The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... trade and industry when , increasingly , the dogma of free trade began to be questioned and the security of Britain's international economic position reassessed . The ' Fair Trade ' movement of the early 1880s and the ' Made in Germany ...
... trade and industry when , increasingly , the dogma of free trade began to be questioned and the security of Britain's international economic position reassessed . The ' Fair Trade ' movement of the early 1880s and the ' Made in Germany ...
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... trade deficit . In terms of both volume and value , imports were growing more rapidly than exports , a situation ... trade . For an industrial economy which had come to depend for its prosperity upon a buoyant and expanding export trade ...
... trade deficit . In terms of both volume and value , imports were growing more rapidly than exports , a situation ... trade . For an industrial economy which had come to depend for its prosperity upon a buoyant and expanding export trade ...
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... trade unions and entrepreneurs . A factor of major importance in underpinning the charge of failure is the unsatisfactory nature of those arguments based upon the ' inevitability ' of retardation in a mature industrial economy . In the ...
... trade unions and entrepreneurs . A factor of major importance in underpinning the charge of failure is the unsatisfactory nature of those arguments based upon the ' inevitability ' of retardation in a mature industrial economy . In the ...
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... trade union movement , in conjunction with restrictive labour practices , were partly to blame for the lack of interest in the principles of ' Taylorism'.36 American employers , on the other hand , confronted by extremely weak labour ...
... trade union movement , in conjunction with restrictive labour practices , were partly to blame for the lack of interest in the principles of ' Taylorism'.36 American employers , on the other hand , confronted by extremely weak labour ...
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... trade recession and falling prices it enabled colliery owners to safeguard their financial position through ' automatic ' wage reduc- tions , a crucial advantage in an industry where labour costs amounted to 70 per cent of total costs ...
... trade recession and falling prices it enabled colliery owners to safeguard their financial position through ' automatic ' wage reduc- tions , a crucial advantage in an industry where labour costs amounted to 70 per cent of total costs ...
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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