“…Whatever moral qualms Germans may have felt toward Nazi policies were swept away by waves of government handouts, tax breaks, and preferential legislation. ..."…”

“…Time and again Eternit achieved corporate growth through collusion with discredited regimes. In Nazi Germany, slave labor from concentration camps was used in the Berlin Eternit factory. …”

“…During the Second World War the ITF succeeded in maintaining its international contacts all over Europe, even within Nazi Germany where it had supported an illegal network since 1933. …”

“…In the worst case, austerity policies worsened the Great Depression and created the conditions for seizures of power by the forces responsible for the Second World War: the Nazis and the Japanese military establishment. As Blyth amply demonstrates, the arguments for austerity are tenuous and the evidence thin. …”