Little Help

["dms" <dmschanoes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friend of mine argues that the post WWII stability of advanced capital stems
if not entirely, then in large part from the economic interaction with the
USSR, Eastern Europe, China,  the "non-cyclical economies," as he puts it.

Latest take he has is that China's development and demand is the only thing
that has kept from Japan from completely collapsing.

I disagree with him in that mainly he hasn't been able to show any mechanism
by which that input maintains a level of profit capable of sustaining the
entire system.

While data is available about the China/Japan trade, investment, revenues,
etc. particularly since 1980, I can't track down any good info on West/East
economic interaction, volume, value, revenues, even categories (energy,
capital goods, etc.) for the 50s, 60s, 70s.  Data I find for the period
after that, of course, shows an increased interaction coincident with a
slowing of growth in the capitalist side of the world economy, and declining
stability.

Anybody know some good sources for the period 1950-1973?

Thanks