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Re:What really drives the poor by ebiester on Saturday June 25, 2011 @05:43PM (#2696653)
South Korea was build heavily from foreign aid, both military and otherwise. How about Japan and the Marshall plan?
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Re:What really drives the poor by wisty on Sunday June 26, 2011 @01:06AM (#2697420)
Japan was quite rich before the war. They were powerful enough to take on the US in the sea and air, and China on the ground, at once; and bounced back after the bombs stopped falling.
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