"Nazi Germany was such a failed economy (huge debt-fueled spending) ..."
Huge debt-fueled spending: Krugman´s dream ?
"... the only way they could survive was through expansion and conquest..."
Blueprint for the US of A ?
How does something like this happen? (Nazi Germany)
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"Nazi Germany was such a failed economy (huge debt-fueled spending) ..."
Who was bankrolling them? If it was domestically funded debt there would be no need to conquer other contries. Foreign debt however can trigger invasions. Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was in part a reaction to foreign Iraqi debt held by the Kuwaities, which they would not forgive.