[DoodleDawg]

I am not going to go down this stupid road where we compare what happens when you have F***ing warships stopping all traffic from one side, and forcing all the shipping traffic over to the other, all the while borrowing, spending, inflating, and so forth.

That's fine. If you can't answer it then you can't answer it. Not at all surprising.

[DiogenesLamp]

I did answer it. Coerced economic activity is different from voluntary economic activity. The Union boosted their own economy by forcibly suppressing their competition.

Which is the entire reason for the war.