The Post World War II Boom: How America Got Into Gear After years of wartime rationing, American consumers were ready to spend money—and factories made the switch from war to peacetime production. By: Sarah Pruitt Updated: August 10, 2023 | Original: May 14, 2020 copy page linkPrint Page...
The female laborforce grew by 6.5 million during the war because women were needed in factories. Most kept working after the war ended, beginning a trend that led to a doubling of the female laborforce participation rate by 1990. It’s probably the single most important economic event of o...
They find that the relative importance of determinants changes over time and reflects the current economic environment. Supply-side determinants were dominant before 1900 and again after WW2, especially construction costs and new housing supply. In the post-WW2 period, reconstruction and a baby boom ...
Long-lasting effects included America becoming the world superpower with huge economic growth. Economies in Europe eventually had a strong rebound, and both American and European countries saw social reforms occur after WW2. How did World War II impact American society at home? WW2 heavily impacted...
The economic boom sent property ( second-hand homes ) prices skyrocketing (soar, surge != plunge, shoot up, {shoot; shot; shot}, leap, {leap; leapt(or ed), ~}). The number of applicants for teaching posts has tapered off ( = has been cut back gradually). ...
M575.M575 is another WWII German minesweeper but not a casualty of war, as such. She foundered in bad weather on 2 March 1945 after taking on water and before she could make it back to Helsingør, a port at the narrowest point of Øresund. The wreck rests on its port side at ...
businesses, as well as highly trained workers, tend to receive a disproportionate share of the wealth. This means that little is left over for non-elite workers. These wage and wealth disparities lead to the unhappiness of the lower-paid workers. This is especially the cas...
Over the last 10 years, the number of people living in democracies has dropped while the number of autocracies has increased. This has led to increased flashpoints and tension between the two ideologies globally. After WW2, the income share of the world’s richest 1% started to decrease. Ho...
increase in the global population between 1901 and the 1930s and its rapid growth, especially after World War II up to the 1980s (Supplementary Fig.13). The 1950s is often seen as the beginning of the Anthropocene24. The high post-war population boom also led to a fast increase in A...
Both the upstream and downstream side of the soy complex is dominated by a handful of economic actors—despite regional differences—that have a tendency towards oligopolistic structures. The analysis of the development and prospects of the soy complex at the heart of the global agro-food system ...