Economic Crisis and WWIII

[coberst]

Economic Crisis and WWIII

I have often read statements that indicate that the Great Depression was ended as a result of WWII. By going to war, it is said, we managed to cure the greatest economic crisis in American history.

It is said that today’s economic crisis might to be as bad as the Great Depression. If such is the case perhaps we should take a lesson from the past.

Instead of turning our factories into vast production lines building planes, ships, tanks, and guns and declaring WWIII we might declare a make-believe WWIII and instead of sending these planes, ships, tanks, and guns to far off places where we can kill people and destroy property we could achieve the same effect by building our factories on ships and sending those ships to sea.

War is only our second best consumer of goods, our very best consumer of goods would be a factory mounted on a ship with the assembly line terminating at the ramp on the stern of the ship whereby the product can be easily dumped into the sea.

Such economic prosperity can only be imagined.

[muffins]

Economic Crisis and WWIII

I have often read statements that indicate that the Great Depression was ended as a result of WWII. By going to war, it is said, we managed to cure the greatest economic crisis in American history.

It is said that today’s economic crisis might to be as bad as the Great Depression. If such is the case perhaps we should take a lesson from the past.

Instead of turning our factories into vast production lines building planes, ships, tanks, and guns and declaring WWIII we might declare a make-believe WWIII and instead of sending these planes, ships, tanks, and guns to far off places where we can kill people and destroy property we could achieve the same effect by building our factories on ships and sending those ships to sea.

War is only our second best consumer of goods, our very best consumer of goods would be a factory mounted on a ship with the assembly line terminating at the ramp on the stern of the ship whereby the product can be easily dumped into the sea.

Such economic prosperity can only be imagined.

Eh? You'd go broke dumping your production into the sea.

[mataj]

Masking economical consequences of failed politics is probaly the most common reason to start a war. If the war restores the trust by rallying the people around otherwise untrustworthy government, it can indeed solve economic problems.

I have often read statements that indicate that the Great Depression was ended as a result of WWII. By going to war, it is said, we managed to cure the greatest economic crisis in American history.

It is said that today’s economic crisis might to be as bad as the Great Depression. If such is the case perhaps we should take a lesson from the past.

Instead of turning our factories into vast production lines building planes, ships, tanks, and guns and declaring WWIII we might declare a make-believe WWIII and instead of sending these planes, ships, tanks, and guns to far off places where we can kill people and destroy property we could achieve the same effect by building our factories on ships and sending those ships to sea.

War is only our second best consumer of goods, our very best consumer of goods would be a factory mounted on a ship with the assembly line terminating at the ramp on the stern of the ship whereby the product can be easily dumped into the sea. Consumerist economy on steroids, so to speak :)

Somehow I doubt this would have the necessary rallying potential: "BMW XYL 7890 Gemini Turbo. The power of perfection. Flawless elegance. The car you've always dreamed of being thrown overboard."

Well, anyway, any serious war is pretty much equivalent to suicide, with all that nukes lying around. Anything less just won't do. Increasing the living standard of the Average Joe (o, horror of all horrors!) seems the only reasonable solution.

[massa]

Well, anyway, any serious war is pretty much equivalent to suicide, with all that nukes lying around. Anything less just won't do. Increasing the living standard of the Average Joe (o, horror of all horrors!) seems the only reasonable solution.
If Average Joe wants to compete with Average Lee, he must decrease his living standards instead, no? :)
How can Average Joe be competitive if he consumes so much and produces so little?

[mataj]

If Average Joe wants to compete with Average Lee, he must decrease his living standards instead, no? :)
How can Average Joe be competitive if he consumes so much and produces so little?If Cobert's presumption about overproduction is true (which probably is), Average Joe still produces too much.

[massa]

If Cobert's presumption about overproduction is true (which probably is), Average Joe still produces too much.
Was he talking about overproduction? I thought he just wanted to increase productivity of Joe`s labor.
BTW, I think in 1913 the USA`s share of the worlds industrial output was 35,8. In 1946 it was 53%.
So coberst, what mataj said (about overproduction) was true, I`m afraid there is no other way, you have to smash some other countries to pieces... Of course, it would be better if they smash each other instead, but you are not hoping to be so lucky AGAIN, are you? :)