The post–World War II economic expansion, also known as the postwar economic boom or the Golden Age of Capitalism was a broad period of worldwide economic expansion beginning with the aftermath of Wor
In the United States and several other nations, the post–World War II boom led to major suburban development and urban sprawl, aided by increasing automobile ownership and cheap oil, as shown in this suburban development in Colorado Springs, Colorado in March 2008.
Allied war bonds matured during these years, transferring cash from governments to private households.
Many Western governments funded large infrastructure projects during this period. Here the redevelopment of Norrmalm and the Stockholm Metro, Sweden.
Poster for the Marshall Plan
Era of Stagnation
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The Era of Stagnation is a term used to describe the economic, political, and social era in the history of the Soviet Union that began during the rule of Leonid Brezhnev and continued under Yuri Andro
Scholars are generally unsure as to what effect the "Kosygin reform", named after its initiator Alexei Kosygin, had on economic growth.
Leonid Brezhnev