Thank you for writing about this - I never knew this happened. I absolutely think we need to start this again not only to help the 99 percent but to help the world deal with the climate crisis
I think there are LOT of lessons from WWII that we could/should be learning from today. Even "little" things like victory gardens and more intentional consumption would go a long way in 2023 America.
Unfortunately, as you well know, monied interests would be right out in front of that working hard to manufacture opinion. The same people that laud their grandparents as the "greatest generation" will berate you for daring to implement some of the same things they did.
I've been spending a lot of time researching the domestic side of World War II lately, and it's astonishing how centralized our economy became practically overnight. The change from market-based approaches to distribution by need started in January of 1942, and were in full effect soon after. The U.S. government also had an interesting role in freezing prices, wages, rent, and providing universal childcare, which I'll be writing about next week.
Thank you for writing about this - I never knew this happened. I absolutely think we need to start this again not only to help the 99 percent but to help the world deal with the climate crisis
I think there are LOT of lessons from WWII that we could/should be learning from today. Even "little" things like victory gardens and more intentional consumption would go a long way in 2023 America.
Unfortunately, as you well know, monied interests would be right out in front of that working hard to manufacture opinion. The same people that laud their grandparents as the "greatest generation" will berate you for daring to implement some of the same things they did.
Interesting and important information here, Joe—good one!
I've been spending a lot of time researching the domestic side of World War II lately, and it's astonishing how centralized our economy became practically overnight. The change from market-based approaches to distribution by need started in January of 1942, and were in full effect soon after. The U.S. government also had an interesting role in freezing prices, wages, rent, and providing universal childcare, which I'll be writing about next week.