ok.. so like.. when there were wars/depressions..
what jobs were the most successful out of the rest??
2006-07-19 05:51:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think you could get rich if you worked for a munitions company or a company that leases big earth movers and bulldozers
2006-07-19 05:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Chainsawmom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reading from various books, during wars, the most lucrative biz was guns and ammo and alcohol. after the war, when everything was devastated, the wisest of the people went back to the countryside to till the soil. People go back to basics like farming. With their produce, they can feed their families and as their produce multiplies, they go on to barter with other goods until money starts circulating again.
2006-07-19 13:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by babytalk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not being funny, and I can't cite a source, but I've heard that soap companies did pretty good. Soap is difficult to make, especially things like powdered soap, but rather inexpensive, so people still paid for many soap products despite the depression. Again, no source for that so don't bet money that I'm right.
2006-07-19 12:57:43 · answer #3 · answered by Pepper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Industry.
2006-07-19 12:54:08 · answer #4 · answered by 'Barn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worsking for the king, or the goverment.
2006-07-19 12:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by Evy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything related to alcohol - production, bartending, etc.
2006-07-19 12:55:29 · answer #6 · answered by TigerLilly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UN, red cross, and arms dealers
2006-07-19 12:55:47 · answer #7 · answered by K maX 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say military and trade jobs
2006-07-19 12:54:56 · answer #8 · answered by froggy_dimebag 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything that "fed" the war machine.
2006-07-19 13:18:32 · answer #9 · answered by sparkalittlefire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
places that make military equipment
2006-07-19 12:55:12 · answer #10 · answered by LL Cool J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋