This challenging account of Britain's long-term economic performance examines why British economic growth has failed to keep pace with the performance of the other advanced industrial economies since 1870. It addresses both specifically economic questions - did the structure of the British economy undermine the nation's competitiveness? - and broader socio-historical questions - has British culture been hostile to business achievement and whether British education failed British industry? The book combines a survey of recent scholarly work with an original interpretive alternative to...