Athena
07-04-2006, 02:33 PM
This spins off the question of the Hoover's and Roosevelt's management of the Great Depression.Â*Â*I am just going to throw up facts about world trade when energy and new technologies were changing the world so rapidly, economies collapsed and the world went to war.Â*Â*
Empire of Japan (foreign commerce and shipping) - Wikipedia, the ... Japan exported 32% of its total output to the United States, and purchased ... Values in Millions of Gold US Dollars ... Formosa's exports: (1929 to 1933) ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_ of_Japan_(foreign_commerce_and_shipping) - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
In spite of popular perception, during the 1930s Japan was exporting low-cost items successfully. However between the years of 1929 and 1938 foreign commerce dropped from 3.7% to 3.5%. Japan ran a trade deficit, selling a total of US$12.85 and buying US$15.25 per capita. This was in part brought on by the purchase of wartime materials.
Energy and new technologies giving a new meaning to mass production and the economic possibilities of the future, pushed many countries to expand, including Japan which was arming to expand in China.Â*Â*It was kind of like a poker game.Â*Â*The condition of the times was upping the anti and to stay in the game, everyone had to increase their industrial power by securing resources and foreign markets.Â*Â*You can see, Japan was going into the hole, with the hope of winning more territory, resources and markets.Â*Â* But it wasn't just Japan doing this.Â*Â*
Empire of Japan (foreign commerce and shipping) - Wikipedia, the ... Japan exported 32% of its total output to the United States, and purchased ... Values in Millions of Gold US Dollars ... Formosa's exports: (1929 to 1933) ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_ of_Japan_(foreign_commerce_and_shipping) - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
In spite of popular perception, during the 1930s Japan was exporting low-cost items successfully. However between the years of 1929 and 1938 foreign commerce dropped from 3.7% to 3.5%. Japan ran a trade deficit, selling a total of US$12.85 and buying US$15.25 per capita. This was in part brought on by the purchase of wartime materials.
Energy and new technologies giving a new meaning to mass production and the economic possibilities of the future, pushed many countries to expand, including Japan which was arming to expand in China.Â*Â*It was kind of like a poker game.Â*Â*The condition of the times was upping the anti and to stay in the game, everyone had to increase their industrial power by securing resources and foreign markets.Â*Â*You can see, Japan was going into the hole, with the hope of winning more territory, resources and markets.Â*Â* But it wasn't just Japan doing this.Â*Â*