Curated category
Economic booms
- Trente GlorieusesThe phrase Trente Glorieuses first appeared in 1979 when French demographer Jean Fourastié published a book with that title.
- Italian economic miracleItaly lay in ruins after World War II, occupied by foreign armies and struggling with a chronic development gap compared to other European economies.
- Elizabethan eraQueen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne in 1558, inheriting a nation that had been financially bankrupt and religiously fractured.
- Post–World War II economic expansionIn 1950, economist Roger Middleton identified the start of a global economic boom that would last until 1973. Robert Skidelsky points to 1951 as another…
- WirtschaftswunderThe Reichsmark became worthless paper in 1948. Inflation had turned money into a joke for German citizens. People carried wheelbarrows of cash to buy bread.
- Dutch Golden AgeThe year 1588 marked the birth of a new political entity when the Dutch Republic was formally established. This moment emerged from decades of violent…