page 12[] is where the interesting numbers are. machinery, iron and steel, cotton, lumber. that's how it became the world's economy. ww1 and ww2 is how it beca

page 12[] is where the interesting numbers are. machinery, iron and steel, cotton, lumber. that's how it became the world's economy. ww1 and ww2 is how it became the world's military power. the military industrial complex is how it maintained both of these positions. manufacturing, construction and population is how china overtook them. america should be pushing open borders, tax relief on families with multiple children, ban on abortion, if it even wants to compete for the 21st century. a ussr type dissolution and depressing collapse is sure to come when their inevitable debt burden default happens by the 2040s or 2050s. the only question is, will this occur before or after the eurozone currency implosion and german re-armament. []https://web.archive.org/web/20081230063039/http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~jmokyr/Graphs-and-Tables.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20081230063039/http://faculty.wc...