Bibliograph

Forging ahead, falling behind and fighting back, British economic growth from the industrial revolution to the financial crisis, Nicholas Crafts

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Forging ahead, falling behind and fighting back, British economic growth from the industrial revolution to the financial crisis, Nicholas Crafts

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forging ahead, falling behind and fighting back

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1024218466

Responsibility statement

Nicholas Crafts

Sub title

British economic growth from the industrial revolution to the financial crisis

Summary

"To what extent has the British economy declined compared to its competitors and what are the underlying reasons for this decline? Nicholas Crafts, one of the world's foremost economic historians, tackles these questions in a major new account of Britain's long-run economic performance. He argues that history matters in interpreting current economic performance, because the present is always conditioned by what went before. Bringing together ideas from economic growth theory and varieties of capitalism to endogenous growth and cliometrics, he reveals the microeconomic foundations of Britain's economic performance in terms of the impact of institutional arrangements and policy choices on productivity performance. The book traces Britain's path from the first Industrial Revolution and global economic primacy through to its subsequent long-term decline, the strengths and weaknesses of the Thatcherite response, and the improvement in relative economic performance that was sustained to the eve of the financial crisis"--, Provided by publisher"The book traces Britain's path from the first Industrial Revolution and global economic primacy through its subsequent long-term decline, the strengths and weaknesses of the Thatcherite response, and the improvement in relative economic performance that was sustained to the eve of the financial crisis"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The first Industrial Revolution -- 3. American overtaking -- 4. The interwar years: onwards and downwards -- 5. Falling behind in the Golden Age -- 6. From the Golden Age to the financial crisis -- 7. Concluding comments

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