The Long Wave in the World EconomyEnthusiastically received by reviewers - `It is an intellectual tour de force ... this is the most substantial synthesis of long wave theory to be published since the revival of interest in the whole topic.' - Professor Christopher Freeman |
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Page 7
... demand throughout the economy and were thus to a degree self - defeating ; which led them to try harder . Suddenly they found they had succeeded all too well , and were obliged to cut back orders and output accordingly ; which depressed ...
... demand throughout the economy and were thus to a degree self - defeating ; which led them to try harder . Suddenly they found they had succeeded all too well , and were obliged to cut back orders and output accordingly ; which depressed ...
Page 16
... demand , and thus helped to account for the downswing . What was lacking from Freeman et al.'s theories at this ... demands of the working class yet have been also at risk if working class purchasing power were insufficient . - It is the ...
... demand , and thus helped to account for the downswing . What was lacking from Freeman et al.'s theories at this ... demands of the working class yet have been also at risk if working class purchasing power were insufficient . - It is the ...
Page 17
... demand required to propel the upswing ? The problem does not arise , in Mandel's story , in the late nineteenth century , for the capitalist victory comes outside its own economy ; increased demand for capitalist industries can thus ...
... demand required to propel the upswing ? The problem does not arise , in Mandel's story , in the late nineteenth century , for the capitalist victory comes outside its own economy ; increased demand for capitalist industries can thus ...
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... demand ? In any case , did it happen ? I shall argue later that it did not . Similarly , it is very hard to argue , from the historical facts , that the downswings after 1928 and 1973 were in any way precipitated by working - class ...
... demand ? In any case , did it happen ? I shall argue later that it did not . Similarly , it is very hard to argue , from the historical facts , that the downswings after 1928 and 1973 were in any way precipitated by working - class ...
Page 21
... demands of the new style , all who have an interest in the success of the new style have an interest in reforming the framework in the appropriate way . That does not mean that all or even most of them know at the outset what is ...
... demands of the new style , all who have an interest in the success of the new style have an interest in reforming the framework in the appropriate way . That does not mean that all or even most of them know at the outset what is ...
Contents
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Technological styles | 36 |
Monetary feedback | 84 |
Population feedback | 101 |
Inequality feedback 1 In the North | 122 |
Inequality feedback 2 International and in the South | 147 |
A résumé of the theoretical argument | 183 |
A historical account 18501896 | 207 |
A historical account 18961945 | 221 |
A historical account from 1945 to the present | 248 |
The way to the next upswing | 272 |
Notes | 295 |
Bibliography | 320 |
Index | 329 |
A historical account 17801850 | 189 |
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