A biography of the second Earl of Liverpool, revealing a highly capable leader who laid the foundations for nineteenth-century Britain's prosperity.
Martin Hutchinson Boeken
Martin Hutchinson staat bekend om zijn inzichtelijke analyses van financiële markten en de wereldeconomie. Zijn schrijven, geworteld in uitgebreide ervaring in de bank- en financiële sector, biedt een uniek perspectief op de complexiteit van de moderne handel. Hutchinson beoogt ingewikkelde financiële onderwerpen te demystificeren voor een breder publiek, en levert duidelijke en toegankelijke commentaren die lezers helpen navigeren in het steeds veranderende economische landschap. Zijn werk wordt gewaardeerd om zijn praktische bruikbaarheid en zijn vermogen om belangrijke trends te belichten die onze wereld vormgeven.
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The Industrial Revolution provided the greatest increase in living standards the world has ever known while propelling Britain to dominance on the global stage. In Forging Modernity, Martin Hutchinson looks at how and why Britain gained this prize ahead of its European competitors. After comparing their endowments and political structures as far back as 1600, he then traces how Britain, through better policies primarily from the political Tory party, diverged from other European countries. Hutchinson’s Harvard MBA allows a unique perspective on the early industrial enterprises – many successes resulted from marketing, control systems and logistics rather than from production technology alone, while on a national scale the scientific method and commercial competition were as important as physical infrastructure. By 1830, through ever-improving policies, Britain had built a staggering industrial lead, half a century ahead of its rivals. Then the Tories lost power and policy changed forever. In his conclusion, Hutchinson shows how changes welcomed by conventional historians caused the decline of Industrial Britain. Nevertheless, the policies that drove growth, ingenuity and rising living standards are still available for those bold enough to adopt them.