Unemployment in Britain, 1959

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1959: Unemployment in Britain | The Unemployed | BBC Archive > .

UK's Post-war Economic DECLINE – A Self-Inflicted Loss - EcHelp > .

At the end of the Second World War, Britain still appeared a great power — with Europe’s largest economy and living standards above much of the war-torn continent.. But that moment marked a turning point. Over the next six decades, Britain would slip from economic leader to economic laggard — a decline that was part inevitable, part self-inflicted.  0:48 Broken Britain 2:47 Post-War Boom 3:36 Decline Manufacturing 5:36 Living in Past 6:53 1970s 8:17 3-Day Week 9:30 Thatcher Era 12:54 Credit Crunch 13:30 Europe