Wirtschaftswunder

the end of the WWII conflict, West Germany started restoring its society and economy under the example of the Western allied. Adenauer and Erhard first escorted the FRG out of poverty and then propelled it toward the future splendour of the Wirtschaftswunder. Starting from the early 1950’s the flourishing economic market hinged upon consumer goods and consequently depended on buyers. Consumer became thus the model to get inspired upon and the judge and final caliber of the government economic policies’

The Berlin Wall had been in place for 26 years. Increasing unrest was occurring in Berlin, and at this crucial time Ronald Reagan, as several presidents had done before him, traveled to the Brandenburg Gate, seen by most as the symbolical center of the wall. On June 12, 1987, he then spoke of peace between the USSR and the Western world, while motivating Berliners to help take down the wall and come together as a nation once more. Throughout the speech “Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate”, by Ronald

economic powerhouses in a few decades after both having lay in ruins. Japan became the second largest economy in the world after the United States in 1968, experiencing average growth of up to 9% per year between 1955 and 1973. The German “Wirtschaftswunder” economic miracle accelerated even faster, transforming West Germany into the second largest economic powerhouse by the 1950s. The fact that West Germany received $1.3 billion in aid for reconstruction from the U.S shows the importance of investment

major economic powers with Japan becoming the second largest economy globally in 1968 experiencing growth of up to 9% per year between 1955 and 1973 and Germany becoming the second largest economic powerhouse in the 1950s due to the German “Wirtschaftswunder” economic miracle (AFP-JIJI, 2015). Today, Germany has the lowest unemployment rate of 6% with the fourth largest economy in the world, whilst Japan is responsible for 20.6% of the United Nations budget, exceeding the cumulative contributions

Xenomation Corporation is a publicly traded company which is twenty years old. It went public five years ago and has sales of $100 million for the prior year. Market capitalization is about $200 million dollars, 500 employees and an annual growth rate of 10%. Their products are industrial products sold to various production companies in the US and some internationally, but is seen as the growth in the future. Xemovation Corporation has to this point in time, only produced their products domestically

Ronald Reagan 's speech at the Brandenburg gate was one of the most impactful and important speeches given during the cold war, and aided in the eventual downfall of the Soviet Union. Reagan begins his speech by addressing the people present and recognizing the “freedom” and “feeling of history” of the city of Berlin has. He makes his first reference to previous speakers by saying, “Twenty four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, and speaking to the people of this city and the world

On Christmas Day in 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics lowered their flag bearing the hammer and sickle that had flown over the Kremlin since 1922, marking the end of a tumultuous reign that had left Eastern Europe in chaos for many years. The USSR was a system of state ownership of the means of production, agriculture, and industry, and it has been the closest example to a large state adopting the practices of socialism in the modern era. Socialism is a political and economic theory that

Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty-four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, speaking to the people of this city and the world at the City Hall. Well, since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn, to Berlin. And today I, myself, make my second visit to your city. We come to Berlin, we American presidents, because it 's our duty to speak, in this place, of freedom. But I must confess, we 're drawn here by other things as well: by

became The Democratic Republic with “a Marxist-Leninist dictatorship with its leadership dominated by the Soviet-aligned Socialist Unity Party of Germany in order to retain it within the Soviet sphere of influence” (Wikipedia). Experiencing Wirtschaftswunder, also known as The Miracle on the Rhine, brought rapid economy recovery to West Germany. During the recovery, West Germany’s living situation increased also, the wages increased up to 73%. Furthermore, West Germany built strong relationships

Abstract In early September of 1945, Germany lay in total and utter ruin following World War 2. In the wake of a major defeat at the hands of the Allied Powers led by the United States, the future of Germany stood on precarious footing. In the post war Reconstruction period which followed, Germany was divided into zones and placed under Allied occupation. Within short order Germany became a country of two nations: West and East Germany. This study seeks to ascertain the extent to which appointed