Because there was no off ramp. War economy never has. It looks great while it's going though. Year Military Spending (billions of RM) % of GDP 1933 0.7 1.0%

Because there was no off ramp. War economy never has. It looks great while it's going though. Year Military Spending (billions of RM) % of GDP 1933 0.7 1.0% 1934 4.0 5.1% 1935 5.5 7.0% 1936 10.3 12.2% 1937 11.5 12.7% 1938 17.2 17.2% 1939 38.0 23.0% Did they build their military to go to war? Or were they force to go to war as the nature of their economy forced them?