Hence, if we are lucky, the current downturn will also be moderate, though likely worse than the other U.S. post-World War II recessions, including 1982.
I imagine you inspecting “vintage” erotica for any hints of the modern world — or even anything post-World War I — that, if found, instantly kill the fantasy.
But the world must remember that it was not simply international institutions — not just treaties and declarations — that brought stability to a post-World War II world.