The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. |
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Page 78
... capital " that it soon was able to invest in the stock of foreign companies and , most important of all , to subscribe to a whole variety of loans floated by foreign governments , especially in wartime.7 The impact of these activities ...
... capital " that it soon was able to invest in the stock of foreign companies and , most important of all , to subscribe to a whole variety of loans floated by foreign governments , especially in wartime.7 The impact of these activities ...
Page 306
... capital investment and industrial growth . In the me- dium , let alone the long , term , the economic consequences were frightening . Probably only the U.S. economy could , without major difficulty , have withstood the strain placed ...
... capital investment and industrial growth . In the me- dium , let alone the long , term , the economic consequences were frightening . Probably only the U.S. economy could , without major difficulty , have withstood the strain placed ...
Page 466
... capital exports contain dangers as well as benefits for the world economy , and per- haps also for Japan itself . A considerable amount of these funds is invested into infrastructures around the globe ( e.g. , the English Chan- nel ...
... capital exports contain dangers as well as benefits for the world economy , and per- haps also for Japan itself . A considerable amount of these funds is invested into infrastructures around the globe ( e.g. , the English Chan- nel ...
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