Insofar as policy stimulated recovery in the 1930s, up until 1935 monetary stimulus was the main instrument. Rearmament did act as a de facto Keynesian policy and may have added about 4% to GDP by 1938 but this had little impact on economic activity in 1933 to 1936. The government-expendi...
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relation to indigenous industry.In this paper we examine in two different countries (i.e., the U.K. and South Korea) the relationship between national design policies and industrial development, as evidenced through a government-supported design center's strategy, activities, and industrial support...
3.The largest city of New Hampshire, in the southeast part of the state on the Merrimack River north of Nashua. Incorporated as Derryfield in 1751 and renamed in 1810, it was an important textile center from the mid-1800s until the 1930s. ...
According to government files newly released by the National Archives in Kew, officials were horrified at the prospect that an institution such as the library could be party to an arrangement which would enrich the family of a man whose treachery was blamed for countless agent d...
Next, it is The Saint’s turn be surprised when he discovers a woman (Leueen MacGrath), whom he thought was plotting against him to get the box, is in fact an official agent. Inside the box is a “gadget” that the government official, to whom The Saint hands over the box, ...
In 1930 the Government ceased to recognise the Cadet Force and withdrew financial support from it. Everything had to be provided by private raised money and even wearing of Regimental badges and buttons were forbidden. A body known as the British National Cadet Association (BNCA) was formed ...
Corbyn had offered voters a second referendum, large-scale public investment and the renationalizing of key sectors, including the railways, in what was seen as a clear shift to the left since Tony Blair's "New Labour" days. Responding to the result, Corbyn said he was...
According to the Office for National Statistics, each of these GBP amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time: Pound inflation: 1751-2025 YearPound ValueInflation Rate 1751 £100.00 -1.96% 1752 £104.00 4.00% 1753 £102.00 -1.92% 1754 £106.00 3.92% 1755 £...
The TUC coalition of unions decided it would support the miners by a nationwide general strike that would paralyze most of the national economy. A strike was postponed when the Conservative government offered a subsidy for wages, but it also prepared to deal with the threatened general strike. ...