The Decline of the British Economy: An Institutional Perspective

by Bernard Elbaum

This book examines the decline of the British economy in terms of the structural rigidity of its economic institutions and historic changes in the international economy. It argues that British institutions were conducive to economic development in a 19th-century world economy characterized by competitive capitalism, but that they posed a formidable obstacle to economic development in the 20th-century context of corporate capitalism. Specific issues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198772815
• ISBN13: 9780198772811
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"