Res elegantno, ko nekdo to zapiše na tak način:

“To further make the point: If, for example, General MacArthur had proclaimed after World War II that since Japan had lost the war, they would be required to send the U.S. 2 million cars a year and get nothing in return, the result would have been a major international uproar about U.S. exploitation of conquered enemies. We would have been accused of fostering a repeat of the aftermath of World War I, wherein the allies demanded reparations from Germany which were presumably so high and exploitive that they caused World War II.

Well, MacArthur did not order that, yet for over 60 years, Japan has, in fact, been sending us about 2 million cars per year, and we have been sending them little or nothing. And, surprisingly, they think that this means they are winning the “trade war,” and we think it means that we are losing it.

We have the cars, and they have the bank statement from the Fed showing which account their dollars are in.”

Warren Mosler — Seven Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy (2010), pp. 59–60.

Na drugi strani pa je na ta način Japonska ustvarila primerjalne prednosti v povsem novi industriji in velik srednji razred zaposlenih v avtomobilski industriji, hkrati pa pomembno navrtala ameriško avtomobilsko industrijo in izvotlila ameriški srednji razred.

Vse je stvar perspektive.