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GDP rose by two-thirds during the same decade. The number of persons employed rose from 13.8 million in 1950 to 19.8 million in 1960, and the unemployment rate fell from 10.3 percent to 1.2 percent. [119] Labor also benefited in due course from the boom.
At the Potsdam conference (July–August 1945), with the US seeking to implement the Morgenthau plan, drawn up by Henry Morgenthau Jr., the United States Secretary of the Treasury, [2] the victorious Allies decided to abolish the German armed forces as well as all munitions factories and civilian industries that could support them.
The Federation of German Industries (BDI) has its roots in the Reich Federation of German Industry (RDI). [2] On 19 June 1933, during the National Socialist era, the Reich Federation of German Industry was merged with the Federation of German Employers' Associations to form the Reich Industry Group (de: Reichsstand der Deutschen Industrie). [3]
Homininaeid Era – Period prior to the existence of Homininae Homininid Era – Period prior to the existence of Hominini Prehistory – Period between the appearance of Homo ("humans"; first stone tools c. three million years ago) and the invention of writing systems (for the Ancient Near East : c. five thousand years ago).
General map of Germany. Germany (German: Deutschland) is a country in Central and Western Europe [3] that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Historians have long contended that the growing burdens of the war saw Germany move to a full war-economy under the efficient [135] leadership of Speer. However, historian Richard Overy contends this is a myth based on the flimsy conclusions of the Strategic Bombing Survey , which relied on the views of one German official from the German ...
In the United States, the Employment Act of 1946 set the goals of achieving full employment, full production, and stable prices. It also created the Council of Economic Advisers to provide objective economic analysis and advice on the development and implementation of a wide range of domestic and international economic policy issues.
The 1183 Peace of Constance eventually settled that the Italian cities remained loyal to the empire but were granted local jurisdiction and full regal rights in their territories. [ 106 ] In 1180, Henry the Lion was outlawed, Saxony was divided, and Bavaria was given to Otto of Wittelsbach , who founded the Wittelsbach dynasty , which was to ...