StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWell... There was definitely a direction of change that happenedsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1566arrow-down17
arrow-up1559arrow-down1imageWell... There was definitely a direction of change that happenedsh.itjust.worksStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square88linkfedilink
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 days agoIn addition to the WWII rations and OPA stuff that others have mentioned, there was a fair amount of general deflationary pressure during the Great Depression in the 1930s. I haven’t looked at what happened to sugar specifically.
minus-squarehector@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoLater on, after the Cuban Revolution I know we subsidized sugar partly out of spite for Cuba. That would not be at play here though.
In addition to the WWII rations and OPA stuff that others have mentioned, there was a fair amount of general deflationary pressure during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
I haven’t looked at what happened to sugar specifically.
Later on, after the Cuban Revolution I know we subsidized sugar partly out of spite for Cuba. That would not be at play here though.