The British Economy
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Author | : Alan Booth |
Publisher | : Red Globe Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2001-06-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download The British Economy in the Twentieth Century Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
It is commonplace to assume that the twentieth-century British economy has failed, falling from the world's richest industrial country in 1900 to one of the poorest nations of Western Europe in 2000. Manufacturing is inevitably the centre of this failure: British industrial managers cannot organise the proverbial 'knees-up' in a brewery; British workers are idle and greedy; its financial system is uniquely geared to the short term interests of the City rather than of manufacturing; its economic policies areperverse for industry; and its culture is fundamentally anti-industrial. There is a grain of truth in each of these statements, but only a grain. In this book, Alan Booth notes that Britain's living standards have definitely been overtaken, but evidence that Britain has fallen continuously further and further behindits major competitors is thin indeed. Although British manufacturing has been much criticised, it has performed comparatively better than the service sector. The British Economy in the Twentieth Century combines narrative with a conceptual and analytic approach to review British economic performance during the twentieth century in a controlled comparative framework. It looks at key themes, including economic growth and welfare, the working of the labour market, and the performance of entrepreneurs and managers. Alan Booth argues that a careful, balanced assessment (which must embrace the whole century rather than simply the post-war years) does not support the loud and persistent case for systematic failure in British management, labour, institutions, culture and economic policy. Relative decline has been much more modest, patchy and inevitable than commonly believed.
Author | : Kenneth Morgan |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2001-01-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1316583813 |
Download Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660–1800 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book considers the impact of slavery and Atlantic trade on British economic development in the generations between the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and the era of the Younger Pitt. During this period Britain's trade became 'Americanised' and industrialisation began to occur in the domestic economy. The slave trade and the broader patterns of Atlantic commerce contributed important dimensions of British economic growth although they were more significant for their indirect, qualitative contribution than for direct quantitative gains. Kenneth Morgan investigates five key areas within the topic that have been subject to historical debate: the profits of the slave trade; slavery, capital accumulation and British economic development; exports and transatlantic markets; the role of business institutions; and the contribution of Atlantic trade to the growth of British ports. This stimulating and accessible book provides essential reading for students of slavery and the slave trade, and British economic history.
Author | : Peter A. Hall |
Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780195205237 |
Download Governing the Economy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Analyzing the evolution of economic policy in postwar Britain, this book develops a striking new argument about the sources of Britain's economic problems. Through an insightful, comparative examination of policy-making in Britain and France, Hall presents a new approach to state-society relations that emphasizes the crucial role of institutional structures.
Author | : Roderick Floud |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 607 |
Release | : 2014-10-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107038464 |
Download The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialization. Combining the expertise of more than thirty leading historians and economists, Volume 2 tracks the development of the British economy from late nineteenth-century global dominance to its early twenty-first century position as a mid-sized player in an integrated European economy. Each chapter provides a clear guide to the major controversies in the field and students are shown how to connect historical evidence with economic theory and how to apply quantitative methods. The chapters re-examine issues of Britain's relative economic growth and decline over the 'long' twentieth century, setting the British experience within an international context, and benchmark its performance against that of its European and global competitors. Suggestions for further reading are also provided in each chapter, to help students engage thoroughly with the topics being discussed.
Author | : P. G. Hare |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Download Planning the British Economy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Bill Jamieson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Download An Illustrated Guide to the British Economy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The story of the British economy in pictures - graphs, charts and diagrams.
Author | : Perry Gauci |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2016-04-08 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1317068734 |
Download Regulating the British Economy, 1660–1850 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This collection of chapters focuses on the regulation of the British economy in the long eighteenth century as a means to understand the synergies between political, social and economic change as Britain was transformed into a global power. Inspired by recent research on consumerism and credit, an international team of leading academics examine the ways in which state and society both advanced and responded to fundamental economic changes. The studies embrace all aspects of the regulatory process, from developing ideas on the economy, to the passage of legislation, and to the negotiation of economic policy and change in practice. They range broadly over Britain and its empire and also consider Britain's exceptionality through comparative studies. Together, the book challenges the general characterization of the period as a shift from a regulated economy to a more laissez-faire system, highlighting the uncertain relationship between the state and economic interests across the long eighteenth century.
Author | : George David Norman Worswick |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Stephen Broadberry |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 503 |
Release | : 2015-01-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107070783 |
Download British Economic Growth, 1270–1870 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This is the first systematic quantitative account of British economic growth from the thirteenth century to the Industrial Revolution.
Author | : C. H. Lee |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1986-12-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521338615 |
Download The British Economy Since 1700: A Macroeconomic Perspective Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book provides a comprehensive study on the development of the British economy from early eighteenth century onwards.