Ep 36. U.S. Aid and a Postwar Economic Miracle
- TV-PG
- August 29, 2016
- 29 min
The Marshall Plan (also known as the European Economic Recovery Plan) was a major step toward returning the world to the free-trade policies of the pre-World War I period. Who was the man behind Europe's postwar economic miracle? How did these grand plans play out for nations that had been beaten down by the costs of war?