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Re:Why is America so rich? by fleitz on Thursday November 11, 2010 @07:04PM (#1895927)
Both of them were tremendous beneficiaries of the Marshall Aid plan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan#Aid_to_Asia

I know that US bashing is popular, but the US has in the past done tremendously generous things for the world.

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Re:Why is America so rich? by hasenj on Thursday November 11, 2010 @07:29PM (#1896001)
From the random things I've read about Japan post WWII, they were basically forbidden to produce anything by the occupation government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan#Industrial_...

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