POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: World Bank, John Ruggles, Tums
8 Dec 2015
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American patronage (americans bought the asian things; a;so time of the cold war) Developmental state (not just ay government can do this, but rather the kind of government; had to power and sustainability and it recruited the best and paid the best and function hierarchy) Export oriented growth (positive trade bounce; sold more then they spent) National economic growth with the interference of governments. Structured around a core; core is the west. These countries develop by relying on the core; foreign aid and foreign technology; foreign markets. Physical devastations- europe for one was destroyed; japan destroyed. Economy growing twice as fast as the uk"s. Competition -> militarize; manufacture steel -> arms race. England feels isolated and vulnerable and there for allies itself with france and russia; allied to contain. England and its allies isolate and intimidate germany. Germany gets nervous and allies with austria-hungary and the others. European winners made germany say the war was their fault.
