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... primary producing countries of the world . As long as their levels of economic activity continued to rise and the prices of their products remained high the impact of foreign industrial com- petition would be blunted . But in the event ...
... primary producing countries of the world . As long as their levels of economic activity continued to rise and the prices of their products remained high the impact of foreign industrial com- petition would be blunted . But in the event ...
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... primary producers , had been drawn more and more into a worldwide trading network . Imperial preference may have been an attractive policy to New Zealand and Canada - countries which continued to direct the great bulk of their ...
... primary producers , had been drawn more and more into a worldwide trading network . Imperial preference may have been an attractive policy to New Zealand and Canada - countries which continued to direct the great bulk of their ...
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... on , and we lay our plans accordingly . " Deficient in foodstuffs and raw materials , industrialised Europe had achieved a sustained improvement in living standards by expanding its manufactured exports to the primary producing.
... on , and we lay our plans accordingly . " Deficient in foodstuffs and raw materials , industrialised Europe had achieved a sustained improvement in living standards by expanding its manufactured exports to the primary producing.
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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