Originally Posted by watch4bear
WW2 finally brought us out of the great depression. Just a thought.

Our participation in it only harmed us, but it's true that WWII brought us out of it. It did so because we were selling to nations at war, not because we participated in the war. We would have been even better off if we had remained neutral, and continued to sell to the participants. As it is, we accumulated most of the world's gold by selling to all participants.