Creekmench
A shade of indigo
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There's a thing in alternate history circles and among economists that if the Nazis did not go to war in 1939 their economy was going to implode. It was because of the extreme military overspending and the fact that the pre-war economic growth was sustained on MEFOs which were glorified IOUs handed out by the Reichsbank. The military spending was so alarming to some German magnates that a team of Financial officials, economists and captains of industry tried to convince Hitler to slow down on rearmament and switch back to more rational economics. Hitler shot it down because he wanted a war as soon as possible. Let's say Hitler dies between the Fall of 1938 and the Summer of 1939, and let's say whoever succeeds Hitler demures from war long enough that the Arms bubble can blow up in their face. What does that collapse look like, does it look like a stereotypical Eastern Bloc thing where there are shortages of everything or does it turn into a Greece like situation. I would assume the worldwide effects of such a collapse will cause a recession in the early 40s since one of the largest economies in Europe has collapsed like a Jenga Tower.