Innovations From a Bad Economy

Some of the best and maybe even most important innovations have come in times of fledgling economies. While we are certainly in that state right now in the United States, let's take a looka t some of the innovations that popped up during past economic downturns.

I'm sure most understand that companies such as Campbell's actually do well when the economy stinks. They are after all selling can goods. Food that is typically less expensive, and can be bought in bulk when on sale because it can be preserved. While you might think they hwould have made some advancement in can tech they actually were distributing new products during tough economic times such as the introduction of the soup standard Chicken Noodle, and the cooking standard Cream of Mushroom in 1934 amidst the Great Depression.

A look at the last one hundred years if you are keeping time on your Breil watches, of poor economy innovations can be seen here.