multilateral settlement . Since these were linked only through the UK , a ...
... position in the world economy and it was a source of international economic stability at a time when the world was divided into several independent areas of multilateral settlement . Since these were linked only through the UK , a ...
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... position upon its growing trading surplus with India . It has been estimated that in that year alone India financed more than two - thirds of Britain's total deficits.79 The balance - of - payments situation vis - à - vis industrial ...
... position upon its growing trading surplus with India . It has been estimated that in that year alone India financed more than two - thirds of Britain's total deficits.79 The balance - of - payments situation vis - à - vis industrial ...
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... position as ' the controlling centre ' . In a famous series of addresses to the Institute of Bankers in December 1899 Mackinder concluded ' that the financial importance of the City of London may continue to increase , while the ...
... position as ' the controlling centre ' . In a famous series of addresses to the Institute of Bankers in December 1899 Mackinder concluded ' that the financial importance of the City of London may continue to increase , while the ...
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... position on the eve of the First World War , that in the words of Chamberlain himself ' a great Empire ' whose economic base was founded on ' jam and pickles ' and interest from foreign loans was not only at the mercy of every cyclical ...
... position on the eve of the First World War , that in the words of Chamberlain himself ' a great Empire ' whose economic base was founded on ' jam and pickles ' and interest from foreign loans was not only at the mercy of every cyclical ...
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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