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WWII (or any other time of turmoil) was a huge opportunity for some entrepreneurs, and we needed them to restore order and stability after the conflict. Obvious
by samelawrence 13y ago
WWII (or any other time of turmoil) was a huge opportunity for some entrepreneurs, and we needed them to restore order and stability after the conflict. Obviously there was some profiteering, but I don't see it as inherently wrong to look at times of trouble as opportunities.
- kristopolous 13y agohttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family#The_Napoleonic_Wars http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family#The_Napoleo... is my favorite example of this. brilliant at every move - like some chess grandmaster of business.
- bowlofpetunias 13y agoSo now we're rewriting post-WWII history to glorify entrepreneurs even further? If anything, most efforts and programs that resulted in the remarkably fast restoration of countries ruined by the war would today be labelled as examples of "socialist" big government.