For my history assignment.
2007-02-28 21:53:55 · 3 answers · asked by Al 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Most people think or negative issues... but the "guns AND butter" economy of WWII ended up making the United States prosperous. (Women had entered into the workforce while men were off fighting in the war during WWII.)
Americans were trying to live the American Dream (home ownership, white picket fence, etc.) and started buying automobiles and traveling (vacations) and started owning television and "the little woman" had purchasing power for the home (groceries, appliances, etc). Post-war, Levittown helps spurn the rise of the suburbs. The babyboom also changed the lifestyle of the typical person in the 1950s (and lifestyle affects the economy...)
http://www.learner.org/resources/series79.html has video of Economics U$A (which used to come on PBS)
Sorry if this post doesn't flow too terribly well or if I left some things out... I'm half-asleep.
2007-02-28 22:20:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
gas going from 15 to 16 cents per gallon?
2007-03-01 05:58:21 · answer #2 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were better!
2007-03-01 08:33:47 · answer #3 · answered by madmilker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋