[jpsb]

"Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the USA emerged from WW2 with it's industrial base unharmed while the rest of the world's lay in ruin could it? Na, I didn't think so."

Interesting that you admit that the economic environment that prevailed after WW 2 was unrealistic

Glad you have conceded my point that US dominance after WW2 was an aberration and not a vindication of a free trade policy. We are making progress.

[raloxk]

"Glad you have conceded my point that US dominance after WW2 was an aberration and not a vindication of a free trade policy. We are making progress."

The World Economy grew at an unprecedented rate from 1945-73, due to Freer Trade and the repudiation of the economic policies of the early 1930s