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Trump is actively setting trade/economic policy considering 18-19th century history (economic history more specifically). Remember the Opium Wars and the famil
by IllogicalLogic 8y ago
Trump is actively setting trade/economic policy considering 18-19th century history (economic history more specifically).
Remember the Opium Wars and the families it made rich (most famous, Coolidge (descendants of Thomas Jefferson), Roosevelts (through the Delano family), Forbes (John Kerry's family), etc.. in the US). On the otherside of the pond, in 1890 (peak opium crisis), 30% of Britain's GDP was illegal opium smuggling to China.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/30/opium-at-harvard/ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/30/opium-at-harvar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_%26_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_%26_Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0AJ59vqzzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0AJ59vqzzg
The seperator between government and companies isn't as big as you think when this much multi-generational wealth and political power is invloved.
Kind of funny that many don't know their own history (Roman history is tough...going through 300 years of US history is trivially easy but most still don't).
- mirimir 8y agoYes, there's lots of ugly in US history. It's been very effectively suppressed. Most Americans will think that you're some sort of conspiracy theorist :( And by the way, US tobacco manufacturers also managed to addict most of Southeast Asia. I highly recommend Drugs and Rights by Douglas N. Husak (Rutgers, 1992).[0] 0) https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/drugs-and-rights/0C9669C39C15FF7B55EAF551FB830E5F https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/drugs-and-rights/0C9669...
- IllogicalLogic 8y agoEconomic history has less incentive to lie and it's hard to retroactively change 100 years of accounting/trade history to maintain a fake national narrative. Remember in international trade, atleast 3 seperate entities end up with copies of every transaction (buyer/seller/shipper). It's why I consider it more trustworthy... https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/american-merchants-and-the-china-opium-trade-18001840/CAF870083D191F963CA77113B11320A3 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-rev...
- mirimir 8y agoThanks. Great paper.