Economic History

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…showed last 75 words of 653 total…exploiting new at that time techniques, many economists argue that it was not restrictions or overseas capital embargoes that were the prevailing method for encouraging domestic, scientifically based industry; but it was tariffs and publicly supported general and technical education (Michael Edelstein, 196). References: R. Floud and D. McCloskey, Econimic History of Britain Since 1700, chapter 7, pp173-196 (Michael Edelstein) A.G. Kenwood and A.L. Lougheed, The Growth of the International Economy 1920-1990, chapter 2, pp25-38.